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<blockquote data-quote="forkeeps251" data-source="post: 464579" data-attributes="member: 12854"><p>Squirrel - </p><p></p><p>I'm not the original poster, but I thought I would comment anyway. In fact, I'm really new to this forum and am currently in the process of getting my son some of the help he needs, but he is a little older... almost 6, and starting school has been very difficult for him.</p><p></p><p>However after reading through these posts I saw a lot of my son in the OP's post. Mornings used to be a nightmare for us... he too would have a tantrum if he didn't get the cup, bowl, or whatever he wanted. Getting dressed was especially hard, he did not want me to change him and was too young to dress himself completely, and he would scream till red in the face and I would have to hold him down to change him. There were many mornings when we BOTH left the house crying! </p><p></p><p>The good news, in our case, is that as he has gotten a little older many of those behaviors have stopped. Sometimes he still requests "the green bowl" for his cereal or whatever, and I try to accomidate him but if I'm not able to (I've already prepared it, for example), it pretty much just passes by without any more than a pout. Dressing him is much easier now too... I give him a limited choice and now that he is able to dress himself, we no longer have these melt downs in the mornings at all. Actually at home and out in public, he is a pretty good kid!</p><p></p><p>School, on the other hand, is a different story and I think it all boils down to one thing.. he is very infelxible. At home he has learned, or addapted, or maybe WE have addapted a little too to meet his needs and home is relatively tantrum free. At school though, he has meltdowns frequently and I think they are often when it is time to change activities. </p><p></p><p>So to answer your question (even though I'm not who you asked), for my son, he has grown out of a lot of those behaviors. He was about the same age as your son when we were having these problems, and now days it is a totally different story. It must have been a subtle change because I can't remember at what age he improved, but I think it was somewhere around 4.5 or 5. Of course, now we have different issues, which is to be expected I guess. My son also had a speech delay, which we always assumed was partly responsible for his tantrums. </p><p></p><p>We are still in the process of getting a diagnosis, so I can't give you any information there, either. </p><p></p><p>Hope that was some kind of help <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="forkeeps251, post: 464579, member: 12854"] Squirrel - I'm not the original poster, but I thought I would comment anyway. In fact, I'm really new to this forum and am currently in the process of getting my son some of the help he needs, but he is a little older... almost 6, and starting school has been very difficult for him. However after reading through these posts I saw a lot of my son in the OP's post. Mornings used to be a nightmare for us... he too would have a tantrum if he didn't get the cup, bowl, or whatever he wanted. Getting dressed was especially hard, he did not want me to change him and was too young to dress himself completely, and he would scream till red in the face and I would have to hold him down to change him. There were many mornings when we BOTH left the house crying! The good news, in our case, is that as he has gotten a little older many of those behaviors have stopped. Sometimes he still requests "the green bowl" for his cereal or whatever, and I try to accomidate him but if I'm not able to (I've already prepared it, for example), it pretty much just passes by without any more than a pout. Dressing him is much easier now too... I give him a limited choice and now that he is able to dress himself, we no longer have these melt downs in the mornings at all. Actually at home and out in public, he is a pretty good kid! School, on the other hand, is a different story and I think it all boils down to one thing.. he is very infelxible. At home he has learned, or addapted, or maybe WE have addapted a little too to meet his needs and home is relatively tantrum free. At school though, he has meltdowns frequently and I think they are often when it is time to change activities. So to answer your question (even though I'm not who you asked), for my son, he has grown out of a lot of those behaviors. He was about the same age as your son when we were having these problems, and now days it is a totally different story. It must have been a subtle change because I can't remember at what age he improved, but I think it was somewhere around 4.5 or 5. Of course, now we have different issues, which is to be expected I guess. My son also had a speech delay, which we always assumed was partly responsible for his tantrums. We are still in the process of getting a diagnosis, so I can't give you any information there, either. Hope that was some kind of help :-) [/QUOTE]
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