Cole needs some work done on his teeth. They'll probably have to put him to sleep. I have an appointment for him on April 7th or I'd have to wait until JULY.
I have to not let him eat all day, only water.
Cole is very set on his schedule. he has PPD-NOS (pervasive development disorder, not otherwise specified).
Cole gets up. He has to have juice (I mix with water), first thing. If he doesn't get that, he freaks out.
Then when the kids have cereal, he has some of his own. During the day he tells me "food" when he wants something.
The only thing he can have is water...all day... no food...no other kind of drink. I am so freaking out right now. It'd be hard with a "normal" child to not feed them all day but with my son and his diagnosis. I seriously don't' know how I am going to handle this.
The man who made the appointment with me said that he'd rather have kids come in the morning but there wouldn't be an opening until July. I don't think he should wait that long so I took the appointment.
I'm going to have to distract him all day and have no one eat in front of him. AHHHHHHHHHHH. I have no idea how I'm going to handle that day.
Hearing him ask for stuff is going to be heart wrenching and then I know he'll cry and whine because he's hungry.
We had an appointment earlier that day but I just changed it to the day before.
So my plan is to take a late nap with Cole on the 6th, then see how long he can stay up that night and feed him right before he goes to sleep, etc. Then hopefully he'll sleep during at least some of the day and I'll take him outside and maybe to the park to distact him.
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Maybe also try adding less juice to his water each morning between now and then, and maybe he won't be too upset at straight water that morning, either.
Aside from that, I have no ideas on food. :( Maybe take him to the park- somewhere out of his normal day, and keep him active to help him keep his mind off it.
Another thing, make sure to explain it to him each day what will happen on that day, just like "Remember that tomorrow, we can't have any juice, and we can't eat anything until the dentist looks at your teeth!" That way, he won't be equating it to punishment in his mind.
Heather, I do like the idea of trying to change his schedule a little bit before then. Unfortunately we can't explain anything to him like that because he just doesn't get it. :(
Big Hugs
Best of luck to you.
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