things have been anxious and tense for the little fella lately. He has dealt beautifully with a birthday (5!!) and new floors in the house and integration days into kindergarten.
however, he has lost his ability to play at his friends house. his little friend had a few noisy tantrums and Louis just could not handle it. He has managed to allow the friend back into our house, on the proviso that he does not have a noisy tantrum, but he just cannot go back into his friends house.
He has started biting his fingers. Not his nails, just the flesh....until it bleeds. He is having trouble feeling when he needs to go to the toilet and so has had a few accidents at home and preschool. He has moved away from dinosaur obsession back to Thomas and Fireman Sam.....all indicators of significant stress and anxiety. Oh and massive trouble with noise aversion again.
Trying to keep things level and calm for him, without trying to wrap him in cotton wool. Thank goodness it is swimming weather, so he is getting lots of calming water propriocepton input. time to find him new chewing necklace. He is doing well with using ear plugs, when he needs to. He beautifully self regulates when we have people over, by going to his room and drawing the curtains, turns on the fan and sucks his dummys.
The kid is fucking champion.
Tonight, he reached for me as he fell asleep and whispered " hold my hand so I don't lose you"
I am never going to leave baby.