I am having a really crappy week as it is and this is not helping.
My twins both have ASD - DT2 is also visually impaired, has brain damage and various other issues. He is an obsessive sensory seeker, mainly mouthing which is really dangerous - he has no sense of danger at all.
Today he’s discovered that if he shoves his hand down his throat it makes him gag which weirdly seems to be a positive for him. I’ve been trying to distract him from it. Now he’s trying to shove his chew toys down his throat. It’s bad enough when I’m watching him but I can’t watch him 24/7. Trying to make dinner now while keeping an eye on him and darting out to redirect him every few minutes.
He’s already in specific clothes to prevent him weeing everywhere and poo smearing. Just been tackling DT1’s poo smearing in a similar way. Now this.
What can I do? We are seeing OT next week so I will talk to them but they’ve already said they can’t do anything for him because he doesn’t understand things so impossible to do exercises, distractions don’t really work etc.
I’m really at the end of my tether here and can’t cope with yet another thing.
If anyone has experienced this and has any suggestions I’d really appreciate it. The mouthing is enough of a concern but if he starts actually trying to push things down his throat regularly that’s a massive worry.