Hi guys
I am a SAHM with a 5 1/2 DS with ASD 3 1/2 DD ( no SEN) and a 8 month old.
At the moment I feel like once we are home at about 4:00 ( having gone for a scoot and walk along the river) until bedtime its supercharged hive of activity.
We have TV Tuesday and TV Thursday ( not for hrs but something to calm him down and relax at ) but on my non tv days - we are in the garden bug hunting, water table with bubbles, listening to audio stories while cooking ( whilst I try and stop him and his sister scrapping, fighting) cutting sticking, - at the moment he is obsessed with aboriginal dot art ( which they did at school a couple of weeks ago)
A good afternoon would be the above and maybe 1 meltdown -
He's not strong on imaginative play but he's getting better -
How is your house organised- do you plan stuff for when your asd child comes home?
My DH said for him to watch 30 min of tv ( he loves pole to pole or Dino Dan) each day to give him a chance to wind down from school - but is this bad?
I guess my main question is what do you lovely exhausted mums with ASD children do after school to bring some calm to a very busy and hectic time of day. Have no more ideas ( just tried to work out some origami models for this evening and it all got too stressful even for me ).
Did I miss the memo on how to organise a house with an ASD child or is this it? Sorry having a moan - just tired really