I have been neglecting my blog lately! There is a good reason for this - I've been mad busy! Holiday, appointments and constantly picking Dexy off various surfaces!
Current favourites include the kitchen table, sideboard, cooker and all chairs in general. It's like living with extreme sports toddler at the moment. I am so worried about him putting himself in precarious situations but there is nothing that can be done to stop him - he just keeps going back. Right now I can see him through the window of the conservatory stood on a stack of garden chairs looking around to see what he can see! I spent last week ringing people - OTs, National Autistic Society, health visitors, specialist schools etc. in the hope of finding a "cure" but soon realised there's no way of stopping him. As with the licking, he will stop when HE wants and will probably start it again in a few months. Someone suggested weighted vests or jackets but short of putting dumbells in his pockets I can't see these working.
He had a close call a few weeks ago. He dragged a kitchen chair into the utility room, used it to climb onto the worktops and reached into a cupboard, knocking a glass out. I was on the phone, heard the smash, ran in to find him balanced on the edge of the worktop surrounded by shards of glass - he must have a guardian angel looking after him as all he got was a tiny tiny cut under his toe! If I'm not totally grey by the end of the summer holidays it will be a miracle!!!
