DS1 is 5 (6 in September) we are still finding his behavious really difficult to handle, it seems a silly thing to say so i hope you will understand what i mean when i say he is still very young for his age.
We get alot of pronounced put on lisping and baby talk, he puropusly mispronounced words and rolls around the floor making really silly faces ect, this wouldnt be a problem except it is all the time.
He also has no awareness of personal space and what is socially acceptable (sp?) for instance he feels it is ok to come and put his mouth all over me and run his face in my chest, pull my top down ect.
He also never grew out of the stange of putting everything in his mouth he always has his finger or toes in his mouth and they are getting very sore.
He will sit for ages just repeating a rilly sill sound over and over for no apparent reason.
He also has the attention span of a goldfish.
All of the above the school have noticed and mentioned as he is the same at school, he is noticabley younger in his behavious than his peers even though he is the eldest in the class, this has lead him to be held back in reception classroom but will officially still be in yr1.
He has Cystic Fibrosis and his healthcare team are at a bit of a loss as well what to do with him, they refered him to CAHMS but they wont see him they are saying there are other services more appropriate, they havent said wich ones but luckily his consultant is fighting our corner to get some help from them.
I am yet to find a punishment or discaplin method that works for him he simply doesnt care about anything enough to worry about it being taken away or anything, i ignore what i can but the problem is DFS will step it up a notch each time until it is impossible to ignore him.
He cannot play alone and if asked to he will follow my closely around or go and wind up his younger brother until again i cannot ignore him.
It is becoming a real problem, i think it is rhaving an effect on making friends at school as from what i can see in the playground he is unfortunatley becoming quite annoying to his peers, he has had a few friendships but they have tailed off pretty quickly.
He has struggled at school with reading and writing also, he is also very lacking in confidence so is scared to take part in many activities.
I want to help him but i need to also get through to him that his behavious is not acceptable (sp?)
Does anyone have any suggestions, life is really getting tough becuase everything is such a war at the moment, from getting dressed, bedtime, meal times.