jo10

yh hun my name is Jo(well joanne really..lol) my son has routine and esp worst at night and will only go to sleep for my hubby...he does not sleep well either and my hubby has to get up for work at 5 and he finds K awake on his bed watching tele ...he shares a room with his older bro and im forever getting told that he gets into bed with him..i thought he was doing really well with sleeping but we have a 3 floor house and his bedroom is on the middle floor and mine is on the 3rd floor..and he used to come up if he woke up now ive found out he just bugs his bro .. im having alot of trouble with him and the telle atm..he will only watch ceebies and that is it..he has a huge meeltdown if i turn it over esp to the disney channel he will not watch nothing on there...its a pain cuss my 2 youngest love the channel..sometimes it feels like the whole world revoles around k..i know he cant help it..i really feel for him.... oh and i know what u mean by being over affectionate...k just licks and he dont care where or who.....but hun if ever u need a chat im here...my friends try to understand but they have not been through this...so this forum is a gd surport and help..

hun i do feel for u i have 4 children and my youngest boy who is 3 n half has shown problems since a baby with not sleeping and needing sleeping drafts, hypo, licking everything, pinching himself,having meltdowns over it raining, the bath,he gets v scared over the silly lil things and walks on tip toes 95% of the time,to name but a few...i remember when he was 10 months old spining coasters around again and again for hrs. and also had really bad pica..he went to a spec group to help him at 18 months..and i was told he was like this because i had a baby when he was 12 months old!!! he was like it before.. anyway he has been getting worse and when he went to nursery after just 2 days there the dep head who is a SENCO trained said thet they where worried about him and has referred him to see a counsultant paed..we have the appionment next wk...x

hi, im jo and mum to 4...my youngest son has been refferd to pead by nursery.. I have always known my lil boy had problems as a baby he liked to spin costers contstantly all day...had picca...never sleept...but the prof said it was cuss of having a new baby around...(must of these started before she was born)..anyway 2 yrs later he has very diff behaviour,talks non stop...licks people shoes ect esp when scared, pinches himsely and enjoys doing it..eats and sucks at his clothes..dripples contant...cant eat with spoon/fork useis his hands for eveything and stuffs food in his mouth..is hypo..walks on tiptoes...social skills are behind, ect...the waiting lst is v behind atm and they said we are on the cancllation list...im findit v hard as all my children suffer as well as he needs to be constantly watched..i asked for help from hv and she came round and ob him fore an 1hr and agreed with me and nursery that he cud have an ASD...but untill he is dx nothing cud be done..and i just have to treat him normal ..great help there a...lookforwd to getting to know u all and hopefully surportin each other..x