6th November 2021

Not a great start

Today didn’t get off to a great start. J was up at 5:30 (this is late for him) raring to go for the day. He went to bed last night in the clothes he was wearing the day before as he didn’t want to get out of them and decided to sleep in them. I know some people would say that it’s either disgusting or lazy on our part, but believe me, I know when to pick my battles and this was one that was going to be a losing battle.

He decided when he woke up that he wanted to get out of his clothes and into pjs. Yep, I know! He went into his and AJ’s room and turned the light on before I could even stand up. “MUMMA?!” Yep, he woke AJ up. He was grumpy after being woken up. Well, anyone would be if they gotten woke up unnecessarily. Took him downstairs and gave him his weighted blanket to prevent him having a meltdown. Thankfully it worked.

We sat quietly catching up on our favourite Youtubers on the telly so not to disturb anyone. Due to ASD, the boys lack some of understanding so trying to explain to them that they need to keep the volume levels to a bare minimum is near enough goes to one ear and straight out the next. Luckily this morning, I think they were a bit sleepy to make a lot of noise.

Breakfast came a bit tricky as J wanted a mixture of cereal which in today’s case it was porridge and weetabix. I told him that he had to choose one or the other. I know some people would say why not just let him eat the combination. He’s had it before and didn’t like and refused to eat the rest of the bowl. After about half an hour, he decided to have weetabix.

AJ spent most of the morning, either helping to tidy up so he could earn a bit of pocket money (recently been teaching him about money) or playing one of his favourite games, Minecraft. He also spent part of it eyeing up the cheese straws that his dad was making. Both boys have a big appetite and tend to want to eat every second of the day.

After handing out 443068590476095648 snacks to the boys, I spent the rest of the day being referee to them as they kept shouting and causing each other to meltdown and lashing out at each other. This afternoon, they were arguing over toy trucks and who can make the loudness truck noise and who can be where. Both boys hate loud noises even though they like to shout and scream at the top of their lungs all day along.

Tonight, we cooked a new meatball recipe to try new foods with the boys. I used the Spanish meatball recipe from Pinch of Nom and it was a hit. If you know me, I am a big lover of pinch of nom recipes and always recommend them as they are packed full of your 5 a day and are written by two ladies who were trying to lose weight.

The boys also seem a lot calmer this evening compared to earlier this morning. Don’t know if it was the early wake up call or if having the curtains shut and the fairy lights on made it a calming atmosphere for them. I won’t lie and say it’s easy because its not. There are days where I am curled up in a ball, balling my eyes out as its been tough dealing with the constant meltdowns, fighting to get their needs met.

Hoping tomorrow will be a bit less of a challenging day.