For those who are following, and helping with, the saga of my DS1 we are seeing the SENCO at school on Wednesday morning

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I nearly cried this morning when I arranged the appointment. DH is coming too and we will have to take DS2 as well. I don't think he has special needs (Hubby thinks he might need a child psychologist) and I am a bit worried she will think we are idiots who don't have a clue and Ds1's behaviour is normal for a nearly 7 year old.

I am trying to see if he will talk to someone else as he just will not talk to us. Maybe he is just naughty so there is nothing to say?

What shall we tell her, and what should we ask?

I have always had a worry that he has something wrong with his heart due to problems at the end of my pregnancy and when he was delivered but I can't see that that could be the cause of his behaviour. He also reacted to his jabs, but again, any link I find hard to understand.

I am sorry to keep doing this but you are the only people I have to talk too.

LOL NAB at the things you do as a parent, fitting in getting a new hamster so they didn't realise the other one was dead - bless your heart, what a sweet thing to do

I see why you wanted DH to do the bedtime reading but I do think reading is such a special, intimate time that it could really help while your relationship with him and his behaviour has been challenging - maybe you and DH could take turns, one night each?

I tend to do DD's reading as she has shorter books so I can go and get our dinner on as DH has normally eating his lunch by 10am and we are both starving! I will read to him after tea as a bonus time for us both instead of doing jobs or them having tv I think.