My 7 year old DS is being referred for ASD/ADHD hopefully by the school. He’s been referred 3 times before but we’ve always moved before we get to be seen husband is in the military 🙈.
Hes hard work. Like this child gets up at 7am and is on the go till about 10pm at night. He sleep walks and talks. And we are usually walking him back to bed in the middle of the night.
Meal times are a nightmare. It usually ends with him crying or getting angry over what ever we have cooked or put out. We’ve just gotten out of the habit of him eating tomato pasta and sandwiches (which was his diet for about 6 months).
School is a complete nightmare. He can’t sit still, he’s constantly annoying his classmates, he spends his days crying and “kicking off”(he’s not aggressive just emotional) in the corner of the classroom. Refusing to do any work because the work is too hard or class is to noisy. does not understand social cues/ plays along side his peers but not with them. He’s a bright boy, was delayed in his speech and milestones. Talks just fine, in fact he doesn’t stop talking now 😂. Has always been about 6-12 months behind his peers. They are considering 1-1 support, moving to a learning centre (not sure what that is). (We are in Scotland)
we can’t leave the house without him running into the road, refusing to walk, or just crying saying he wants to go home. Doesn’t matter if we are at the zoo or a shop it’s the same reaction.
Hes been seen by genetics, countless doctors due to his medical history. I’m at a loss at what to do.
Does it sound like he could have asd/adhd? Any tips on how to keep him active but less of the meltdowns. How do you cope and not loose your mind being a sen parent? Because I feel like the whole world is just sat watching me try to parent this badly behaved boy 🙈.
Any help would be appreciated!