yes....and even more sure we need him 'looked at' now!
He coloured his teeth with green marker pen last night.....(...i admit it is a bit funny..... but am at my whits end with his 'endearing ways')
last week he wrote on his arm from wrist to shoulder all the numbers from 0-57
(spose should encourage him as he's obviously building on his number skills)
last night - after 12 nights without a dummy- he was unable to settle- so gave him dummy (he is 6 in may...we're not talking toddlers here)
then this morning- he had wet the bed- and me thinks this is all a byproduct of the fact that we have had zero routines here for 10 days as we have had builders in 'changing' our home.
i think this has took it's toll on him the worst....
then got to school- and he flatly refused to go in- cried etc. i decided to 'test' his reasons by reassuring him that he'll be ok etc...but deep down i believe he is AS and what we're seeing is exactly what my other 2 AS sons did at age 6.
His teacher (ofcourse ....meaning well....) said it was probably attention seekining behaviour...then she tells me that yesterday she got cross with him cos he was rubbing his finger along his shoes and then licking them- then doing it again'n'again.
why is it ok for a teacher to say 'ITS NOT AS'.... what do they really know- i am bitter as i feel so crushed by the opinion of the teacher.
she really is lovely- i know that...but she just keeps saying he 'just wants to be like his brothers'!!!!!! Well Alex reminds me 100% of Tom at age 5/6...but when tom was 5 alex wasn't born....so he has NOT LEARNT THIS......and the sure ther e are times when he appears to copy them---- but it is glaringly obvious - and totally out of character... so his
'licking his shoes'...
'chewing his sleeves'
Trimmming my pastry brush'
'colouring his teeth'
removing/hiding batteries from everything-
lining up video tapes in a 28ft line....
lining wet wipes in a chequerboard effect...4ft square
etc....
just are NOT copied/learnt etc.
i am sooooo pissed off with it all at the moment.
then out of the blue just had a fantastic phonecall from a lady who runs the Autism Holiday Club that my boys go to- she rang as she was concerned i had not booked them places this easter- and rang to check....so as a result she has added them to the list....and said that after eater we can discuss maybe trialling Alex there (as we did pre-diagnosis of leigh) for a day at the next scheme- with a view to a permanent arrangement for the summer hols...she said I need the respite!!!!
She truley is an angel!
well- off to MY psychologist appt now