RETIRED: Target chit chat

My son is six, daughter 4, daughter 2,

daughter almost 1.



For the past 2 years I've looked for ways to work with him. It's been a search that has always ended with me feeling more lost than when I began looking.



and there's the story of my life. Eat your heart out Dr. Phil.

my son's issues are not the same but yet I feel your pain. And I know we aren't alone here in TCC.

The original dx for him was Asperger's and the ADHD-CT. The latter has always fit him but the first not so much. It took a couple of years and a LOT of research on my part (and friend's help) to figure out exactly what was going on. You know how it is as a mother though. You know when something just isn't right and you don't rest until you find out what's wrong.

The problem is, there aren't many doctors, counselors, or specialists of any kind that are all too familiar with SM. We were VERY lucky with this school in that the diagnostician actually has a very close friend whose daughter also has SM. If it wasn't for her, and my own knowledge, he'd have a very difficult educational road ahead of him.

Even at a young age I knew that something just wasn't right. Tanner never slept through the night. And, by that I mean, he would either stay up ALL night or he'd get up a bazillion times a night. The pedi kept saying he'd outgrow it. Everytime I brought it up he'd find a reason. By the time he was 2 and still up all night I knew that wasn't normal. Actually, it took having my 2nd baby to finally see what was normal and what wasn't. He has always had a speech impairment and no amount of speech therapy has really helped. Maturity and repetition is what has helped.

He's very unique. I love him more than my own life. I would do anything for him. I just get so exhausted with his antics and such that I have to blow off steam somewhere.

I feel bad about writing all of this out (and worry about judgement) so please let me know if this isn't the place for it and I'll delete it.

I remember those days. I could NEVER fall asleep BEFORE ds. I had to be sure he fell asleep first or who knew what he would be up to. Every now and again I was too tired to stay awake and would fall asleep first and he would ALWAYS take full advantage of it.

One night I woke to find him sitting on the dining room table with a big can of coffee, throwing coffee grounds all over the room and saying "whee" at the same time

And when he didn't do anything destructive, he would leave me subtle and no-so-subtle hints to let me know he had been up during the night. One of his favorite things to do was open all the blinds in the house, so that when I got up I would wonder 'didn't I close them before bed?" the other was to fill all the glasses with soapy water and put them in the fridge. I thought I would go insane

What a good point!

I've got two kids with mild delays. Mostly developmental but my oldest DD has a mild form of Aspergers. I can't relate to most of what you and Teri and Setsail have to go through every day but I can totally relate to being a momma and trying so hard to help your kids. This is probably the worst/best job there is.

Oh and the only on topic that I've ever seen mentioned was poop but at any rate - I know I'm not the only one who cares and would not pass judgment. to ya momma.

Ditto !



Wasn't there someone in deals who spent a lot of time making sure they knew about this problem? I'll go back and look....

Found it here.

This is in no way the first time they've been told this.

Expanded barcodes...the final shovel of dirt on the coupon's grave

I thought it was this year it was supposed to be implemented though. For those who asked, basically it's when the stores will start reading the right side of the barcode only, ie...every coupon will be product specific.

what happens with the new barcodes?

I was wondering the same thing?

Sorry to hear about your challenges with ds, I can relate to some of them. Like the lack of sleep. My ds is four and was always up every 2 to 3 hours like clock work up until recently, he now gets up once or twice a night, the doctors have never had any reason as to why, he never slept through the night as a baby,and the drs didn't seem too concerned either. It was the same with dd until the age of 2 and now she sleeps like a rock.

My ds has had other issues, since around the age of 1 he would have extremely high fevers every month, and would be extremely lethargic for a week sometimes longer,for awhile it was excused as teething, but once all his teeth came in and the fevers did not cease, his dr after conducting a few test finally sent him to a hemoglobin specialist, after passing several blood tests, they finally reached a diagnose for him with a "backdoor treatment" he has a rare blood disorder call FAPSA.

I can totally relate to the not knowing what is wrong with your child, and the aggravation of drs and specialists knowing so very little about the disease its self.

In my ds case, the doctor says most children grow out of this disorder, his fevers are also being controlled now, he takes a dose of steroids when his fever comes and within hours he is back to normal.
But they have yet to figure out how to prevent the fevers all together, and that's probably because so little is known about the disorder itself.

Sorry for long post felt compelled to share my story after reading everyones posts. everyone

A co-worker who is a single mom with 3 kids and lives solely on her T pay was so interested in my Q shopping. She needs all the help she can get, and wants to talk to one of the Team Leads about having me do a Coupon Seminar in the break room one night. Many of the T workers are single-moms and need the help. Plus, the more people who coupon, the better the store gets at understanding.

Oh no! You shared the mop coupons secret.

Well, I guess it had to come out eventually. lol

I'm so sorry to hear of everyone's special needs children. Maybe there is something about it that brings out the "couponer' in us. My daughter also has mysterious fevers. Started when she was 2 months old, she would vomit all the time, we couldn't go to town even (10 mins away) without a change of clothes (or a few of them) and poor child always had plastic over her carseat. She had an upper GI, since she was a preemie they thought it was reflux, but wasn't. She would get high fevers every 3 weeks, like clockwork. I kept taking her to the doctor over and over, and each time they would tell me, "it's a virus". I asked about the recurring fevers, but he said if I don't bring her in each time it happens, they can't do anything about it. So I did, every 3 weeks I would take her in, and every three weeks I would just pay them to tell me, "it's a virus".

She's 7 now, they still have never figured out what is wrong with her, I think it's something with her immune system. She doesn't get fevers as much, it's more once a month now, and luckily the vomiting is mostly gone. But, now she gets migranes. She will start to complain about her head hurting, and usually within 30 mins she is vomiting from pain And, she catches everything! She's had strep 3 times this year, if she drinks from the water fountain, she has a fever the next day. Once we get good, stable insurance again I plan on taking her to the immunologist. Hopefully, for once, they will figure something out!

Sorry, felt compelled to share my story too. It's nice to have other moms to talk to and understand!

I'm still on my DH's computer, so I don't get to post enough.

In T news- I found some good MQ books on Clorox Mops today, including a $3/2 Amour All. Red Bic Pens were in the BTS mark-down for $.68/ea. Didn't have any TQs with me, but they will probably auto.

A co-worker who is a single mom with 3 kids and lives solely on her T pay was so interested in my Q shopping. She needs all the help she can get, and wants to talk to one of the Team Leads about having me do a Coupon Seminar in the break room one night. Many of the T workers are single-moms and need the help. Plus, the more people who coupon, the better the store gets at understanding.

Oh no! You shared the mop coupons secret.

Well, I guess it had to come out eventually. lol

I wonder if your dd has the same disorder as my son? There are other symptoms besides fevers, so it might be something worth looking into, I can't think off the other symptoms off hand, but I do know ds would occasionally throw up when he had fevers and drank milk, but then I stop giving him dairy as soon as his fevers arrived and the vomiting stopped.

He actually was doing better this year, he had gone 5 months without a single fever then in may this year they came back and now they average every 3-4 weeks.

I totally sympathize with your insurance woes, my children just lost there benefits in march. I can get insurance from my job but unfortunately it would take about half my check and that's just not something I can afford. My kids were in a government program (not medacaid) but a program to get children coverage for low income families and when I got my new job they cut them, because they claim I make too much.

I will have to look into that, thanks Geez, I can't even imagine what it would be like to go 5 months without a fever! Must be heaven

T has the worst insurance! It would be most of my paycheck, since I'm part-time, and the insurance pays $200, then there is a $4,000 (single) or $8,000 (with kids) deductible before it pays anything else! I was so disappointed, had to wait 6 months, then only get offered that :throwup:

Good thing is, right after posting earlier, my DH found out that he is officially hired with the bank he has been a contractor with starting this Monday. That means, in Oct. we will finally have really good insurance (besides 3 weeks of paid vacation next year + paid holidays, and there are a lot of bank holidays, and other perks).

I will have to look into that, thanks Geez, I can't even imagine what it would be like to go 5 months without a fever! Must be heaven

T has the worst insurance! It would be most of my paycheck, since I'm part-time, and the insurance pays $200, then there is a $4,000 (single) or $8,000 (with kids) deductible before it pays anything else! I was so disappointed, had to wait 6 months, then only get offered that :throwup:

Good thing is, right after posting earlier, my DH found out that he is officially hired with the bank he has been a contractor with starting this Monday. That means, in Oct. we will finally have really good insurance (besides 3 weeks of paid vacation next year + paid holidays, and there are a lot of bank holidays, and other perks).

That is the problem..In order to fix this, I am sure T will mess something up....IMO, the lady should also have spoken abt how earlier the cpns would say "item not found" even if you had the right items...I am not saying Target's systems are correct but if the cpn is coded for $4/1 item, then the system reads it as such..Earlier it would beep, now it auto's down...The only thing left for T to try is let it go in as $4..