Health Visitors For Children With Special Needs

I have had the pleasure of two different Health Visitors, and wonder really what they should be offering to new mums? I hope that mine were in the minority because it certainly wasnt a pleasant experience. After the birth of my first baby, my first encounter with my Health Visitor was when she marched in like she owned the place and took over from there. She visited regularly, usually it seemed to point out what I was doing wrong. As a new mum I felt a complete failure. She was in her 60's and had an air about her that just told me not to question her. Eventually, I spoke to my GP about it, he just said that I shouldnt cause a problem. At a time when I ...

Seeing as someone else has written about health visitors I thought I would share my opinion too. When my son was around 18 months old I *knew* there was something wrong. he woudl scream for hours, not be comforted, wouldn't sleep at night. Once he started walking he turned into a tiny tornado and was always getting himself hurt. As time went on he became aggressive, hyperactive, impulsive. He was always in Casualty for one accident or another. By the time he was about 6 years old he was a complete mess. He couldn't concentrate, was inattentive, destructive and aggressive. Over all this time i had regular contact with my health visitor ...

I am not sure weather this should be in this section but didn't know where else to put it. Since my youngest son was born with lots of problems I have found myself being in more contact than I ever imadgined with my health visitor. I have found them to be absolutly great and have always given me lots of useful information. I know it can be hard for people when there child is poorly and I have found that the doctors at the hospital always use 'there language' which most of us don't really understand.This is when I have found the health visitor invaluable as she always explains things in clear terms that I understand. She is normally m first ...