My youngest is nearly 3. Probably has autism but at the moment his official diagnosis is speech delay. He runs like the wind and climbs everything. I can just about manage him in certain places. There is a small soft play near us with a locked gate at the entrance and a toddler group where there are staff on the front desk and a heavy door which he can't open. I've got a nearly 4 year old who has sn too so I get nervous taking them places that he can escape from. I've got 3 older ones at school too.
We were doing OK with that and getting out most days even though it's mainly the same places. But recently I've had judgy comments from a couple of professionals about how it's not enough and I need to do more with him to help his speech. I read to him, he watches TV but not every day. I try and make sure he has time in the garden but we have a big hole in the fence and a broken gate that the landlord has been promising to fix for months.
I think I'm doing my best with him but I feel guilty that I don't take him to the park and to different toddler groups every day like I did with my older ones. And the judgy comments don't help.
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elliejjtiny · 26/05/2017 17:52
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