Originally Posted by Country Kids:
I know she is your niece and you love her very much. You want to do anything in the world to save her but it sounds like she needs alot of help and specialty help. She needs to be slowly introduced into a childcare type setting but probably only with the help of a therapist or someone like that. Alot of children therapist use play type therapy to work with children and it sounds like she really, really needs something like this. I'm really not trying to scare you or discourage you but with the issues like this childcare isn't going to miraculously change her. Does the childcare that they are waiting to get her into know of these issues she has and if they do are they equipped to handle children with problems like this. Please remember that you do have other children to take care of also and you won't be able to work with just her. Having a child like this for even a short time in your care can upset the other children tremendously. Please look and see if there is a program that can help you with her during the day that maybe has a specialist on board. Take it one day at a time and remember we are all here for you.
my I told my MIL that she needs to seek care from her doctor and that the doctor will decide what to do for her. I also told my MIL that she needed to be evulated by a child therapist. Right now I am documenting all of the unusual behavior in hopes that it will help the doctor to understand her issues.
I know I may not be able to help her, but at least she is in a secure place right now with me and has some form of stability....
I checked out the new daycare and they do care with children with special needs, but they dont know anything about her history...