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We did our assessments separately and then compaired notes. Most of the time we were “on the same page” but my DH totally missed the “little behaviors”. There was a question about thumb sucking. I answered “often” because although my DD doesn’t suck her thumb, she does suck her other fingers, hair, clothing, and will mouth just about anything she holds idly in her hands. I explained this to my DH and he said, “But the question asked about thumb sucking.”
*sigh* My DH’s (ironically enough) a neurologist. When I described this whole issue to the pediatric neurologist we visited yesterday she just laughed, “Oh, he’s just a neurologist.” That said, she explained that it’s not uncommon to have any parents offer widely differing assessments. She further commented that she never relies on fathers/men to assess social issues, i.e., what a child’s friends and their social interactions are like.
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