What's wrong with him?

This is more of a rant than anything else, but had to let it out before it drives me NUTS. Perhaps it's a bit too late for that. My daughter has A-typical Autism and Central Auditory Processing Disorder. We did a lot of intensive therapy with her pre-baby to get her prepared and she was doing really well but since having DS just over three weeks ago she's really regressed. I know it's normal to regress but for special needs kids it's like regression on speed. Every time DS makes a noise she claps her hands over her ears and asks "what's wrong with him?" I could understand this when he cries (which he does very little of - thank god), but it's come to the point where the poor little mite can't even BREATH, if he but gives one little silent twitch of the hand off she goes in her loop, hands over ears "what's wrong with him, he needs you mum" and wont let up until I either pick him up (which he doesn't need me to do, he's quite happy) or I loose the plot. I can say, "nothing's wrong" or "he's just talking, or moving" but it doesn't matter she's got an idea stuck in her head and I can't break her out of it. I've even tried telling her it's not her job to worry about it, but it doesn't matter. I'm really starting to loose my patience and find myself yelling at her and doing my block. I'm at the end of my tether.

That must be really hard :hug:.

Logically I suppose it might take her about 6 more weeks to get back to where she was, and that practice is different to real life (although feel free to say a big pffft to that - I'm not sure how you prepared DD or anything).

Does the auditory processesing problem mean all sounds are really loud or frightening?

DS has issues with noise (I think I should look further into it because that's about all I know), and I ran across something recently called "thinking with your eyes". I'm trying to get him to block noise and use his eyes to see what a problem is so he can visually try to sort things too.

Maybe ask DD what she thinks is "wrong" - ohh I think that looks like baby is stretching his arms, farting, burping etc.

I really feel for you, I'm not sure if that will help at all because I understand how hard it is to "bring them back" or change a reaction to a situation. All I know at this stage is it take so much frickin repetition and that's enough to do your head in by itself.

xoxoxo

She's always been sensitive to certain frequencies, the higher the pitch the more the reaction, and I expect that. I think it's the fact she does it even when he's silent or just cooing quietly that gets me and it's just him. Say, for instance, if we sneeze she doesn't bat an eyelid but if he sneezes all hell breaks loose. I know it's just a time of adjustment and it's me that needs to learn to manage her so she can manage herself but I'm running out of tools. That thinking with your eyes sounds interesting. I might have to look into that too.