I’ve got two children a 6 year old and a 2 year old. I’ve got a chronic autoimmune disease that’s been stable but is currently flaring up.
My eldest most likely has sen but does well academically at school. The part I struggle most with is the sleep. He takes ages to go to sleep at night and I have to lay with him until he falls asleep. Sometimes this can be 10pm or later and then he wakes in the night and then I have to stay with him until he goes back to sleep. He wakes early but is ok on his own for a bit.
I have to supervise both of them at all times during the day as the eldestlikes to play in a certain way and if the youngest doesn’t conform they fall out.
Im permanently knackered and the house is always a tip because there’s no time to do more than the the very basic cleaning and there’s no chance of cooking in the evening as they need my full attention or a melt down occurs. And I spend all evening doing bedtime.
I have tried all the gradual retreat, cry it out and bribery to try and improve bed times but nothing has worked.
I’ve lost perspective of what I should be able to achieve. How much house work would you be able to do with those ages of children around? How long could you spend cooking dinner whilst they played?
I haven’t yet done the referral to camhs but I would like to know if this is normal for these ages of children or if sen is affeofamily life more. The two year old is fine just normal two year old behaviour.