He was having such a good weekend. A very calm morning. Seemed to be in a relatively good mood overall.
Until dinner time. That's when S### hit the fan.
Dad forgot to put his corn in a separate bowl. Instead he put the corn on the plate with the meat.
Now, a few things were already positive about this situation. Notice, he's eating corn and steak- like the rest of us. Not PIZZA as usual! yay
But for some reason the corn on the plate set him off. (triggers are just triggers, it's not necessarily about the corn on the plate- because in a calm enough state of mind would simply accept it and ask to have his corn put in a bowl. In our "incredibly calm rational not usually an Autism world!"
But I think the many routine changes for being a weekend, little sister had a party (even though he didn't go), played with cousins, and Monday holiday and so everybody was home- took it's toll on his nervous system!
Could have been worse. Could have been MUCH worse!
But it still breaks my heart to see him lock himself in the bathroom- destroy it by spraying water, pouring soap out everywhere, throwing toilet paper everywhere, ceiling, walls, then climbing out the window and going into the backyard- and throwing things at the house.
Not how I wanted a really good weekend to end! But these are the things we have absolutely no control over. None! Dad simply put his corn on the plate because he forgot to put it into a bowl, even though Ty never said anything at this time.... and it's as quick as that that starts a meltdown behavior.
And it took a while to settle. And then when things are done.... yes I instructed him to clean up the paper and soap and water on the floor. (I had already put towels in there). He tried to resist at first, but ultimately he complied. But it just was a reminder- even when we are on a good streak
his issues will ultimately catch up with him one way or another. It just is how it is! Let's just hope he wakes up in a good mood!
Yeah, Autism can really suck sometimes! (Okay, way more than sometimes...... ) My poor boy struggled ALOT yesterday evening- his world crumbled!
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