Does anyones daughter have behaviours like mine?
My daughter is 11 Years old and I'm convinced she has some type of PDD. My niece has Asbergers so I have an understanding of different issues.
E has never slept a full night since the day she was born, still wakes 2,3 or 4 times a night. As a young child I could not persuade her to wear clothes, I had to pin her down and drag clothes onto her to get her to school.
Now she has gone the opposite way, she wears two vests and a bra as well as her daytime clothes which all have to be really big on her. At night she wears two vests under her pj,s and hooks her bra around her arm, which she refuses to sleep with out. She has a very rigid routine when she is dressing, in the living room, the dog has to be there with her and she has a set order to which she puts on her clothes, starting with socks before she takes off her PJ bottoms. If she cannot follow this routine the stress and anxiety it causes is unbearable. There are times when her clothes just aren't right and she gets very upset, agitated and angry on days like this. She wears 4 belts everyday because without them she says her trousers will fall down! Shopping for clothes is a nightmare. There are many days when we are late for school and work because of this. Even when she is despirate to go somewhere, the dressing frustrates her so much that we both end up in tears.
She wears her swimsuit in the bath because she doesn't like being naked.
Her temper is unbelievable, she can become aggressive and throws things or breaks things, her temper outbursts are usually caused by frustration.
She is obsessed with animals, dogs in particular and she can tell you all sorts of interesting facts. She likes to recreate her school lessons using chess pieces.
Her social skills seem pretty good and she has quite a complex sense of humour. Although she can be bossy and domineering with her peer group.
I had an initial assessment and I don't feel that the women listened to me at all. She told me to bath her and give her a hot milky drink before bed to help her sleep and that her behaviours were controlling and to put my foot down.
We recently booked a holiday to spain with my extended family, my daughter had to stay at home with her dad because she couldn't cope with the thought of going away for a period of time and leaving the house, even though she was looking forward to a holiday with her cousins and aunts!! I don't understand how that is controlling behaviour!!
She starts comp in September and I'm really worried about how she will cope with PE
Any help or advice any one could give me would be most appreciated.
Thanks