My son is 3, 4 at the end of March. Currently not diagnosed but most likely autistic and waiting for an assessment. He started preschool at the beginning of January and at first they wanted me to stay in the classroom with him so we did for about a month, he does a morning session 5 days a week.
for the last few weeks they have started getting me to just drop off and say bye like all the others except my child is crying a lot but then they say he does calm down but has lots of intervals throughout the day where he gets a bit upset but nothing they can’t control.
only now at home every day after pre school all he does is say things like “mummy always come back” because that’s what I tell him, he then goes on to say how he wants us all to be with him. How he misses me, he’s scared at preschool, he’s sad, he cries. This is what he will say. very simple language “I sad, I cry”
he has stopped eating in the morning and he has been having an upset tummy and running for the toilet and his bowels are off. I feel this is nerves because he is crying making himself choke and saying don’t go, stay home. I feel so heartbroken for him and I just don’t know what to do. I only put him in in January because I felt he needs to get prepared for reception in September but I feel this is just making it all worse and I really can’t imagine him coping in reception because he has a 1;1 with him atm and he is jsut about coping.
he has also started getting very angry and quite hyperactive after pre school, as awful as it is he swears at me as he has picked up language from his older cousins and as he is very easily led he will say things on repeat. So today he was angry and swearing at me. I held him and told him I love him and he said I don’t love you and it did break me a bit. I feel I am losing his trust but I don’t know what to do. He is usually so happy and at the moment all he is feeling is anxious and angry and lots of pent up energy I feel. Any advice greatly appreciated