trampoline?, dolls, computer, tv, park... those would be good as well
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trampoline?, dolls, computer, tv, park... those would be good as well
Ambah - great to hear how well Aidyn is doing and that you found something that works for you guys. Do you 'post' the pics after he has completed something? Visual aides dont work with Wilhelm...little bugger is to keyed on for that....
does anyone use sign language at all with their kids??? we us finished, wait and later...especially when i notice Wilhelm starting to freak out in public...so much easier cause he jsut doesnt hear the words when he gets to anxious.
Having a bad weekend with him so far......he is not coping with there being no school and is screaming at me that he isnt having a day off on monday.....thank god for Sammi. We're visiting tomorrow and as he loves Sam he told me he need's a day off to visit her and baby Ruby. SO you can guess who's arse i'll be kissing at about 11.30am tomorrow
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Maz we use sign language alot since Matilda was a baby. We still use the signs for drink, more (food), stop and finished.... I still use them with Jovie so I still use them with Matilda as well.
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Not exactly sure what you mean by that Maz?
When we are finished an activity he pulls it off the velcro (sequence) and puts it back with the others.
I find it really helps instead of verbal instructions. I never realised how much verbal communication could increase their anxiety until the psych explained it to me the other week. Prior to this I'm sure I had been going about everything the wrong way... oops - but better late than never I guess...
Christy - still havent gotten together those pics sorry, got home late from birthday party last night, I promise I will get onto it soon!
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oh hun, I've been working on my pictures for weeks & then the basic ones got lost twice!!! *groan* Pete's picking me up a cheap laminater so I can do it at home as well. I was just going to use blue tack LOL!
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Mason is excited too Maz
Welcome AmbahI think what Maz means about posting the pictures is using a box that the pictures can be put into once the task is done. Shoebox with a slit in it works well.
Glad to hear Aidyn is doing well too. The structure would have helped. I think the ages of 3 - 4 were the hardest I had with Mason.
Mason has been a bit weird the last couple of days. I suppose as he knows school has finished for the year and next year he has a new teacher, aide and is a grade 1 kid it could be the reason. TBH I'd have thought that there wouldn't be an issue until he was living the changes IYKWIM.
Yesterday we had a family do and he switched between clinging onto rellies he hadn't seen for ages and telling them all about his stuff (starwars, lego and Ben10) to making noises and silly laughs in the corner. I think it gets a bit much and he needs to defrag, poor fella.
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ah Sam, thats what Matilda's been doing!!! The neighbours are on school holidays and yesterday stayed home all day & they played all day, but around 2pm Matilda just laid on the ground and screamed.... for 4 hours. She had to "come down" from the playing. So today we've discussed that the girls are home all day again, and Matilda has to come in when Jovie has a sleep and have a rest with me at that time. I hope it works.
I woke up frustrated from yesterday (DH & I just were destroyed from it... from the lack of knowing what to do now). And Matilda went straight into her "I want Lemon Sorbet" which is what sparked the explosion and I said "Look ,if you have sorbet now, I will just sit down and start phoning places to take you too because I can't deal with the screaming from yesterday afternoon when you wanted it but couldn't because you already had some" and she put it back in the freezer and ran to me for a cuddle saying "I'm so sorry mummy, I couldn't stop screaming"
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SOOOOOooooo how are you all coping with the Christmas let down? Matilda's so discombobulated its freaky... one minute she's bouncing off the walls and crazy with anxiety & the next she's curled in the corner on top of one bean bag and under another... we're calling it the Matilda sandwich.
Matilda & Jovie got bean bags from MIL for Christmas. I love it! They are great!! Matilda loves to roll all over them. Its great for her. She's so sensory seeking atm, its quite scary. Her toe nails on her right foot are nearly all gone from dragging it around.
Okay... I have a big question to ask re: flapping.
Today when I told Matilda she couldn't do something, she started flapping her hands in frustration. Pete said she did it yesterday as well when he asked her to listen to him. I've not noticed it before, or not to this degree. Did anyone elses child start flapping later? Or maybe I'm making a mountain out of a frustrated 4yr old
*maz puts hand up* yes that would be us with late flapping...he was 4 when he did it.....I just held his arms when he did it and after about a year it stopped.
Dont stress about it hon....spectrum kids tend to finish one repetative thing by swapping it with another. Wilhelm went from flapping to holding his ears and rocking. I just go and hold him when he does it and calm him by humming so he can feel the vibrations through my chest.
As for Christmas pinging....maz ****ed to say the least. Have told Jed's family please give gifts on birthdyas for Christmas for Wilhelm because giving him gifts after the fact confusses the **** out of him. (sorry for swearing very very annoyed)...speak to eldest SIL...says she is going to bring them all up on Mateauz birthday next week and is that alright...WTF!!!! I say well actually no and she snaps at me and says WHY? i tell her the above and she snaps again and says its going to cost her to much in postage........**** the postage what about my kid being screwed up for a week cause christmas was back in december not on the 3rd of January!!!! Im so sorry for putting you our Miss L.....didnt mean to make you feel like ****! I am so over non listening and self aposed family members atm its not ****ing funny.
so thats my grrr for the week....and jed wonders why im getting so much sewing done!!!!
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