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My daughter has had a rash on her arm for 3 weeks. It started off looking like a mosquito bite. Now it is the size and shape of a penny. It is solid red, flat with a few white scales which come and go. It does not itch at all, but she complains that it hurts a bit when it is touched. We have tried treating it with hydrocortisone cream, but that only seems to make it appear brighter red. Family MD is not sure what it is - doesn't look like ringworm because centre is not clearing out, and it is not itchy.

Burgundy couch and chair, and blue recliner (lighter than navy blue, darker than powder blue). We have a brown carpet.

Suggestions for wall colour? The room is 14x21 ft and has lots of light.

I have some pencil marks on a painted wall (painted dry wall). How do you get the marks off without ruining the paint?

I was wondering if I should paint this fireplace brick or just clean it up and leave it as the natural brick.

Also, can a mantle be added to a fireplace such as this?

I don't have a straight on photo, just ones from the side, but you can get an idea of it from this link.

http://s967.photobucket.com/albums/ae159/fsvgdj/Li...

Thanks

I need help deciding on furniture placement for an L-shaped living room and dining room combo. (The furniture in the photos below is not mine, only the room will be.)

The furniture I have is 2 sofas, an arm chair, an upright piano, a dining room table and chairs and a buffet cabinet. I will purchase end tables, and a coffee table as needed.

If you have suggestions on furniture placement, this would be helpful. I was thinking that the sofas should somehow be around the fireplace, but I wonder if that would look awkward.

The link below should take you to the photos.

http://s967.photobucket.com/albums/ae159/fsvgdj/Li...

Thank you for your ideas!

We have purchased a house with a kitchen that is very 80's in the style of the cupboards. They are white melamine with wood trim at the bottom of each cupboard door.

We cannot afford to replace the kitchen for a few more years, but we want to make the cupboards look a little nicer in the mean time in an inexpensive way.

Do you have any suggestions?

I think these links will work to see a photo of the cupboards.

http://s967.photobucket.com/albums/ae159/fsvgdj/ki...

http://s967.photobucket.com/albums/ae159/fsvgdj/ki...

What information can you give me about taking stress / medical leave in Ontario, if need is documented by a physician?

Are you eligible for any monetary support through EI? If so, for how long?

What are the limitations of a stress / medical leave?

What if you are not ready to go back to work after any paid leave expires?

Person I am inquiring for is in a management position and is working more than 80 hours per week - overtime is NOT paid due to being management.

Serious health issues are involved, and are exacerbated by the extra stress at work.

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Sorry to talk about poo on here, but ...

My 4 yr old daughter has tummy aches followed by very gassy BM's with diarrhea. Only other "symptom" is hyperactivity (more than she normally is). How long should I withhold milk to see if she is lactose intolerant. Could there be something else causing the gas etc? Note: no fever, no vomiting, not a gastro flu.

We have had her off milk for three days, and she still has gassy BM's, but they are becoming less loose.

If it is lactose intolerance, and she hasn't had milk, shouldn't the gassiness and tummy aches go away?

my daughter, age 4, has always been more active than my son, age 9, ever was. She is especially hyper when excited about something, or when we have company. She often will, quite literally, bounce around the room, and from person to person, climbing on people, climbing off, giggling, jumping, etc.

She is very needy of physical contact with others, and will often come up to me and touch me, or touch my face, or want to look at parts of my face with great interest (ie. the mole below my ear is a great fascination to her, or my crooked tooth.)

She is very talkative, and will come up to me and start conversations without having anything to say. ie. "mommy, um, mommy.... um uh mommy, um mommy, " It is almost like she wants to talk for the sake of talking. Quite often when she does say something other than "mommy", she will obsess on a particular topic. ie. for the two week christmas break, every chance she got she reminded me that when she is 6 her friend was going to sleep over at our house. She would carry on in great detail (and with great repetition) about all of the details of this event that is far off in the future.

She also is very intelligent, and has an excellent memory of stories and lyrics to songs that she may have only heard one or two times. She is very good at memory games, and practises them sometimes obsessively, until she gets better and better (ie, such as games on her leap pad).

She also has the nasty habit of picking her nails and skin around her nails until they bleed. We have tried to get her to stop this, but she even does it in her sleep. One month ago, her thumb became very infected and required medical treatment after one such "picking" injury. She also puts non food objects in her mouth (This had stopped when she turned 2, but returned again just a few months before her 4th birthday). ie. she will chew her collar, sleeve, ties on her jacket, her mitten, small toy animals, the plastic "eggs" inside of a KinderEgg, a piece of paper, her shoe, etc.

For the past two or three weeks, she has started making a "sniffling" noise all the time, and has started "clearing her throat" on a regular basis. (both are unproductive) There doesn't seem to be a cold or sinus problem of any kind, and her nose is not running. I am considering taking her to the doctor for allergy tests, but there is no evidence other than the "noise" of sniffling and throat clearing.

When she was younger, we thought she might be autistic, because she would have very intense periods of concentration that would last for 45 to 90 minutes at a time. She would kind of "zone out" when engaging in certain play activities (ie. doing a puzzle, repetetively covering up a dolly with a blanket) If you interrupted her in these activities she would become physically agitated and angry and would fight to get back to the activity. She still gets in a "zone" like this often, but not as frequently as before, and she doesn't get quite so agitated if you gently interrupt her zone. Also, she has good eye contact, and plays with her peers quite well.

The daycare hasn't pointed out any problems to us. Her kindergarten teacher said she has noticed that she has a bossy side when interacting with her peers.

Sometimes the looks she gives me are disturbing. If she doesn't like what I tell her, or if she wants me to do something for her and I tell her she will have to wait a few moments, she sometimes gets this very angry look in her eyes, grits her teeth, and pushes her fists towards me. She holds this pose for about 15 seconds and growls and grits her teeth at me the whole time. She always is very apologetic afterwards, but still wants her way. I can actually remember her doing a version of this when she was an infant and I would be breast feeding her. If she coudn't get the milk, or couldn't latch on right away, her fists would grab me and she would literally "shake" with anger.

I am not sure what to make of this. Is this normal behaviour for a 4 year old? I can't really tell. I should mention that my older son has Asperger's, so I am not really sure what normal 4 year old behaviour should look like. She is certainly MUCH more outgoing, social and agressive than my son ever was (or likely ever will be!).

Thank you for any input you may have - I have read some web sites about ADHD, but it is hard for me to judge whether my daughter's behaviour fit into the criteria or not. They don't seem to me to fit the Asperger's or ASD critera. Also, most of the descriptions of OCD don't ring true. Your opinions are appreciated.

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With all the research they have done lately on Mirror Neurons, has anybody started working on a treatment for peple with autism or Asperger's that uses mirror neurons?

For example:

When she doesn't want to answer a question, she yells at the asker.

She talks back to me when I ask her to do something (ie. Me: "Come for dinner." Her:"NNNNNO!")

She told a guest of mine today "Can you go home now."

When I told her that this was rude, she immediately said to the guest "Can you go home now, please"

When I told ther that this was also rude, she said "But Mommy, I said please!"

I have tried a variety of things : Time outs, talking to her, having her practice what she should have said instead, ignoring, ...

I don't know what to do anymore! She has been doing this for 2-3 months now and it is driving us crazy.

Is this a 4 year old thing? Will she grow out of this if we keep instructing her on the polite way to respond in various situations?

My eldest son has Asperger's, and I didn't think my daughter did because she is so bubbly and social with her friends. Is this rudeness and abruptness a sign of Asperger's?

I issued about a dozen invitation to a birthday party for a 4 year old. At the bottom of the invitation I put in large print RSVP along with my phone number.

Only 4 people called me to let me know if their child would or would not be coming. (2 yes and 2 no)

I didn't know how many kids would be there, so I bought loot bags and contents for all the rest, assuming they might show up. This cost me $50! Only 4 children showed up.

I feel this is highly inconsiderate of the other parents not to let me know if they will be there. I had to buy loot bags and food for all the parents and kids who didn't show up so that I wouldn't be short of supplies if they decided to attend. What a waste of money.

I don't get it!!!!!

Specifically how to help a child with proprioceptive (seeking), vestibular (seeking) , tactile (avoiding) and auditory (avoiding) sensitivities.

If so, how was it? What is your review?

Anyone have conversations like this with their child?

For my son's birthday, he says "Mom, for my birthday, if any of my friend's Mom's ask, I would like Lego. BUT, not the MEGA blocks kind of lego, jus the lego with the proper lego logo on it. Also I would like books. But not just any kind of books, just books written by Roald Dahl. But be sure to tell them that I already have these 15 books (starts rattling off titles)"

Always makes me smile

PS, in the end, I told him. How about I tell them that you would really like some LEGO, or perhaps a gift certificate for the bookstore.