Hi all,
Just after opinions and experiences please!
My little girl (almost 7) has always found play dates etc quite difficult but has just started having the odd friend over to our house. She also plays with a little boy who lives in our road and cousins. She admits she gets excited, nervous and sometimes finds it hard, but enjoys it too! She will not go over to friends houses yet.
Anyway, she was quite irritable before hand and worked up, also excited. It went very well and they had fun but it was a nice, relatively calm play date. Her friend is quite shy too, but they had fun. Probably one of the easiest play dates yet.
Dd seemed happy afterwards and clearly enjoyed it. In the past she would go quiet and not talk about it.
HOWEVER, she then proceeded to rather urgently build an elaborate den in her bedroom, with my help. Obviously she needed some quite time to wind down so she went in her den. She’s closed her curtains, stripped off her clothes and wrapped herself up in a soft scarf of mine to lie down in the den and watch a programme on the tablet.
She will sometimes lie on the floor at Grandparents and wrap my scarf around her. I’m guessing it’s comforting and perhaps sensory behaviour? She’s just in her knickers at the moment!
Does this seem like behaviour seen in HFA (poss Aspergers traits) - any similar behaviour seen in your little ones?
Dd is still under assessment.
Thanks!
Oh, and DD would like her first “friends” bday party at home this year which is fab, just hope it’s not too much for her!