Do parents of children with SEN drink more alcohol than those of NT children??

[Nat1H]

Just read a post that said:

"Am supposed to be giving up alcohol for January, but am going to ring DH and tell him to get some on his way home"

both DH and I burst out laughing - "That's just like us" we said.

Do all parents of children with SEN drink more than parents with NT children? What an interesting study that would be

Half an hour later and I've still not started my own thread, now that's good bloody willpower!!!!!!

No NO NO!!!!! don't tempt me, you know you won't like it!

Okay Okay I'll talk on here, sorry Nat.

Ds is still up you know! I tried to get him to bed about 4 hours ago, but he's up again and I haven't got the strength to get him back to bed. His dad is snoring happily in his (seperate!) bed

Oh my!(Don't know why I say that 'cos I would be laughed at if I said that in RL) Is that the time!!!

Sorry

I have both a NT and SEN child. I don't drink at all. I think (actually I know) I could quite easily become an addict.

God, tell me about it.. I'm turning into a right lush

Fortunately, we are too poor to buy alcohol with any real regularity but am enjoying deadening the stress by finishing up the Christmas stuff...

Oh yes I certainly drink more now. 2 or 3 glasses a night, I know I should cut down but the co-op wine sales would plummet.

Perhaps you aren't that stressed Loenie. Good for you.

(That wasn't meant sarcastically by the way.. in case it sounded it.. I genuinely admire those with high maintenance children who manage not to succumb to stress.. or maybe your DD is like my friend's autistic DD, and not that high maintenance)

i was in the kitchen with ds1. Dh called me out to show me something about chelsea (?? spelling- Prince Harry's girlfriend) on the computer. a minute later I heard the click click click of the gas ignition. Yep ds1 has lit a gas flame beneath a plastic colander. I do now have a glass of wine in my hand.

DH doesn't drink at home but he goes out on a Friday night as I don't go out I think having my weekly allowance spread out over the week is OK, isn't it?
Funny thing is it does help, ds2 can cry for hours literally & I switch off to it but DH just can't - maybe alcohol is the difference

I find I reach for a drink after a really stressful day - usually accompanied by something fattening! However I was restrained at new year as I was so sleep deprived that I thought if I had too many drinks I would be asleep up a corner drooling, not a good look whan you have guests!

Throughout the day I drink far too much strong, black coffee - as a reward, as a stress relief, as a distraction.

Leonie, I really do admire you for not wanting a drink!

Fio.. hard narcotics maybe? Although may be a problem with the breastfeeding..

Exercise has replaced mine Fio(I use the term replaced very loosly - I ain't cut down that much) Chuck a load of crap in and then get a sweat on and work it off. Sort of compensation

Tis not easy to get the time though when you've got little 'uns and all the other trials of family life.

That;s been my problem fio- up until ths year I was getting pregnant then breastfeeding every 3 years so it was kept at bay. THis year its been able to increase without any brakes, which has coincided with ds1 becoming much harder work. The escorts on the bus took one look at me yesterday and said I needed to sort out more respite ha ha ha- but then they couldn't think of any in the city suitable for ds1 at his age.

Give it a go if you can Fio. Has worked wonders for me. I was a drinker - even at 16 - it's always been a crutch for me, I'm very aware of how easily I could fall back into it.

The answer is probably yes but I am too scared to count the units. Changing the subject slightly, we normally only have 'our wine' when the boys have gone to bed so as far as I know they don't see us drinking wine. But one sunday last month it was a family birthday and we had wine with sunday lunch. My ASD DS pointed at my glass and said 'ine' . I thought at first I had imagined it but a week later I was in wine aisle in Morrisons (stocking up !) when he pointed at the bottles and said 'ine' 'ine'. As I've mentioned before his pronunciation is terrible but I don't know where he picked up the word and it is kind of encouraging that he can recognise both the liquid in the glass and the bottles. Or have I just been drinking too much?