All About Autism
-
wamin:
I know exactly what you mean. With my ASD child, I found that I needed to go over instructions about 100 times more than with my NT child, and then revisit them again and again before they would stick. I can only encourage you to persevere because at some point they will stick, then you will have the opposite problem of him being too rigid about it! It's to do with self-control and impulse management, I think. Maybe you can try putting warning signs on the bathroom door or over the tap? You can use pictures if he can't read yet.@slmkhoo, he is turning 5 next month. He do understand instructions but he will do same act again if no one is looking at him (maybe he don't remember instructions).
He like to go to toilet and run water tap and every-time i tell him NO, if later i am not paying attention he will try to sneak again but if i catch him running to toilet and say an an he will stop and come back. I think he understand but he don't always act as instructed (am i making any sense
). -
@slmkhoo, thank you.
Yah i think i should put some warning sign. Changing house in 1 month time so i think in new home will put all signs. -
My child had a phase, when he was 3 going on 4, where he would wake up and come to our room to disturb us every night. It was annoying and I tried everything.
Finally, I just told him that if he wanted I wake up, I'd make him stand in the corner until he's ready to go back to bed to sleep. We did that for a week (abt 3 hrs a night) and I bought him a night light from ikea.
Not sure what was effective but he stopped coming out after that.
I don't think it's an ASD problem though... It's just a developmental thing.
Now with my newborn, I'm up at all hours again.
but even that will pass one day... -
My son too will jump jump jump . I will grab him n hug him go back to sleep … When I fallen asleep back he start jumping on my bed again …
Zombie!! Every morning at work place -
My son too understand instructions…2 actions instructions too.
Example "bring your toys to living room n off the kitchen lights"
when he is playing his toys at kitchen. -
wamin:
Er....isn't 8:30-9 too early? Considering that they have afternoon naps, they are probably not tired enough to sleep through the night?
BTW my kids sleep around 8:30-9 but most of the time wakeup at night (Now i hardly remember when they never wakeup :scratchhead: ).
Suggest you let them sleep later. Tire them out during waking hours.
My school going kids sleep at 9.30pm. The aspie one, being the youngest and the one who takes afternoon naps, sleeps at 10+. On days we have night activities like cycling, swimming, BBQ-ing, his battery is out by 9.30pm.
Agree with Johmom. Don't think it's an aspie issue. -
helplessmum3:
You may want to be firmer and very strict about what you will allow at that time of the morning. Don't just rely on grabbing him, enforce self control. It will take a while and it will be tiring, but you will be able to sleep more after you have trained him.My son too will jump jump jump . I will grab him n hug him go back to sleep .. When I fallen asleep back he start jumping on my bed again ...
Zombie!! Every morning at work place -
i wish i can train him soon too.
no nap is a nono to me, cuz later when nite time he will take it as nap time and awake after 2 hrs of nap..
my fren 4yo child wake up 730am, nap 12-3pm , sleep at 830pm.... so ENVY!!! -
helplessmum3:
What, who is your friend. I need to get detail how she is doing this magic :siam:i wish i can train him soon too.
no nap is a nono to me, cuz later when nite time he will take it as nap time and awake after 2 hrs of nap..
my fren 4yo child wake up 730am, nap 12-3pm , sleep at 830pm.... so ENVY!!! -
wamin:
8.30 pm is too early, maybe try 9.30 onwards (mine sleep at 10-10.30pm and wake at 7am, more jun than alarm clock) and I don’t agree with the doctor on the sleep requirement. Yes kids require more sleep but definitely not more than half a day if they are 4 and above.@belachanbabe, recently i had my son appointment at KK and his doctor was telling me he need 12-13 hour sleep :? . He is attending childcare and you know they made all kids had afternoon nap, so i have no control over that.
BTW my kids sleep around 8:30-9 but most of the time wakeup at night (Now I hardly remember when they never wakeup :scratchhead: ).
Even though you don’t have control on weekdays, suggest try to limit his afternoon naps on weekends to 1-2hrs max and don’t go pass 5pm. I saw this in an episode of ‘Supernanny’ regarding hyperactivity: you got to plan daily activities to tire him out physically i.e. playground, swimming, cycling etc. It entails quite an effort though; parents themselves more tired than the kids at the end of the day. For sure there is no magic formula.
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login