I'm sure I made a post but it must have disappeared :-( We like a few of you had an OK Christmas but we a building to a MAJOR meltdown at the moment. I wrongly assumed that becuase we had already had 5 Christmases that things would be OK well you know what assume did don't you. We had a few tears and not an overly joyful day but at least we didn't have to go anywhere!!!

He has made a new hidey hole, where his desk slides into his bunk bed - don't ask me how he gets in there but he does and it seems to be keeping away the worst of the melt down moments, that along with his new DS.

I don't know what to do with DS at the moment. I am tightening up on the diet as we have been a little lax and I am making up our calender/daily plan as i type :-) but he is not looking for any of the things that used to help - jumping, wall banging etc??? I'm clueless and OT is closed until mid Jan :-(

Also ... haven't mentioned this to anyone else but DH has applied for a new job... which will mean a move of about 1000 km. In the opposite direction of family. I'm not even trying to think about the implications until we find out for sure.

RE family members - OMG! Isn't it funny how when you mention the "a" word to family and friends immediately they start comparing to the "autistic person' down the street blah blah blah. I hate it! My newphew is ASD so you can imagine the comparisons we get from MIL. When we first looked at getting him diagnoised we got the same statement, "nothing wrong with DS, he's nothing like DN" grrr. The only person who was suportive was of course SIL. We have lovely long chats now about our gorgeous boys and relate on sooo many levels (including b*&%$ing about MIL :-)

Arm flapping - didn't start really noticing it until about 4 1/2 and it comes and goes. He also does the finger twiddle where he looks like he is playing a piano in mid air or something.

Love the Matilda sandwich!

have any of you talked about autism/aspergers with your child? We told DS a few months ago and got the book "all cats have aspergers" he was so stoked the other day when I told him the inventer of pokemon is a person who has aspergers :-) He is dreaming big dreams for himself now :-)