This will have to be a quick post, with apologies for not blogging sooner.
We are still going through the mill with littl'un. Things are not as bad as in the previous blog, but he is still only sleeping fitfully and is awake from 4-5am onwards - which means we are not getting much sleep either. Daytimes are much calmer.
But we think we know the cause - teeth! At the end of week one, he lost his first baby tooth, and an adult tooth is coming through. He now has a second wobbler. Because he is so sensory seeking and is used to banging toys onto his teeth for input, we think he's distressed at the sensations he is now feeling.
Life with a child - now almost an adult! - with 2 spectrum disorders - autism, and auditory neuropathy.
Showing posts with label sensory deprivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sensory deprivation. Show all posts
Tuesday, 29 September 2015
Monday, 4 May 2015
Accidental sensory deprivation (Silly Mummy)
Sometimes I forget that our son is sensory-seeking, and expect him to behave like an NT child. Four a.m. is one of those times. My brain doesn't work well at 4 a.m.
Andrew is going through an annoying stage of waking up early, we've had a run now of 4:40am wake up calls. We don't generally have problems getting him to go to sleep, it's just staying asleep that he doesn't understand, he thinks it's time to get up and play. It's not a noise that wakes him, I was in his room from 4:10 a.m. this morning and the house is silent. It's not a toileting issue, he's still in nappies. But it is getting light earlier, so maybe he's just waking up and thinks it's morning already.
Silly Mummy takes herself off to the shops, and buys a blackout blind. (Have you seen the price of those things? And don't get me started on the shoddy manufacture, I've emailed Gro about that.)
Result? Instead of playing at 4:40 a.m., he's screaming.
A few hours later (not all screaming hours, thank goodness) when my brain begins to work again, I figure it out. It probably already bothers him that he cannot hear anything when he wakes up. And now I've removed another sense - he cannot see anything, because his room is pitch black. Sensory deprivation times two.
Andrew now has a blackout blind, and a night-light. (I'm determined to get my money's worth from that damn blind!) It won't stop him waking up, but it will stop him from getting distressed.
Now if only we can work out why he wakes up in the first place ...
Andrew is going through an annoying stage of waking up early, we've had a run now of 4:40am wake up calls. We don't generally have problems getting him to go to sleep, it's just staying asleep that he doesn't understand, he thinks it's time to get up and play. It's not a noise that wakes him, I was in his room from 4:10 a.m. this morning and the house is silent. It's not a toileting issue, he's still in nappies. But it is getting light earlier, so maybe he's just waking up and thinks it's morning already.
Silly Mummy takes herself off to the shops, and buys a blackout blind. (Have you seen the price of those things? And don't get me started on the shoddy manufacture, I've emailed Gro about that.)
Result? Instead of playing at 4:40 a.m., he's screaming.
A few hours later (not all screaming hours, thank goodness) when my brain begins to work again, I figure it out. It probably already bothers him that he cannot hear anything when he wakes up. And now I've removed another sense - he cannot see anything, because his room is pitch black. Sensory deprivation times two.
Andrew now has a blackout blind, and a night-light. (I'm determined to get my money's worth from that damn blind!) It won't stop him waking up, but it will stop him from getting distressed.
Now if only we can work out why he wakes up in the first place ...
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