11 year old daughter has spent several weeks in high anxiety about starting big school . Last week when quite stressy she asked for one of her little sisters dummy's and it seemed to quieten her right down. Apart from the dummy she was jolly and good company . She had is almost constantly last week and dosnt seem to mind what anyone may think .
Interestingly she's been sleeping better than in weeks having a calming thing at bed time .
Unknown to me she took it to school yesterday and was using it at break time , and I got a phone call from the special needs co ordinator last night about this " . Very understanding if a little concerned . However they want to create her say space to de stress when needed . Other kids know she is aspi and are kind to her as she is a gentle and kind child . The senco actually wants to accept / ignore the dummy and let the phase pass and see her settle in the school rather than make a huge fuss . It's possibly one of those quirky things but I want to get her through this phase and run with the senco advise for home / school , accept and indulge her in her need and let her know we will support her and get her through this anxious phase .im proud of her even if she's regressive for being grown up enough to know how to calm herself beyond melt downs . ( that had become regular )
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Fayfoord · 06/09/2016 07:22
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