7 O'clock Crazies

Flailing is the most apt description for how a tired Tiger moves around.

As the day goes on, my skinny, low muscle tone Tiger, loses control of her movements.

The result of this loss can be violent. The Tiger running and crashing into walls, floors and us. The flailing arms and legs cause her to knock things over. She falls a lot more than other kids.
The lack of control also affects her emotional regulation, volume control etc. The evenings are when the differences between neuro typical and autistic are the most evident. Most kids get clumsy when they are tired, Tigerlily takes it to the next level.

We call this the 7 O'clock crazies.

Lately the crazies include mule kicking and cartwheel attempts in bed, but I've noticed something new. The 7 O'clock crazies have moved to 8 !?!

I've also noticed that we are having less instances of biting our tongue and cheeks at dinnertime.
& this gives me hope.

Hope that my child is getting stronger.

I want to keep her bed time to 8pm, but with the crazies starting later, the push back I'm getting is shall we say a wee bit tiring.

I'm real tired folks.

For my 6 year old still doesn't sleep through the night, and with her pushing her bedtime back AND getting up in the night AND having to battle to get her up for school.

I am slowly going crazy 1 2 3 4 5 6 switch!


The High Functioning Life, where sometimes the mama just has to tag daddy in and go to bed early.