Child fixated on water

I would first replace all my taps with safety taps. And then put sensors in the areas of the taps to send a phone alert. And then a soft redirection to approved taps he is allowed to play with always under supervision. Health and Safety have to come first. Children want to do things that will hurt them. Run across the street, play with fire, play with dangerous items. They may meltdown, but flooding can be far more dangerous - mould, electricity. It could just be important to continually redirect him to appropriated taps. When my son was small, my grandmother had taught me to never tell him no. But simply offer something more enticing to redirect his attention to.

Sometimes it's how he's redirected. And you must always assume Interruption of Flow-state is like waking a sleepwalker. Have a look into Autistic Inertia. It may be a few exhausting years to make sure you redirect him to the appropriated tap before he's immersed in the experience with another. 

But second, a child may be interested in the sound or flow more than the substance. However, a screeching rail car isn't as soothing as the white/pink/brown noise of water. Of course then you would need a sufficient reproduction of the flow or sound, and our ability to hear the difference between cheaply recorded and amplified "noise" versus analogue, not to mention how water dampens the acoustics of a room, can be tricky. I have heard of other kids with a similar interest. Thankfully, enough have been this keen over the centuries to make aqueducts, filter and pipe water for household use! 

Let's pretend money isn't an object. If this were my son (and resources were no issue), I might move somewhere near a stream and the ocean. I'd befriend and hire #organicpools on Instagram to help me build safe small child-proof pools and aqueducts in our back garden which he could then spend time working with and then crafting himself. I might find some one who makes small fountains even, with several taps to turn on and off like a marble shoot. A bit of soldering copper pipe, concrete and creativity. Maybe a wet room in the back of the house, lower, with openings to the outside so he could flood the room at whim. 

The maths around flowing water could be of interest. The velocity and speed. These are things best understood by an engineer, as we use the language of water to describe electrical currents. So, I might try to find a technician who will monologue on how exciting it all is, and see if they can be hired to help assess - even at this young age. We can easily spot potential in one another. Traditionally, a child with a keen interest in a thing would've been fast tracked toward that specialised field. 

Autistics are known for late devolvement with social-linguistics and vocabulary as the brain favours immersion and mastery of the right-hemisphere creative tech skills first. 

I might also just make sure he's able go out to the back garden any time it rains. Best to stay in 100% wool thermals, as the chemistry of how wool keeps the body warm (even in the rain) is fascinating. 

I would first replace all my taps with safety taps. And then put sensors in the areas of the taps to send a phone alert. And then a soft redirection to approved taps he is allowed to play with always under supervision. Health and Safety have to come first. Children want to do things that will hurt them. Run across the street, play with fire, play with dangerous items. They may meltdown, but flooding can be far more dangerous - mould, electricity. It could just be important to continually redirect him to appropriated taps. When my son was small, my grandmother had taught me to never tell him no. But simply offer something more enticing to redirect his attention to.

Sometimes it's how he's redirected. And you must always assume Interruption of Flow-state is like waking a sleepwalker. Have a look into Autistic Inertia. It may be a few exhausting years to make sure you redirect him to the appropriated tap before he's immersed in the experience with another. 

But second, a child may be interested in the sound or flow more than the substance. However, a screeching rail car isn't as soothing as the white/pink/brown noise of water. Of course then you would need a sufficient reproduction of the flow or sound, and our ability to hear the difference between cheaply recorded and amplified "noise" versus analogue, not to mention how water dampens the acoustics of a room, can be tricky. I have heard of other kids with a similar interest. Thankfully, enough have been this keen over the centuries to make aqueducts, filter and pipe water for household use! 

Let's pretend money isn't an object. If this were my son (and resources were no issue), I might move somewhere near a stream and the ocean. I'd befriend and hire #organicpools on Instagram to help me build safe small child-proof pools and aqueducts in our back garden which he could then spend time working with and then crafting himself. I might find some one who makes small fountains even, with several taps to turn on and off like a marble shoot. A bit of soldering copper pipe, concrete and creativity. Maybe a wet room in the back of the house, lower, with openings to the outside so he could flood the room at whim. 

The maths around flowing water could be of interest. The velocity and speed. These are things best understood by an engineer, as we use the language of water to describe electrical currents. So, I might try to find a technician who will monologue on how exciting it all is, and see if they can be hired to help assess - even at this young age. We can easily spot potential in one another. Traditionally, a child with a keen interest in a thing would've been fast tracked toward that specialised field. 

Autistics are known for late devolvement with social-linguistics and vocabulary as the brain favours immersion and mastery of the right-hemisphere creative tech skills first. 

I might also just make sure he's able go out to the back garden any time it rains. Best to stay in 100% wool thermals, as the chemistry of how wool keeps the body warm (even in the rain) is fascinating. 

wise woman ways.