vocal tic.....

[Workingman]

Poll, my son started snooking, as we call it, when he was about ten, it was like a pig grunting and pretty disgusting.

After a trip to the GP it turned out to be his sinuses, which he had to have cauterised.

Not the same as Amy, I know, but asking the doc wouldn't hurt.

[pollR78]

oh thats interesting WM, I will speak to GP about it when I am there on Friday next week, Amy won't be with me so ideal time to ask for some advice.

thanks

p x

[Diflower]

Yes we have had similar Poll, and it drove us mad too!
Youngest was sounding like an old man, sort of groaning instead of properly exhaling, and especially when he was eating
It was just a habit. I asked him if he knew he was doing it, and he said no (I'm sure he did!). So I said, well, now you know you are, try and be aware of it and then you can stop.
It took a while but he did, thank goodness.
Now, I'm sure it could be something to do with worrying, but not necessarily. I developed an odd habit of sort of raising my eyes whilst lowering my eyebrows when I was about 6 (?). I think it was just because I could But I was taken to the opticians and all sorts - there was nothing wrong, either physically or emotionally

On the money worries, Amy is just a child, she doesn't really understand about money and budgets. It's fine to mention that you can't necessarily buy quite everything she'd like you to - after all a list for Santa should be a wish list, not a shopping list - but also maybe let her know that's not necessarily a bad thing. If you get all you want, it doesn't mean anywhere near as much as if you have to wait a while and save up for it.
But to someone Amy's age, if you say money's tight they will imagine being on the streets, without food, no Christmas presents at all - that's how children are
Just as, if you said, ooh I've got a bit extra - they'll assume that means new xbox, 60" Tv, the lot

[pollR78]

yeah thats the way iv put it to her Di, if your not aware, im now telling you about it so please try and stop!! lol!

kids huh!

she used to suffer badly from nose bleeds but this stopped a few months ago, strangely enough today she has had 2, one that didn't last long and one not long ago that lasted over 10mins, both times she was sat beside me so I know her fingers were nowhere near her nose lol!

will keep an eye on it!

xx

[Diflower]

Hmmm, do you think it could be connected?
My cousin used to get terrible nosebleeds - genuinely. But she also learned how to cause them if she wanted to, which in her case was very easily. For instance if she and I were fighting/having an argument, she could just nod her head very hard, hey presto nosebleed and run in to our mums crying, saying I'd hit her
But also, she confessed to me that if she wanted to stay up later, she could force a nosebleed, which would do the trick - and that was something to do with holding her throat closed. Don't remember the details, except I tried and of course it didn't work because I never had nosebleeds
Think I'd be tempted to just not make much fuss apart from reassure her you're not quite broke

[pollR78]

I'm really not sure if they are connected, it's all v odd!

Poor this was woken with another nosebleed at 440am, got it stopped after about 20mins, she is asleep now.

How clever was your cousin Di! I had a lot of nosebleeds as a child but my sister never, although don't remember mine lasting as Amy's?!

I will continue to reassure her and hope the noises stop and as for nose bleeds, she has had so many we never stress and just get on with it

Xxxx

[Kaz]

Perhaps the nosebleeds and the noises are connected, in that what is causing one is also making her prone to the other?

It could well be a minor medical issue rather than emotional or behavioural I hope the doc will have some suggestions Poll xxxx

[Cal]

As you and Amy are so close it could well be that she picks up on your worries/stress and it comes out quite unconsciously in these tics - or maybe she has catarrh?

[pollR78]

I think you are spot on Cal, I am pretty sure now that she is picking up on me being worried (feel quite bad about that), we spent quite a lot of time out yesterday and didn't notice too many 'noises' or 'sniffing', so am hoping that its maybe going to calm down and stop.................I can hope!

xxx