mother who makes child sick to get attention to herself?
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Munchausen by Proxy is a relatively uncommon condition involves the exaggeration or fabrication of illnesses or symptoms by a primary caretaker. One of the most harmful forms of child abuse, Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome was named after Baron von Munchausen, an eighteenth-century German dignitary known for telling outlandish stories
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an explanation to the mother/child thing please.
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Sounds like either your kid has horriffic allergy problems or is suffering from spoiled brat syndrome... or one other, much worse possibility.  If it's the former, your doctor should be more careful about testing kids.  If allergies are the case, then your child should have more than an emotional response to eating vegetable, like breaking out in hives or pain.\n\nIf not allergies and your discription is correct, please watch Nanny 911.  You child may be spoiled because you cave in to his demands.  At some point, almost every child engages in a battle of wills with their parents for household control.  If the parents win, peace.  If the child wins, hell on earth.  Spoil the child, ruin his life.  If you care, you must win through persistence and patience (these will be repeatedly tested!!) in order for your child to function in a society.  Otherwise, expect to visit your kid in jail or a homeless shelter later (or support them until you die).  More immediately, a spoiled child may suffer from obesity and severe constipation if you both continue on this path (not to mention your own headaches!).\n\nNow the really dark stuff.  Has your child been molested or otherwise abused?  If this sort of acting out is not characteristic of your child, then you might want to (carefully, not giving the kid any great ideas about how to make your life more miserable in the battle for household control) check this out - particularly if a spouse or another significant other spends a great deal of alone time with the kid.  Kids don't know how to tell you this stuff (let alone most adults!), but acting out is usually symptomatic of something going wrong.  If you are the person abusing, then I have no sympathy for you.  Hell hath no fury as the hatred of your own children.
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I don't think there's a single word for it, because there are any number of reasons why the person could want that, and what it's called depends on that reason.  A few possibilities...\n\nFaking sick or hoping to be sick to get out of doing something (like going to school or work) is called malingering.\n\nThere's a mental illness called Munchausen's syndrome, in which the patient will make herself sick or injured to get attention from doctors.  A person with Munchausen's may also hope that they really will get seriously sick or injured as that would get them the attention they want.  Even if they don't make themselves sick on purpose but hope they'll get sick so they get attention, that could also be considered a symptom of Munchausen's.\n\nIf they're hoping to be sick/injured because they actually enjoy physical pain, that's masochism.\n\nIf they want it to be serious because they want to die, that would be suicidal behavior.  Even if they don't want to die, but just want to kind of self destruct or implode, that could be a sign of depression.\n\nI can't think of any more reasons of the top of my head, but if you can think of any more I could probably come up with diagnoses to go with them :)
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I think if my OSD were my bio kid, she would be WORSE behaved!! And don't underestimate the power of just talking with them and being there for them to talk to. They may get that glassy, glazed look in their eye, but I do think some of it eventually filters down to them. The big thing is allowing them to make mistakes. No, not standing by and watching them make mistakes, but realizing they are still kids (no matter what THEY think about it) and they are gonna make mistakes, and our job is to help them pick up the pieces when they do... to listen and guide as much as we can, and just be patient with them. There comes a point in time when we are no longer "responsible" for their actions, and they have to suffer and face consequences when they do certain things. There is no getting around that.
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Please don't take it personal, but chances are you are the root of her defiance. Don't take this personal, but are you White? And this is just an observation that I had, many white people allow their children extended freedoms, and this can cause a child to feel like they are the ones that are in control. Let me open my mouth in an even slightly disrespectful undertone, my mother would've put a fist, belt, extension cord, mopstick, telephone cord.......(you get the picture) on my behind. And to all those who say don't beat their children remember " spare the rod spoil the child". This is just a general response. I also must say that it sounds like she has a lot of resentment towards you, and it sounds like it stems from whatever kind of relationship you had/have with her father. Her fighting with her younger bro is something that is common, but it could be BC of jealousy(do the two of them have the same father?) It kinda sounds like she is crying out for attention, you must remember to children attention is attention, whether it is positive or negative its the attention that they desire
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this is the 21st century....not the middle ages....there is no need to make you and your child a public spectacle...accommodations have been made to cater to the nursing mother.....there should be no excuse for such a public display of what is considered a very private moment...
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your daughter is throwing up blood, losing weight, and has a low body temp, and you are seeking medical advice on yahoo? don't bother calling a doctor. call your local DHS instead, maybe they can find someone intelligent enough to care for a child.
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I would strongly recommend that you contact the medical board about this.  If she is interfering with medication of patients she works with, it could have potentially fatal effects.  This is irresponsible at best, and criminal at worst.  A nurse is not a doctor and does not determine treatment of patients on her own, nor should she go against the doctor's orders.  While she may think in her own mind that she knows best, she is wrong.  Please report her to the medical board; they will investigate the complaint.  \n\nI am sorry that she took it upon herself to alter your son's medication.  I can only imagine what she is doing to other patients who don't have a sharp minded mother looking out for them.
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The same thing here. My man's mother more than awful. She's one of those "christains" that quotes the bible and tell you that you're going to hell, but she does every evil thing there is to do. She stole from him, forged his income tax return, lied and manipulate every situation and she told me that if I was to concieve a child, she didn't want no parts of it. I'm writing a book about my experiences with her drama. I ignored her. I stopped playing nice with her after she attack him when he was in the ER. I told her exactly what I thought of her and I ignore her. Eventually, he cut her loose. It was his decision. It's been a year now since we last heard from her. Life has been great and less stressful without her.
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Headstrong, I grew up with a Mom that was like that.  Her opinion was the right opinion and she didn't even listen to other people.  I don't know where that need to always be right comes from but I do know a lot of people that seem to have that condition. : )
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I think you have to eventually come to grips with the fact that\n\nyour mother has mental/emotional issues and that they have\n\nnothing to do with you. You need to realize that you're caught\n\nin the middle of this insanity, and that eventually all will\n\nbe well. Ride it out, nothing you can do at the moment.\n\nYour mother does not sound well. But I can be wrong.
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Yes they do have an illness that makes them think they are ill all the time. It's a form of obsessive behaviour and is a mental illness.
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It's not they. Their behaviour is chemically affected by the drugs they use. Your mum was ill, and she wasn't entirely in control of herself. Don't blame her.
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"but I don't want my kids to suffer later due to lack of attention from both the parents."\n\nThere's your answer, "doctor".
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I hadn't heard about this.  If they indeed tried to hide the fact from the public, it's a horrid disservice to those with allergies.  My kids are allergic to everything and it's so hard.  People just don't understand the severity of it all until you live with it.  Too many "well-meaning" people have made my kids sick.  When they were little, I finally made them pins that read, "DO NOT FEED ME without talking to Mom!"  Sometimes even that didn't work! Ughhhh!
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Take her to a doctor.  It's possible that she has an infection of some sort.  It's also possible that she's acting out because of some sort of trauma (stress, abuse, being abandoned by her parents).  This isn't normal behavior for a healthy 9-yr-old.\n\nGood luck!