LAC1961, I love the idea of time outs, until they laugh out loud - I think I am going to do that with my 2 boys, that routinely agitate each other (which then agitates me). I will make them go to an area, and tell them they cant do anything - until I hear them laugh together. It is my favorite sound they make - so it will soothe me too! What a great attitude, and idea, in the midst of stress!!!

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Hey Heather40 - my oldest son, pushes my younger spd ones buttons daily - sometimes I get through to the oldest - and I have to remind him from time to time - after all - he does not have the issue, like his brother. I could totally relate to your feelings, with your SPD boy, and his literal thoughts - my son goes through phases of it as well. He also gets stuck on some things - like a negative feeling - and it takes a while to move on from it. I have been in the situation with the homework. Sometimes - I decide to deal with it in the morning - because there is no hope in that evening. That works for us. I hope his literal phase will calm down soon for you - it can be frustrating - but I figure it is just part of who they are at the moment! stacey

(10-18-2012, 09:00 AM)heather40 Wrote: Well I had my own meltdown last night. I thought maybe I had my older son on the same page but appearantly he is still not! He sacred my SPD boy and did it while he had his dinner on his plate going to go and sit down and scared him so bad the food went flying. Well we all know how that goes over! So there went the evening! I pulled up the information regarding what his brother feels like ALL day long, what he just did to him blah blah blah. Then after all that I had to get my SPD kiddo to do his homework, well then he didn't care about anything, we fought to get it done, lets just say I woke up with a headache today! He has become so literal ( more than before) Cannot move along to the next thing until things are said EXACTLY as he sees them! LIke I asked him to lock the screen door, he would not until I agreed that it was a "glass door" . We aren't running to the store 'LIterally!" ugh! This goes on all day long. I can't even imangine how he functions in school with everything being so literal! Even the social worker called me and told me she noticed it this school year! Well have a good day talk to ya later!