Yesterday (Thursday) was a disaster! In school, Brendan hit and kicked everyone, but not out of anger...he thought it was funny. Then when we got to Kathleen's he tried to break her TV and put his foot through one of her picture frames shattering the glass. He proceeded to think it was funny and hit me a couple of times...and Kathleen which is rare.
We got him on the table and put the magnetic mat on. This started to calm him down. But what really seemed to calm him down the most was the remedy Linda gave to him. I'll let her explain that in her blog. The rest of the night he was okay. I just kept giving the remedy to him until he went to bed. I reminded him that hitting and kicking people is NOT funny. It is very hurtful. Also, if he didn't behave in school the next day, he wasn't getting any treats (going to the store).
This morning his Dad reported that he seemed fine. I picked him up from school with knots in my stomach not sure what to expect. But they reported that he did fine. We ent to the store and then hung out at home waiting for his friends to arrive. He was lounging on the bed listening to his music. Then I told him we need to go downstairs because his friends were due to show up. He came downstairs and then proceeded to get mad and headbutted me very hard. I had him lay down on the carpet to calm down. Since he didn't seem to be calming down, I had to cancel his friends visit. My friends kids who are also on the spectrum were apparently also acting up and she almost had to cancel with us. I have to get the remedy to her to see if it helps her kiddos calm down.
After he had calmed down (yes, I gave him more of the remedy) he wanted to go to the park. So, I got his stuff ready. Then he proceeded to break two of his CDs that he just bought. SO, we did not go. I was not happy plus I had a headache from the headbutt. So, he stayed in theliving room and I went into the dining room to give both of us some space. After 15 minutes, he came over and signed that he was sorry. His mood has been up and down tonight. We'll see how he does tomorrow........
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