Advice wanted on how to stop a silly but irritating "game" (speech delay/?ASD)

[TotalChaos]

It's not particularly harmful (but rather irritating!). DS, 4, likes to throw himself to the ground and say ouch loudly. After the 20th time in 5 minutes it gets a bit dull. I've tried telling him "No" and it's "Silly to play ouch" but it's not really working. DS receptive speech is at least a year behind, so it's not easy to explain things to him.

sorry but pmsl - we do live parallel lives don't we! actually it had crossed my mind whether it might be a sensory seeking thing - I suspect he is a bit hyposensitive.

If it might be sensory related you could try squashing him under cushions or wrapping him up in a heavy duvet? It gives them the pressure they're after and distracts them from the floor-diving. Well, it does sometimes.

will try that when we are in the house, will have to adapt for out of doors (or buy a very very big handbag capable of housing a duvet [grin)

TClanger - does that book you recommend re:sensory issues have anything useful on Auditory Processing Disorder?

DS has a mini-trampoline, it's come in very handy. he adores trampolines of all sorts really. I would say he's calmed down a lot since a year or so ago - that NHS SALT he saw recently said his concentration was very good for his age - my flabber was gasted to say the least!

DS1 does that sort of thing. I ignore or try to redirect and only make an issue if he's doing something potentially harmful, like deliberately bashing his teeth off the bathroom sink (I told him he could break his teeth doing that, so now he bashes then feels them. I've realised that squashing him gently against the side of the sink while I wash him prevents him from doing it, thank goodness)

We have a mini-trampoline too. Ds2 (5) gets a little manic over-enthusiastic with the bouncing sometimes though and has a tendency to almost fly over the top of the handle thingy. Apart from that though it's been really useful for calming him down.

Ds1 does the repeatign words over and over and the crashing into things, but so far has not combined the two.

My DS has started a new game - he runs out of his bed (just after bedtime) to shout ' 'ight 'ight' /Night Night then runs to hide under his duvet where we have to 'find' him. It can go on for up to 10 times. At least his theory of mind is developing! It's his first made up game anyway

My DD has all sorts of games like this. Spinning round in a rotating chair, kicking the wall, falling off the sofa. Some of them are verbal, constantly repeating "Would you like a crocodile" to which I have to answer "We haven't got any crocodiles" (you know, the jelly sweets!). They get worse when she's tired or upset. We also have the routines like touching every letterbox when we go out for a walk. They change all the time but they seem to be some kind of sensory thing. She doesn't have issues with touching, but seems to struggle a bit with proprioperception. (Obsessed with mirrors!) We also have a mini trampoline, though we haven't got it out since we moved as it has to go outside (might try one of those ones with a handle as I'm sure DS would like it too!). I try to ignore the "games". Used to get annoyed but that only made it worse. Last week was bad - she also kept pushing small toddlers over in the park (because it made me cross, and I think to get back at her baby brother. She loves him, but he annoys her). Am currently trying to spend more time with just her - took her out swimming at the weekend, just the two of us, and that really helped.