child case
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:27 pm
I would be interested in any ideas on remedies for this case as I wasn't at all sure.
Thanks
Rochelle
Background - This 18 month old boy presented as a olive skinned child, normal height and build, big brown eyes who walked well but with no clear speech as yet. Dah was obviously Car!! Initially he was very shy and clung to mum, not even raising his head. This lasted about an hour when he started playing with the toys on his own, not demanding help from mum and was fine as long as I didn't look at him!! Mum changed his nappy and when she left the room to put it in the bin he screamed. Later he walked around the room quite happily constantly singing and humming. He later let me pick him up but immediately wanted to go to mum. He has very straight teeth.
A month ago he was very weak and ill because he had been living in a caravan with parents and 3 year old brother. Father left them to go and study at university so after 3 weeks of them all being ill mum brought them up to live with Grandma and has now separated from her husband. The child looks healthy. He has been given Chamomila occasionally before bed.
Presenting complaints eczema, moody and whingy.
The eczema is only since he has been living at Grandma and presents as very red and angry looking on the back of his legs. It is crusty, felt slightly damp and is itchy as he tries to scratch it. Mum also said he had eczema all over his body but was I saw was odd tiny patches but the whole body was covered with a pale pink blotchy rash which was not raised.
He kicks off when his nappy is changed which mum did with him standing up!!
He has seen his dad once since the separation and was excited to see him.
Pregnancy was awful from day 1. They lived in a caravan and dad was angry and kept quitting jobs. Mum had fallen out with her family over dad who they didn't like and then she got pre eclampsia. Dad blamed mum for the pregnancies. When she was being abused she was never afraid of him as she could give back what she got. She used to lock him out of the caravan. He didn't want the children. The emotion through the pregnancy was fearful about the future; that they would have no place to live and she worked 6 nights a week as a care assistant. Mum is 23.
Birth - mum is type 1 IDD and R was delivered by caesarean 5 weeks prematurely and weighed 10 lbs. Mum had eclampsia and both of them had to be resuscitated after the birth. Mum expressed milk for him and he was bottle fed with this for a month because he refused to take from the breast. Mum then fed him soya formula because she says that all the family are dairy sensitive. He does eat cottage cheese!!
Walked at 14 months
Teeth at 3 months
Talking - not really yet.
The last couple of weeks in Wales in the caravan they all had flu colds and were vomiting. This was 5 weeks ago.
He loves being warm and wrapped up but seems to like the fresh air.
He drinks water all the time. He eats veg, chicken and fish but his favourite is sausage, mash and peas. He loves sweet things. He dislikes bitty things like alfalfa and coleslaw. He won't drink a cup of milk (soya or otherwise) but will have soya milk on his cereal.
He can be clingy but also shouts and hits out.
He sleeps a lot and always has done. He is a good eater.
He is fearful if someone raises their voice which mum thinks is because of the arguments between mum and dad in the caravan.
His right ear has previously been full of dark wax.
He is cheerful in the morning but has quick mood changes. At one point mum said he was having a paddy because he threw something on the floor but it was instant and he snapped out of it. I wouldn't have known if mum hadn't said.
What struck me was the clinging to mum and the constant happy singing once he felt comfortable in the clinic after about an hour and was wandering around and playing with the toys. I wondered if the eczema was to do with coming to live with Grandma although they are all very happy there. Maybe also a grief reaction as he could be missing dad. Mum hopes to get her own house soon to rent by the council. He may not be allergic to dairy.
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk
Thanks
Rochelle
Background - This 18 month old boy presented as a olive skinned child, normal height and build, big brown eyes who walked well but with no clear speech as yet. Dah was obviously Car!! Initially he was very shy and clung to mum, not even raising his head. This lasted about an hour when he started playing with the toys on his own, not demanding help from mum and was fine as long as I didn't look at him!! Mum changed his nappy and when she left the room to put it in the bin he screamed. Later he walked around the room quite happily constantly singing and humming. He later let me pick him up but immediately wanted to go to mum. He has very straight teeth.
A month ago he was very weak and ill because he had been living in a caravan with parents and 3 year old brother. Father left them to go and study at university so after 3 weeks of them all being ill mum brought them up to live with Grandma and has now separated from her husband. The child looks healthy. He has been given Chamomila occasionally before bed.
Presenting complaints eczema, moody and whingy.
The eczema is only since he has been living at Grandma and presents as very red and angry looking on the back of his legs. It is crusty, felt slightly damp and is itchy as he tries to scratch it. Mum also said he had eczema all over his body but was I saw was odd tiny patches but the whole body was covered with a pale pink blotchy rash which was not raised.
He kicks off when his nappy is changed which mum did with him standing up!!
He has seen his dad once since the separation and was excited to see him.
Pregnancy was awful from day 1. They lived in a caravan and dad was angry and kept quitting jobs. Mum had fallen out with her family over dad who they didn't like and then she got pre eclampsia. Dad blamed mum for the pregnancies. When she was being abused she was never afraid of him as she could give back what she got. She used to lock him out of the caravan. He didn't want the children. The emotion through the pregnancy was fearful about the future; that they would have no place to live and she worked 6 nights a week as a care assistant. Mum is 23.
Birth - mum is type 1 IDD and R was delivered by caesarean 5 weeks prematurely and weighed 10 lbs. Mum had eclampsia and both of them had to be resuscitated after the birth. Mum expressed milk for him and he was bottle fed with this for a month because he refused to take from the breast. Mum then fed him soya formula because she says that all the family are dairy sensitive. He does eat cottage cheese!!
Walked at 14 months
Teeth at 3 months
Talking - not really yet.
The last couple of weeks in Wales in the caravan they all had flu colds and were vomiting. This was 5 weeks ago.
He loves being warm and wrapped up but seems to like the fresh air.
He drinks water all the time. He eats veg, chicken and fish but his favourite is sausage, mash and peas. He loves sweet things. He dislikes bitty things like alfalfa and coleslaw. He won't drink a cup of milk (soya or otherwise) but will have soya milk on his cereal.
He can be clingy but also shouts and hits out.
He sleeps a lot and always has done. He is a good eater.
He is fearful if someone raises their voice which mum thinks is because of the arguments between mum and dad in the caravan.
His right ear has previously been full of dark wax.
He is cheerful in the morning but has quick mood changes. At one point mum said he was having a paddy because he threw something on the floor but it was instant and he snapped out of it. I wouldn't have known if mum hadn't said.
What struck me was the clinging to mum and the constant happy singing once he felt comfortable in the clinic after about an hour and was wandering around and playing with the toys. I wondered if the eczema was to do with coming to live with Grandma although they are all very happy there. Maybe also a grief reaction as he could be missing dad. Mum hopes to get her own house soon to rent by the council. He may not be allergic to dairy.
Registered Homeopath
EFT(Advanced) Practitioner
www.southporthomeopathy.co.uk