Well, where to begin. I really am struggling at the moment with being a parent. My son is 25 months old and has recently been referred to speech and language therapy (6 months waiting list-possibly more now due to current situation). I knew something wasn’t quite right when he was 16 months, went and seen my HV and she agrees and ask for a referral which was denied due to his age. I am finding it very difficult dealing with him as he is very aggressive if he doesn’t want to do something. I was wondering if anyone who is or has gone through this can offer any helpful suggestions to help me get through everyday life without having mental breakdowns.
He is basically non verbal, lots of babbling but apart from the word dad, nothing. He doesn’t point and will just grab mine or his dads hand if he wants something.
He plays constantly with trains or cars and has recently just started to lie down whilst doing this.
When he doesn’t want to do something he becomes very agitated and starts to grab out and bite. When I tell him in a firm voice ‘no, that hurts mum’ or any other variation he lashes out more so I have tried the nicer way of saying in a low calm voice, that’s not nice and sometimes it works but other times it doesn’t.
I feel like he just doesn’t like me anymore and would much prefer to spend all his time with his dad which is impossible because he works 6 days for 11 hr shifts.
I just really need advice, I just feel like a failure at the moment.
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Mumofone18 · 10/04/2020 11:30
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