I just want to feel normal, just for once!

[caketinrosie]

Hi all, I have 2 kids with SN (Autism) and seem to constantly be arguing with someone about it. My kids don't get invited to birthday parties at school, I have to pay professionals to look after the kids if I want to get my hair cut cos my family cant cope with my kids so refuse point blank to babysit once in a blue moon, i'm a menace in the local supermarket and i've given up trying to explain i didn't drink/smoke/ dance the tango during my pregnancies. I'm so frustrated at joining a club I didn't ask to join and fed up defending myself and my adored crazy kids to strangers who obsess with how much better a job they could do in my shoes! 12 years of caring for my beloved babies and keeping my DH afloat with me has been really hard!!. So how lovely to read the posts of others going through the same frustrations as me with such sensible normal thoughts. So I would like to pat us all on the back for just getting through it! I would also like to send congrats to ms pinot grigio who has also offered some occasional much needed support. So I'm going to take my kids out and wreck more havoc only this time with a big smile on my face. big hugs to all.

You'll find yourself right at home here. Many of us share your kind of normal :o

Your shopping trips sound very much like some of ours!

We should set up our own babysitting service!

Id be lost without MN...were virtually still in our SN closet!

[cake & coffee] :)

i'm back from shopping, we've had 3 stares two tuts and four sympathetic glances. I've spent several hours telling my son it's not christmas for several months and now i'm going to attempt to clean up the emulsion paint that he has just painted on the garage door. Aside from all that, there were no breakages in any shops no near death experiences and we're all back in one piece. I've also remembered to buy food to make dinner (unusual!)today has been a good day!

cake- my dd2 managed to get hold of a pot of paint last week and painted the walls, radiators and our new mattress .

I hate shopping with the dd's (both ASD), i can handle one at a time but not both together. When they are both home (school holidays) i shop online.

I'm starting to get used to the odd looks from strangers but its still hard, dd2's only 4 and wears a badge (i'm not ignoring you, i'm autistic) which seems to help.