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My daughter will be up all day with no nap and then stay up all night till 5am or so. She will wake at 11am and do it all again. She will not take melatonin, we have tried all forms. She has to be tired. She is more grumpy and gets frustrated easily!
My son sees a behavioral pediatrician. My son take trazadone to help him sleep. Another of doctors recommend melatonin but melatonin can cause seizures. Which some kids on the spectrum and ADHD can… read more
His appearance, but his teeth are real battle. I bought an electric toothbrush. Worked for a while. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm here 😄
Any suggestions about how to motivate an 11 year old girl with AS to independently practice good hygiene ?
I was told to put it on my sons schedule, but hygiene time =meltdown. It might work for your daughter. What does work (once he is past the tantrum) is we put a related picture sticker on a big index… read more
He has high functioning autism and attends college. I've gone over all the reasons why it's important to keep his hair and scalp clean but I'm lucky if I can get him to shampoo his hair every two weeks or so....Has anyone had this issue and has any advise?
I used the Garnier kind really often when I broke my ankle 3 years ago. It worked a lot better than I expected.
My daughter has several cavities. She has gotten fillings before. The dentist said that she needs to brush and floss. They also said that milk has sugar in it and she needs to drink more water instead of milk. I feel guilty because I forget to remind her to brush her teeth and we don’t keep up with flossing at all.
Aziel hates brushing his teeth. It’s always a struggle. We haven’t been able to get his electric toothbrush yet to try that. We are looking into the one that projects water out of it so it takes care… read more
My husband and I have a difficult time with Hygiene for our 12 year old son.
Brushing teeth, showers or baths, as well as washing his hair.
Any suggestions?
Thats great you found somthing that works
I have always had to shampoo her hair & help with basic hygiene. She struggles to shower & to brush her hair. The prob. I am having is with her period, propper care & cleaning, Learning when to change when she is @ school. Suggestions??
My 16 year old is the same way she kept very poor hygiene unless reminded, but her dad and I decided to have her get the Depo shot for that but also because she is so gullible and Nieve we were scared… read more
I've been having many issues teaching my children good hygiene skills and have trouble with regular visits to dentists and doctors when it's about the general health. Does anyone else have a hard time with bathing regularly, using the restroom more often (especially girls during that time), public restroom use, brushing hair etc?
I'll be trying that, days of the week that are a must and an actual check list. I really hope it works well.
Hygiene helper is ok too
I mostly believe this is the result of my son not ever responding well to requests. Typically when I make requests of him it usually becomes a battle however hygiene activities seem to typically send him in a downward spiral to extreme meltdowns. As his parent, I feel I need him to understand the importance of proper hygiene and he absolutely has to clean himself, however the result is never worth it. I really feel lost and discouraged. Help!
my son refuses to shower unless he smells. To them, an activity has to serve a function. I showed him how he can smell and hair gets gross if he doesn't bathe. My son use to shower. For some reason… read more