My oldest is a double dipper. Not the chips and dip kind but the autistic spectrum kind. He double dips with Tourette Syndrome and Aspbergers. His tics, like most with the syndrome, are not extreme. If you don't know he has the syndrome you may not even notice the head and neck jerks. You will probably notice the incessant nose picking. Poor thing, we've really worked hard on finding a substitute tic for that one but so far no luck. In addition to these motor tics he also has mind tics as I like to call them. It's like extreme OCD for a short period of time. Tics wax and wane but when they are in full swing-ugh. Add in the Aspberger's component and well...it ain't pretty folks.
For instance, Saturday he was bound and determined he was going to climb a tree. We do not have any climbing trees. In 15-20 years maybe, but now, not so much. So every 30 secs, literally, he was a broken record about trying to climb a tree. Before any fun things were going to happen he needed to help clean up his room. Long story short, his brain was telling him CLIMB A TREE AND CLIMB IT NOW!!! Next followed lots of restraining, a massive blow to my lower back and a run away. Just shy of an hour later he was located waaaaaaaaaaaaay up in a tree in the front of our neighborhood. No need to dwell, we made it through Saturday. I was definitely glad to be losing an hour. I wanted the day to be over with.
Fast forward to Sunday, new day, better day. Shopping, fishing and hanging outside. My heart was so happy to see the boy who had struggled so terribly the day before enjoy the sunshine. He giggled, chased, sang and ate s'mores. Like the song that I always sing to him when he is grumpin' at me...'along with sunshine, there's gonna be a little rain sometimes'...I love him in the sun and the rain
Again, there's that stinking dear jumping over your fence!! LOL!! You are such a good Mom, definitely a role model to learn from. Thanks for the blog posts!
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