Caroline-

Hi Mrs F lol, yes you are right! I have to be so careful with what i leave lying about the place. And yes, i've often said to my husband that it's like having a two year old all over again. Again today when i picked Hayden up from school he ran ahead of me & straight across the road (we still have no lollipop lady/man) Still waiting to hear back from the DLA, they wrote & thanked me for my application which they said they recieved on the 20th of Sept (hope they back date!) i know it can take weeks so i hope it turns out ok. Spoke to one of the dads at my sons school today, he has a son who has ADHD & Aspergers & he told me that he gets middle rate care & lower rate mobility for his son, i'm hoping for the same for Hayden

Thanks for the website addy Kazzen, i'm off for a butchers

Hiya Di, good luck with sorting your stuff out, trying to sort it all out is a real pain i know but you'll get there in the end & it will be worth it Best of luck, & i'm sorry if i bombarded your thread with my question before xx

I'm also quite confused regarding Child Tax credits The Child Tax credits came through the other day, i was awarded the baby element for having a child under the age of one, an award for having a child aged between 1-16 years of age, they have also awarded the disabilty one even though i told them that i have applied to the DLA but waiting for a answer, i'm wondering what rate they are paying for the disabilty, i'm getting paid �140 every week on a Monday Anyone who can work out what kind of disabilty rate the CTC are paying me, i'd be most grateful x

My son sniffs things, chews & sucks - he doesn't lick though, what someone said on another thread, think it's a sensory issue

I can relate to the ruined toys, & my things. Puzzles, books even the poor actionman has his head chewed off!! I added all this in the DLA claim too, i even put down that Hayden will chew on cat biscuits & when he's in the bath if i've gone out the bathroom for a second he will put cat biscuits into the bath whilst he's in there! Any razors or sharp objects have to be taken out the bathroom when he's in there, & shampoo etc as he will just tip the whole lot in the water, throws things down the loo......oh the list is endless, needless to say my hand really ached when i came to the end of the 50 page DLA form

Thanks for all your replies, good to know my son isn't the only chewer/sucker around! lol Hayden had picked up a conker today that he'd found on his bedroom shelf, brought it into the lounge & started biting bits off, thing is, i know he wouldn't mean to swallow anything but because he leaps about so much & so much so after school (his meds where off by then....lucky me ) doing his somersaults on the floor etc i have to try & grab it off him, then he thinks it's a game & does it even more....so there's me chasing him about the flat trying in vain to retrieve this darn conker, worried sick that he might choke on a bit & he's laughing his head off in the end he chucked it into the air & was back to chewing paper...phew

Yes! I know exactly how you feel, i'm forever picking up bits of chewed paper etc off the floor which have been lobbed in all areas

No, i've never heard of pica Forgot to mention that Hayden also likes to sniff everything also, he still has his dummies & won't go to bed without them, he liks one for his mouth & another to sniff - in fact he has eight in total! He won't go out with them, or let anyone else know he has them apart from us, if he knows someone is coming round he'll hide them somewhere, then usually forgets where & then blames me when he can't find them! lol Tried to introduce, the 'dummy tree' by saying to him, why don't we 'plant' them in a pot, but he just won't part with them

Good luck to everyone with their DLA claims! I'm currently waiting to hear back from them myself - i applied nearly two & a half weeks ago & last friday had a letter thanking me for the claim for Hayden & they will let me know in writing if the claim is successful, every day i wait for the postman with baited breath &....nothing lol Oh well, no news is good news eh

My son, Hayden (aged 8) has ADHD & Autism. For as long as i can remember he will pick up & chew/mouth anything! This can be anything from coins, marbles, acorns, bits of paper etc. He doesn't swallow them just chews them or puts them in his mouth. I asked the peadiatrician why he thinks he does this & he thinks it might just be one of Hayden's 'obsessions' i was just wondering if anyone else's child/children also do this? Many thanks x