Dd is a little star

[TheArsenicCupCake]

Not only has she been really good about going to school whilst ds2 has not gone ( earlier thread through the week).

She has let him have his space and now he's talking and chilled out again.. She has gone and got a board game and invited him to play.. Put up with him being bossy about the rules, and is really helping him.... And she is only 7!

She actually said " ds2 .. Look at my body.. Am I telling the truth? Or am I joking?" when she was being silly and he took it the wrong way.

My dc's are flipping lovey ( some of the time!)

Aw what a lovely dd you have
We had something similar last night, when dd2 comforted dd1 after a meltdown. I didn't know whether to feel proud of sad when dd2 said to me "Big sisters are supposed to look after little sisters but I know I need to look after dd1".

Aw I don't know whether to be proud of your dd or cry at the comment!

Bless

well ds2 has gone into one of his moments because dd Threw the dice and they didn't land on the board at the same time as each other.. So we've had stomping and slamming doors, yelling and tling me he doesn't want to be alive.

Dd was just very good at the sudden halt to the game and the yelling.

In all honesty I don't know how much more I can take of this... But a cuppa is helping.

Oh, I totally get where you are coming from
It's hard to see the siblings just having to 'cope' all the time -but what alternative is there? I try to keep dd away from dd1's more 'challenging' periods, but it isn't always possible.

DD1 just had a huge 'moment' when she was getting dressed. She couldn't make her trousers feel tight enough (without cutting off her circulation!) and was, like your ds, saying she wanted to be dead. I calmed her down and then went and sat on my bed with my head in my hands.

Shall we have a pact on here to keep each other sane? We can offload when it all gets too much over the next 7 weeks or so. I have a feeling we might need to

Sounds like a plan!

Seriously if it wasn't for the sn board where people just get it.. I'd be attbe end of my tether.
Ds2 spent quite a while upside down on thesofa .. And although it's egg shell walking time.. I'm hoping to get the dc's out tothe park!

Sometimes it feels as if we have never left toddlerhood with ds2 .. Even though he is as big as I am.

Well done to both of them, i'm glad your ds is feeling better now he's at home and well done to your dd for being so understanding with ds. My dd1 is great with dd2, even though they are both on the spectrum they are the opposite of each other, dd1 (6) helps dd2 with her speech therapy homework (dd1 is very verbal and dd2 isn't), she knows how to talk to dd2 (using single words and giving her longer to process).

She sounds lovely!