I have put myself off starting this thread many times, I think because vocalising it is the first step in admitting there is something wrong, I just don’t know what it is 😢.
My ds is 7 and has always had what I would call little oddities, hates loud noises, doesn’t like and won’t wear anything with buttons, doesn’t like the dark etc...
But it’s becoming a real problem, we have mostly gone along with his little requests for a quiet life but as he is getting older, instead of growing out of it, he’s getting progressively worse and it is having a real effect on family life.
He hates the kitchen (too many doors) and won’t go in there alone.
He won’t go to the toilet alone.
He has to have a grown up on the same floor as the house as him (this is fairly newish, used to be ok going up and downstairs)
I really don’t know what to do, or how to help him. We mostly pander to his every whim to the detriment of everything else in the hope that he grows out of it, but it’s so unbelievably frustrating, especially when you try and explain we can’t just follow him about or jump to it the second he shouts for our attention (and he does shout, then whinge loudly and constantly if we try and get him to do things alone)
So, is it time to admit there is something wrong?