Dad reports:
‘If subjected to dog feces inside the house, I will force myself to gag.’
Corollaries:
‘If you ask me to clean it, I will turn the gag into a pre-vomiting gag.’
‘If you persist with your insistance that this is no big deal and I should clean it anyway, you will have to clean poop and vomit.’
Remember, this is the child that until recently was regularly eatting his own boogers, can vomit on demand, and has done such gross things for attention that he has made adults queasy.
Dad reports:
“I don’t bathe unless I already have my clothes laid out.”
Dad reports this morning:
Tommy starts the day with a plate full of 5 scrambled eggs and some toast. Granted, by the time he got to it it was probably 4 scrambled eggs. So I require him to get dressed and go exercise and he complains at high volume “the doctor hasn’t put me on a diet yet” “I don’t want to” “I don’t like exercise” “I won’t!”
We’ve been asking the boys for days to clean up the yard and street of all the branches and sticks that fell from the storm. Tommy’s “exercise” was to actually do so. Instead he sat on the porch until bored then made one trip to the burn pile (no noticeable difference to the yard) and begged to come in since he “need[ed] a drink.” I gave him a choice “finish the yard or run the length of the street twice.” He chose the run and did surprisingly well despite is awkwardness and lack of fitness. I instructed him on proper warming down and he took the instruction well then came inside to get a drink. He remained in good spirits having only one angry outburst prior to being given a choice and I was impressed! An asperger child must always have choices to be able to remain in control!
So how are we to get the boys to collect the sticks? Threaten no swimming until its done? (that’s the best exercise Tommy gets..seems wrong)