Published on 12, July, 2020
Introducing myself on a particularly bleak day. My son is three and newly diagnosed. He is non-verbal and we’re trying to do PECS.
My son screams. He screams and screams at 5am when he wakes up. He screams when he is told to do something he’d rather not - brushing teeth, stop playing with toys, going to bed. Just high pitched, blood curdling screams.
Please tell me it gets easier. I know my family now have a different path and I’ve come to accept it.
But god, the every day stuff has to get easier. It’s such a joyless grind sometimes.
Would love to hear from other parents who have experienced similar issues. And maybe something optimistic? ️
Some of these things could be sensory related like the teeth brushing my daughter absolutely hate the taste of toothpaste and if he can't tell you he will just scream it could also be that he doesn't like the feel of the toothbrush I am also going through this now I have 3 children with autism 16 11 and 2 they are all completely different unfortunately it gets harder as they get older my 16 year old is really bad lately