DS is 5 and just been referred to a Child Development Team for assessment - think possible AS. He has just lately started to chew his coat sleeves and bite his bottom lip - leaving it very chapped and sore. When I picked him up from school the other day he had been chewing his t shirt collar and looked he was wearing a big saliva bib. He has never really done this before. He does seem a bit more stressed than usual, a bit edgy and niggly. In your experiences do your children do this more when they are stressed, could there be something going on? He does talk and converse with us quite easily but it is impossible to get anything out of him if he doesnt want to talk about it. He visibly relaxes when he comes home.
What in your experiences are the triggers for this sort of thing? Also DH and I were talking last night and we agreed that we have noticed that for weeks at a time DS seems completely fine and then for a week or so seems to regress and all his symptoms come to the surface and after a week or so he is fine again. Anyone else experienced this. I dont know if I am coming or going half the time . It is so hard to know what is REALLY going on with him. Any ideas or advice would be gratefully received.