Grinity - thanks for responding, didn't mean to throw down the gauntlet or anything
Yes, our pediatrician is pretty darn good, thankfully. She is the same dr. who sent us to the emergency room after a couple days of very serious illness this summer with Ds - again, thankfully, I think she headed off a very dramatic case of dehydration and saved ds' body some real damage! Also, she is pretty young and I think that helps too.
Looks like we are in some luck on insurance, so I am going ahead with developmental ped. appt. this next week (I also posted to another thread, bad form, I've cut my posts in 2 on this subject
Anyway, I think it was the '68 point diff between GAI and...' thread, 2e area.
It is funny you should say this: "I really would love to see these parent scales 'renormed' for parents like us!"
I did go through this horrible first reaction of 'Omg! He is 'very very often' on the first 15 or so symptoms!!' Then I re-read about look only at 6 months, consider the kids age, and I was able to back down the drama considerable. I absolutely tried to be honest, but you're right, I just did my best in the end. I imagine the teacher' scale might unconsciously hold more weight with the doc...
