Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Hello- my son is 10 years old aspie- very cool kid but I am exhausted! I mainly just would like to vent and know that I am not a horrible Mom even though I am completely exhausted. My son is driving me insane. It seems like his aspergers is getting worse or maybe now that he is getting older the things he does are just more inappropriate to his age level? He is getting increasingly difficult to be around. He's rarely still and NEVER stops talking… he is not a small kid he's kind of a bull in the china closet type. He won't spend any time with the family he just wants to be holed up in his room stimming and is very bothered if I make him come out. He has dropped his little sister like a hot potato which is hard for her (7 yrs) as they've always been very close. My son is in full blown puberty at 10 which doesn't help. He has major sensory issues, ligament laxity which causes him to drop his fork 50 times while eating etc., you know it wasn't this difficult before but now his attitude has kicked in. He mopes around, gets angry at the drop of a hat.... ugh... when will things get easier???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 Ahhh, the incessant chattering, a phase I am so happy to be done with. My son had a speech disorder so didn't talk at all until he was almost 5 and rarely spoke until he reached about age 8 or 9. Then it was constant chatter for a while. We were hoping that he had an off button but he didn't. He almost drove us insane. Then gradually the chattering tapered off. As to the attitude, sorry, but it's only just begun. For my son we noticed a change from the sweet kid to a more stubborn kid right about age 10. According the school counselor it was a fairly typical thing for a 10 yr old to do. My son's 15 now. He's a bit more reasonable than he was at age 10 most of the time but he's definitely a teenager. My son began to isolate himself more once he got to middle school. It's been a battle to get him more involved in anything. Once he's involved he's fine but getting out the door is always a struggle. We are constantly on my son about his pacing. As soon as we hear him start we tell him that he is doing it and needs to stop. Most times he won't realize that he does it. Getting him out and about helps decrease the amount of times that he begins to pace. Caroline > > Hello- my son is 10 years old aspie- very cool kid but I am exhausted! > I mainly just would like to vent and know that I am not a horrible Mom even though I am completely exhausted. My son is driving me insane. It seems like his aspergers is getting worse or maybe now that he is getting older the things he does are just more inappropriate to his age level? > He is getting increasingly difficult to be around. He's rarely still and NEVER stops talking… he is not a small kid he's kind of a bull in the china closet type. He won't spend any time with the family he just wants to be holed up in his room stimming and is very bothered if I make him come out. > He has dropped his little sister like a hot potato which is hard for her (7 yrs) as they've always been very close. My son is in full blown puberty at 10 which doesn't help. He has major sensory issues, ligament laxity which causes him to drop his fork 50 times while eating etc., you know it wasn't this difficult before but now his attitude has kicked in. He mopes around, gets angry at the drop of a hat.... ugh... when will things get easier???? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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