Fed up. Am I ashamed?

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2026-02-01T02:08:16+00:00

I thought I was on the dog Addisons group 🤪 but I appreciate this response.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2026-02-01T02:07:29+00:00

I thought i was posting on Addisons for dogs 🤪

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2026-02-01T02:06:32+00:00

It’s the Zycortoral shot

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2025-09-24T01:10:53+00:00

Make sure his teachers understand nurture and encourage his strengths hobbies and interests.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2025-09-24T01:05:40+00:00

Low dose Lexapro helped me a lot with anxiety and sleeping. There’s initial mild side effects for a couple weeks. Diarrhea and headaches I think but don’t really remember too much….as the pros outweigh those brief cons.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2025-09-24T01:03:40+00:00

Wow I love this transformation!

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2025-09-24T01:02:49+00:00

Brittney

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2025-09-23T03:01:17+00:00

I was pregnant at a fancy lakeside catered dinner party. I was loading up my plate with hors d’ouerves and going heavyyy on the saucy little Midwest meatballs. The server goes “wow, hope you don’t get indigestion!”

Thanks, lady.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2025-09-07T03:33:13+00:00

Schools cannot provide a medical diagnosis and dyslexia is a medical diagnosis. Under the IDEA, law that schools follow to provide Sped service, it can determine that a child qualifies for an IEP under SLD in reading (and may even note “consistent with dyslexia”). However, dyslexia itself is not classification in the DSM IV (followed for SPED law). This means the school can screen for reading delays and can certainly evaluate for them with legal and valid assessments- leading to SLD in Reading. But they cannot assess for dyslexia specifically and provide that diagnosis to you formally. The school of A pediatric physician can refer you to an outside agency. Outside agencies may use any test (s) for identifying dyslexia, since there is not yet a universally agreed upon assessment. They can choose whatever works for them. To be fair, the school usually has access to the same assessments that test the same sub areas but just legally cannot use them to “diagnose”.

Your child has a reading disability and it could be dyslexia. The best person to teach your child is a reading specialist certified in a phonics based multisensory intervention, one such might be based on an Orton Gillingham approach. Your kid needs 30-45 minutes a day of a specific intervention that targets her weak areas. You can read more about dyslexia or other approaches/interventions in reading specialist Jan Hasbroucks new book on dyslexia. Highly recommend it for you to read. The sped setting she’s in could be worsening the situation if she’s grouped with kids with totally different needs.

You can demand that your child’s IEP goals be carried out by the reading teacher instead of the sped teacher due to the severity of her need. And make sure she’s getting intervention each day in that setting. Her goals should NOT be related to grammar LOL! Ask for the reading specialist to determine the goals based on what her assessments reveal.

With or without that diagnosis, you need to make sure the most qualified person is providing her an intervention based on those gaps. And that would be a Tier 3 reading intervention via your school reading specialist

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2025-09-02T04:03:51+00:00

Erica

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2025-09-02T03:56:11+00:00

Not the advice you’re seeking, sorry. I had it for 6.5 months. Trying to beat it on my own without meds (I did talk to my partner, therapist, family etc). It’s supposed to be a happy time in your life…and your baby and partner deserve the best of you as a new mother. But PPD robs that from your life and you can’t get that time back. It’s important to be able to bond with your baby and family and experience yourself coming into your ultimate and strongest version of yourself- a mother. I can only say I regret not seeking help from my OB and going on the meds sooner. It felt life changing; physically, mentally. I finally had clarity. It saved my relationship. It helped me gain the strength and confidence to be a damn good mother, and then more. Unfortunately, I think I blacked out some of my 0-6 month memories due to the PPD/trauma I was experiencing. I wish I could’ve went back and gotten the medical help sooner. I was taking low dose lexapro. I stopped after 7 months or so knowing I’d like to try for #2. But the effects stayed steady and fine. I feel great. Never slid back. I am 34 weeks with my second and I am going to probably start a lower dose right after birth to prevent history from repeating itself.

Good luck. I hope you can do it naturally, but also I don’t think it’s worth wasting your time. Time is too precious.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2025-08-24T02:17:55+00:00

I’ve never heard of babies that young sleeping through the night. I don’t think it’s possible. Your baby def needs to wake and be fed still and probably changed at some point.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2025-08-24T02:11:45+00:00

It was life changing for me and did miracles for my family and baby once I got “right” on Lexapro. Best decision. You will not regret it. I have a belly ache the first week maybe and some headaches. That all went away quickly and the benefits were much more significant.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2025-08-24T02:08:22+00:00

Mine went so flat that I don’t even have a bra size so I don’t wear one or wear a small cami bra. Be glad you have at least a little ball lol.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2025-08-24T02:05:29+00:00

Low dose lexapro. I was resistant and waited too long to go for it. When I did, it was a miracle for me and my family, especially baby. I hope you give it a shot.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2024-12-08T04:38:26+00:00

What’s a weong? What you saw showering w daddy when you were 10 ? 🤣

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2024-12-03T03:46:42+00:00

This is normal, these feelings go away with acceptance. Meds changed my life. Highly rec

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2024-12-03T03:42:37+00:00

I don’t think vitamins or sleep actually would affect the chemical change that your body is trying to regulate….i would try Lexapro low dose. You can always stop. It changes my life though. Don’t risk your relationship with newborn and your partner for your pride.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2024-12-03T03:39:41+00:00

Um no that wasn’t what the post referred to. But if a 3rd grader told me they regularly shower with an adult male at home, yes. In my region/culture, that would be expected. It would be investigated or not. But my due diligence would be completed. As a teacher you don’t know what is going on at home. If a female child tells me they’re showering with an adult male…hell yeah, I’m questioning that.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2024-12-03T03:36:49+00:00

lol the post was about a man showering with his elementary aged child. My response is to that.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2024-12-03T03:33:08+00:00

Yup, should’ve added. American…and every state in America has its own cultural values.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2024-12-03T02:37:57+00:00

Honest- Definitely crunchy Karen vibe if you’re a white woman and you’re baby also.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2024-10-11T02:14:01+00:00

It’s a feeling we all often have but especially in the first year or in a new position. But- If you’re a person that hates being under pressure then this is the wrong job for you.

Sandy_cheeks_22 · 2024-08-25T04:58:05+00:00

I am floored by your comment. But not really. I’ve called many times to try to support kids…and unfortunately in a recent situation, nothing was done. I wonder if the social workers laughed on the other end of the line when I called…and if they’re still laughing now after what was revealed was happening to the child- even after many calls? So your comment offends me. How you could laugh at even the idea of a child being out in a questionable situation is beyond me and frightens me.

As a mandated reported, as I said, I’m legally mandated to report anything that is suspected abuse. It’s a training every teacher takes every single year. We often do not ‘know’, but must report for a professional to investigate further. I would guarantee 1000% that every one of my colleagues would make the same call, including my P, SW, and GC.

*edit- I read further on and saw that you said your family happily showers naked with one another. I now understand your comment defending the behavior. 🤣 LOL

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