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I would just add that my RAD ds does NOT respond well at all to choices. He is much happier when I do all the deciding (although he does not realize this on a conscious level). Example...for TWO YEARS he argued at every meal (especially breakfast) when I would give him a choice. It wouldn't matter what the two choices were, even if they were his two VERY favorite choices, because he would want whatever was NOT being offered, JUST SO HE COULD BE IN CONTROL. So...now I do not even turn off his door alarm to get him from his room in the morning until his breakfast is already on the table! We have peace in the morning now. After good morning kisses and hugs, he quietly slips into his chair at the table saying "Thank you for breakfast mom." So many of the things I am finding that work for my ds are TOTALLY THE OPPOSITE of what my instincts tell me, like choices for example. It is exhausting! You are not alone! Keep on keeping on!
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