DS2 (4) isn't sleeping very well lately, despite taking slow release meltonin before bed. Usually he takes it half an hour before bed at 7pm and he goes to sleep fine, sleeps through til 7am. Lately he is still wide awake at 9pm, getting up and down with different excuses, hungry, thirsty, tired, feels sick.....Next morning he is really tired and won't get out of bed.
At school as well, he keeps saying he feels poorly, gagging as if he is going to be sick, saying he is tired, so school calls me to collect him as they are worried about him. I've told them about his not sleeping properly, and that he is tired because of it, but they insist he needs to come home. Fair enough as he just lies down and watches a dvd to relax. Later on in the day he is up and down, stimming a lot, which is worrying for me.
Now I know children with autism are not meant to to lie, or to make things up, so I'm not entirely sure if he is just acting on it and knows he will be sent home.
His 1:1 has said that he is stimming a bit more than usual from dinner time onwards, getting off his chair and standing behind it, rocking from one foot to another staring into space .
I've no idea what is going on with him. I'm not even sure if I should make an appointment with his paed as dont want to waste his time. Nothing has changed at school or at home.
Any ideas? Could he be ill with somthing else and I'm not noticing? Is it usual for a slight regression or is he getti too much stimulation with all the learning at school?