Laughing and Crying

Well, the past couple of days have been very interesting.
First off, I will start out with something very funny. This is what i wrote yesterday on my Facebook page :
:"By the end of the day, I will be a proud grandmother..to a LOAD of LAUNDRY!! I have been chuckling all day about this one. Thank you Braxton for keeping me so entertained. I thought he dressed pretty classy..however; Sarita was not so amused. She was a bit upset about her dress LOL"
With Braxton's sensory issues, he constantly stuffs clothing under what he is wearing. He needs to feel his body in space. This is probably why you may see autistic kids jumping up and down or flapping their arms and hands. There is a very good article on this at :http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall97/sensory.htm

There are a few things happening. My daughter continues to see a therapist weekly and is set to be evaluated on 11/14..A step in an alright direction. Now, whether he believes in giving someone her age a dx is another question.

I have been to hell and back with her over the past few weeks. I say something like 'Get out of my face" and she says "Oh you want me out of your life" Then she says things like "You want me to die, don't you?" I guess I should realize it is manipulation. Then to have her say things about not being good enough and on and on really wears a guy down.

She is putting bad bruises on my autistic son. The therapist says she needs a group to understand him..I thin k it goes way beyond that. She just says she wants him gone. We are setting up consequences for every time she hits him and also when he hits her . Sadly, she has taught him to hit. Last time she came crying because he was fed up with her, I looked at her and said 'Aren't you happy that you taught him to hit?" She was mad at me then.

Is this normal for these kids to only think of "I" and to be mad and jealous if someone gets something? She was mad at her dad because he is going after his purple belt in karate and it was not fair because hers is white.

One thing I have done is that whenever she is disrespectful to us, we don't let her go places. That is a consequence for her..but you know what? I don't think she can help it.

My daughter also goes into very immature behavior when she wants attention with baby talk and acts helpless. She also hits herself. There has been a question if she may be also on the spectrum (autism).

 Even celebrations are tainted because she got less and on and on. How does one go on and ignore this behavior? The other night at dinner, she went on and on with her screaming, etc. Finally the 3 of us there just got up w/o a word and went into another room. WOW was she surprised. I am going to do whatever I can to help her with emotions. One thing she really enjoys is art work. She is an awesome artist.