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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 114077" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Janna, keep an open mind. Autistic kids can do this too. difficult child 3 is currently driving us crazy every evening, with non-stop talking, apparently free association stuff, totally pointless for us and it's as if he HAS to tell us.</p><p></p><p>difficult child 3 is a really good sleeper, WHEN he sleeps. It's like everything he does, he does THOROUGHLY. When he's awake, you know about it. You hear him talking, constantly, even if there's nobody else around. medications quiet it down, but when they wear off... and when he's asleep, he seems unrousable. BUT - he will rouse through the night, walk to the bathroom for a drink of water, get it for himself, take himself to the toilet, maybe ask if he can get something to eat - all while (we now realise) still sound asleep. If he wakes - we have an apparently manic night. In the mornings - he gets up early, he's manic until the medications kick in.</p><p></p><p>The toilet training/wet bed issues - that would have woken difficult child 3. Maybe. But once awake with a wet bed, he would have been very difficult to get back to sleep.</p><p></p><p>We finally got the bladder training done by putting him in underpants instead of Pull-Ups but we did it in summer, when there are fewer layers (clothing or bedding) to deal with. We also put a vinyl sheet under his sheet. We bought the vinyl ourselves and cut it to size, so it would wrap around his mattress and not slip, so any spill would not soak into the mattress. We used vinyl because plastic moves, and it also makes a horrible crinkly noise which the kids hated and really complained about. Vinyl is discreet - we could put it under an incontinent elderly relative's bedding and they would never know!</p><p></p><p>Hugs, honey. Just keep making notes of anything like this, then show your diary entries to the psychiatrists on a regular basis.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 114077, member: 1991"] Janna, keep an open mind. Autistic kids can do this too. difficult child 3 is currently driving us crazy every evening, with non-stop talking, apparently free association stuff, totally pointless for us and it's as if he HAS to tell us. difficult child 3 is a really good sleeper, WHEN he sleeps. It's like everything he does, he does THOROUGHLY. When he's awake, you know about it. You hear him talking, constantly, even if there's nobody else around. medications quiet it down, but when they wear off... and when he's asleep, he seems unrousable. BUT - he will rouse through the night, walk to the bathroom for a drink of water, get it for himself, take himself to the toilet, maybe ask if he can get something to eat - all while (we now realise) still sound asleep. If he wakes - we have an apparently manic night. In the mornings - he gets up early, he's manic until the medications kick in. The toilet training/wet bed issues - that would have woken difficult child 3. Maybe. But once awake with a wet bed, he would have been very difficult to get back to sleep. We finally got the bladder training done by putting him in underpants instead of Pull-Ups but we did it in summer, when there are fewer layers (clothing or bedding) to deal with. We also put a vinyl sheet under his sheet. We bought the vinyl ourselves and cut it to size, so it would wrap around his mattress and not slip, so any spill would not soak into the mattress. We used vinyl because plastic moves, and it also makes a horrible crinkly noise which the kids hated and really complained about. Vinyl is discreet - we could put it under an incontinent elderly relative's bedding and they would never know! Hugs, honey. Just keep making notes of anything like this, then show your diary entries to the psychiatrists on a regular basis. Marg [/QUOTE]
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