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Help and advice. I'm struggling

Sarah2030

my name is Sarah I'm 24 years old  I'm new to this so please bare with me with replies 

I'm in a rut at the moment. After a 3 year battle my son who is 4 years 6 months now has finally been diagnosed with autism. It's gone from me pleading with people to listen to me about my son. To finally having answers. I'm scared and somewhat relieved in a way. I don't even know what to do to help him. I don't really have anyone I can talk to about it. He seems to be getting worse. It's as if he knows he's been diagnosed and it's all coming out Now. 

my main worry at the moment is nighttimes. We have a routine where I read him a story (whilst a 5 minute timer is on) once I've finnished the story and the timer goes off it's time for bed. he ll go to bed but them spend the next 4 hours getting up coming up with excuses for example :

im sad mammy, I have an injury mammy , I need the toilet mammy. The list is endless 

is there any strategies parents have come up with to settle their LO 

i find myself crying most nights feeling rather depressed  it's not just the nighttime is a lot of things. But the nighttime is the main one. He also has a younger brother who is 2 and half  who also wake during the night. 

im literally only getting 1 hour sleep if a nighttime. And don't know what to do. Any help would be absolutely amazing. 

Thank you for taking the time to read this. 

Sarah xx

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  • Hiya. I dont really get much help in people taking him out for me I do it all myself. I also have a 2 year old so it is hard but I'm getting there. 

    we went to the beach last night at about 6pm. Wore him right out so he slept like a baby and settled quite well. I don't drive so it's hard for me to take them out to places like the beach all the time. He doesn't like public transport luckily I had my mum who helped last night. 

    i think the grandparents are guna start helping more as they'd seen how warn out I was this weekend :) it's room for me to look half dead for someone to help lol. 

    I've started playing white noise sounds in his room and seems to be getting up a lot less :D. 

    I know it's guna be a long road to take but we'll get there. 

    Ive stopped making such a fuss when he gets up and stay quite silent. And seems to be working. :). 

    Thank you xx

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  • Hiya. I dont really get much help in people taking him out for me I do it all myself. I also have a 2 year old so it is hard but I'm getting there. 

    we went to the beach last night at about 6pm. Wore him right out so he slept like a baby and settled quite well. I don't drive so it's hard for me to take them out to places like the beach all the time. He doesn't like public transport luckily I had my mum who helped last night. 

    i think the grandparents are guna start helping more as they'd seen how warn out I was this weekend :) it's room for me to look half dead for someone to help lol. 

    I've started playing white noise sounds in his room and seems to be getting up a lot less :D. 

    I know it's guna be a long road to take but we'll get there. 

    Ive stopped making such a fuss when he gets up and stay quite silent. And seems to be working. :). 

    Thank you xx

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