Guest guest Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 I'm wondering how much time I need to actively engage my son with aspie? When he has a bad day, which is often, he wonders around the house whimpering that he doesn't know what to do. Generally, that means he knows exactly what he wants, but it's not possible at the time. Yesterday he wanted those snap fireworks that you throw at the ground. I couldn't get him any, and gave him a million and one alternative ideas (not all at once), but nothing interested him. I even offered him water balloons!! After four hours of whimpering, he decided a bath would make him happy, and that solved that. My question though, is that I am a single mom with three kids with special needs. When he is like that, I feel as if I need to put the other two kids on the back burner. I can't get anything done around the house, including meals, and I can't get a moment to clear my head! I need my son to learn how to self entertain himself constructively. (I say that because when he does self entertain, it usually means something is going to get taken apart or destroyed, or one of his siblings is going to be screaming!). How do I balance his needs, my other two's needs and my needs? Ginger (Someone gave us a bag of toys and he is now happily inspecting each and everything in the basement, it will take him all day to pick five of the very BEST things to keep) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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