shopping what a nightmare!

Went shopping today and what a nightmare! i knew it would be i warned my daughter all week that sat was going to be shopping day. The trouble started before we even got in the car she kept saying i don't want to go in a loud screaming voice when we eventually  got going harriet decided that she needed the toilet and couldn't wait she screamed i'm going to wee myself so i had to stop at the side of the road. When we got to the shopping centre she ran off refused to hold my hand. Harriet is 5 and i have three other children aged 9,7 and 2 my other children are not perfect but know when to behave . My husband asked her to hold his hand and be a good girl she shouted and started kicking and hitting him. I went into a book shop and harriet layed on the floor pulling the books off the shelfs i try to stay calm and get on her level but its like talking to a brick wall she just grins at me i feel powerless. Harriets not yet been diagnosed but her pediatrician suspects aspergers i end up in tears begging her to behave but its like she just looks straight through me. I love her so much but its hard very draining at the minute i feel like i'm walking around like a zombie. xx

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  • Hi, i think even when you know its going to be hard you still try to do the normal family things together but your right its best she doesn't go if it causes her so much distress. I think it all gets too much for her Harriets happy to just stay home doing her own thing I have anxiety issues myself i have to take medication to try and control it. I think i will feel better about things once she gets a diagnosis.

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  • Hi, i think even when you know its going to be hard you still try to do the normal family things together but your right its best she doesn't go if it causes her so much distress. I think it all gets too much for her Harriets happy to just stay home doing her own thing I have anxiety issues myself i have to take medication to try and control it. I think i will feel better about things once she gets a diagnosis.

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