:hugs: as well.

We have tanties and stuff, but I guess compared to Matilda its mild. Jovie's one thing is following us around screaming to be carried. Always at times when you need both hands. When we say no, she gets on the ground and sobs and screams. You'd think we've been hurting her .

I used to have such a hard time when Matilda was this age. Seriously, I would be crying on the ground daily. I felt like such a failure as a mum. Matlida would harm herself seriously, if I said "no" she would run into a corner, like a table corner or a wall corner, until she bled. She would hold her breath until she passed out and she would try to escape everytime she was outside. She refused to be held or cuddled and would scream 6 hours a day. I am NOT saying she was more difficult than other children, just that it sucked big time for me. I had no family around & friends didn't know how to help me or what they could do other than offer advice at what I was doing wrong. We went to a Triple P course which helped with parenting and a few strong willed child seminars. We started going to indenpendant parenting counselling sessions weekly. It was full on. Only NOW... 2 years later we realise that she may have Asperger's. It all makes sense what she was doing.

Tara - FYI... She's been positively diagnosed with sensory integration issues and low muscle tone, but the ASD diagnosis is a bit further off. We moved and they wanted to do some more assessments which we couldn't do, so we are being transfered down here, and are on a waiting list for next year.

There have been definate days with Matilda where I have locked her in her room & stood outside breathing to get through it. We had to make her room like a padded room between 2yrs and 3yrs. So she could throw herself around & not hurt herself. She would recoil when we touched her.