OT Phyllis B.- aggression toward sibling

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Phyllis,

Or anyone else,

Tell me more about your child's aggression, esp, towards siblings.

This has been the most trying for me as Jane is very aggressive. Her

social skills/aggression are really the main ASD problems. Does that

make sense? Her SI therapist says it is bc she is in a " fight or

flight " mode, and that it isn't always just two yo behavior. Since

we brought my son home from the hospital just over a year ago, Jane

has pushed, hit, pinched, bit. She also does this to any playmate who

comes to the house/yard. You can understand it isn't poor parenting,

but sooo frustrating. I have finally reached the realization that the

friends we had who have now abandoned us bc of this behavior weren't

truly friends. But that's really getting off topic.I put up baby

gates and have to keep the kids in separate parts of the house most

of the day. If I turn my back for one second when we are playing

together, she bites . I am so stressed and tired of not being

able to leave their sides for a second. We were going to go to a

behav. psych who deals with ASD, but she is getting a bit better with

the diet. Then when I read your post about how the diet has helped

your child, that gave me even more hope. Do you have any diet tips

or big food triggers that I might not be aware of? I realize each

child is different. Know of any good books?

Thanks,

Janelle

Janelle

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The tables are turned at my house. Our GFCF suspected ASD son is 1

1/2 and he beats up on his 5 year old brother! These are kids who

never watch violent television (no WWF or Pokemon) and I can assure

you that they never see their parents beating on each other. That's

why it was so frustrating when started beating on Andy. It

started when he was about a year old, even though he was already GFCF

at that point. He slaps him, kicks him, hits him, and has bitten him

once. Out of the blue and unexpected. I'm wondering if it has

something to do with soy, though, because it seems to be getting

better since we've nearly eliminated soy.

> Phyllis,

> Or anyone else,

> Tell me more about your child's aggression, esp, towards siblings.

> This has been the most trying for me as Jane is very aggressive.

Her

> social skills/aggression are really the main ASD problems. Does

that

> make sense? Her SI therapist says it is bc she is in a " fight or

> flight " mode, and that it isn't always just two yo behavior. Since

> we brought my son home from the hospital just over a year ago, Jane

> has pushed, hit, pinched, bit. She also does this to any playmate

who

> comes to the house/yard. You can understand it isn't poor

parenting,

> but sooo frustrating. I have finally reached the realization that

the

> friends we had who have now abandoned us bc of this behavior

weren't

> truly friends. But that's really getting off topic.I put up baby

> gates and have to keep the kids in separate parts of the house most

> of the day. If I turn my back for one second when we are playing

> together, she bites . I am so stressed and tired of not

being

> able to leave their sides for a second. We were going to go to a

> behav. psych who deals with ASD, but she is getting a bit better

with

> the diet. Then when I read your post about how the diet has helped

> your child, that gave me even more hope. Do you have any diet tips

> or big food triggers that I might not be aware of? I realize each

> child is different. Know of any good books?

>

> Thanks,

> Janelle

> Janelle