Hi, My name is Christy Im just find this site and joined. My son Blake is 41/2 years old about to start school next week. Blake was a wonderful baby ,sleep all night was on the quiter side. Then i had our little girl when he was 2. oh my god he changed at first we thought it was due to Alisha and he will be fine.We put him into day care for one day a week to help him make friends and give us time out.After hitting a number of kids and the teacher and lots of other things, we where told he many need so help. Blake sleep went bad along with everthing else. our dr said he has ADHA (the frist of hes age for her) and may be Austim .The Ausim part is oh hold to he go's to school.
Any way the story go's on and on..
i dont know to much about this at all dont really know how to help him and most of all how to get him to go to bed at 7.30pm not 10.00pm.. We are from newcastle and need some help please Christy
Your first step should be to see a specialist- is there a children's hospital nearby? He should have a full evaluation. If you are dealing with Autism then it's best to get help early, adhd on the other hand is not typically dx'ed until 6, but there are cases where it's diagnosed earlier.
Is he getting out of bed, or just being awake and disruptive at bedtime? The most important thing you can to is to make it clear that there will be no communication after he's in bed and then be absolutely consistent with it. If he gets up, don't say a word or even show emotion, just lead him back to bed. It usually takes hours the first night, and will probably take a couple weeks before he stops completely. It started doing this with my son when he was still in a crib, so I didn't have to deal with the getting up part, but the first 3 nights he screamed for 3-4 hours. It got progressively shorter, but didn't totally stop for almost a month. He's 9 now, and I still have to ignore him or he will talk to me, ask a hundred questions, think up random "fears" to try to get me into his room. It can feel kind of mean at first, but it does work and they are soooo much better when they're getting enough sleep.
I agree, he would need a full Psychological/Psychiatric work up. ADHD is difficult to diagnose at 4 1/2, and should not be done by a Pediatrician, but Autism is not diffcult to diagnose at that age, and a ped would recognize the signs.Hi
Will try getting him to sleep this way to night. Blake has seen a number of Psychological and specialist who all have said the same. We are very happy with the Dr's how have helped Blake he has came a long way in 6months.( Almost cut hes hand of at christmas time last year, he is really full on).That really was my worry. It just seen to been no really any support group around that i know of in our area that you can talk too and get idens from.
Blake jsut wont go to sleep he is worked up at 9.00pm . The dr are helping but was hoping to find other mums the same as me. Will give your way a try tonight. I just feel there is so much to find out about this and way to give Blake the best change he can have...
Thank you for give much and please keep letting me know of you ways christy