OK, let me start out by saying I had an ulcer by the time I was 9 yrs old. I worried about any and everything, including those commercials with the starving children. Etc.
Duncan has been having tummy troubles for a couple of weeks now. Whether it is stress related or physical illness,. we are getting him looked at on Monday.
He's fine in the mornings, and he says sometimes his tummy hurts before lunch if he gets too hungry. ( I try to make sure he eats a good breakfast). He says it hurts before he eats and after and most of the time at night. He seems to be going to the bathroom pretty good, sometimes he will go a day or two without going though. Twice in the last two weeks he's gone over to my mother's house on friday night and thrown up both times. The first time, he came back home around midnight. This time, he was content to stay.
My mother.....
seems to think it's all his brother's faults and our fault ( though she didn't say us, ) that his brothers won't leave him alone, he can't go into his room and shut the door an dbe alone, etc. And When I told her he hadn't thrown up over here, she said well, when he comes over there, the stress releases and that's why he throws up over there. Um.. whatever. She also stated, that if it came down to it, He could spend one night here, the next night there, the next here.. and so on. Um.. HE** NO!
This is the 2nd time in 6 months she's suggested something along those lines.
And yet again ,last night she suggested the boys live with them monday through friday so they could get them to school and back. Again.. must I really say it?? HE** NO!
So.. what do I do? I am going to see if the doc will run all the tests on him, upper and lower GI, etc. And if it comes up clear, then talking to a therapist??? Keep in mind, my poor little boy is only 7. He seems to love his school and is pretty ok with his teacher, and class mates and friends. Says he doesn't think about stuff that bothers him all that much, etc. I was thinking maybe he just didn't feel like talking to me and George or mom and Dad. Maybe he would open up to someone else. And, George and I don't argue in front of the kids well.. ok, we don't fight in front of them lol. And we are VERY careful what we say to and about each other in front of them.
So.. I don't want anyone thinking we do and that's his problem, but this kid is also very perceptive. I'm worried about him.
Duncan has been having tummy troubles for a couple of weeks now. Whether it is stress related or physical illness,. we are getting him looked at on Monday.
He's fine in the mornings, and he says sometimes his tummy hurts before lunch if he gets too hungry. ( I try to make sure he eats a good breakfast). He says it hurts before he eats and after and most of the time at night. He seems to be going to the bathroom pretty good, sometimes he will go a day or two without going though. Twice in the last two weeks he's gone over to my mother's house on friday night and thrown up both times. The first time, he came back home around midnight. This time, he was content to stay.
My mother.....
seems to think it's all his brother's faults and our fault ( though she didn't say us, ) that his brothers won't leave him alone, he can't go into his room and shut the door an dbe alone, etc. And When I told her he hadn't thrown up over here, she said well, when he comes over there, the stress releases and that's why he throws up over there. Um.. whatever. She also stated, that if it came down to it, He could spend one night here, the next night there, the next here.. and so on. Um.. HE** NO!This is the 2nd time in 6 months she's suggested something along those lines.
And yet again ,last night she suggested the boys live with them monday through friday so they could get them to school and back. Again.. must I really say it?? HE** NO!
So.. what do I do? I am going to see if the doc will run all the tests on him, upper and lower GI, etc. And if it comes up clear, then talking to a therapist??? Keep in mind, my poor little boy is only 7. He seems to love his school and is pretty ok with his teacher, and class mates and friends. Says he doesn't think about stuff that bothers him all that much, etc. I was thinking maybe he just didn't feel like talking to me and George or mom and Dad. Maybe he would open up to someone else. And, George and I don't argue in front of the kids well.. ok, we don't fight in front of them lol. And we are VERY careful what we say to and about each other in front of them.
So.. I don't want anyone thinking we do and that's his problem, but this kid is also very perceptive. I'm worried about him.
