My son loves flushing toilet. We used his ineterests to potty train him: "Flush toilet after you peed!". It worked.
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Use their interests. Support their interests.
Praise as much as possible -- even the absence of bad behaviors!
Get into their head, understand how they are thinking and perceiving and remembering their world.
At the same time, one mistake we made was to not DEMAND context, early in her life -- so make your child explain their statements as fully as possible by asking question after question! Make them THINK, not just who-what-where-when, but HOW? WHY?
All great so far! Mine?
Never take it personally. (This one's a toughy, sometimes even for me
Not your child's meltdowns, not the rude stares (or comments) from strangers, not your child's need to stim.
Cope with it, ignore it when appropriate, handle it, deal with it. Vent when you need to to those you trust, and then move on.
"Hands on the car so I know where you are" -- to keep the kids from running off in a parking lot. Good for NT kids, too.Stay calm, and patiently explain things. Parent just the way you should withI'm constantly reminding my kids the things they already know, Pee in potty, always ask first, share share share. I'm hoping someday it will just stick!!!
Also, we read alot to our children and expose them to many types of music and keep tv to a minimum.
Chewie tubes work if correctly applied to clothing.
Crayons come out the same way they go in...they just decorate the outcome a little bit.
Don't panic. Don't panic. Don't panic. It does no good. Regroup and start again. Crying never killed a child...it's okay to walk away when they are crying (sometimes it even helps end the meltdown.)
Share your best tips for parenting a PDD-NOS child.
Here is one of mine:
My son used to put everything into his mouth (rocks, sticks, etc.), so we started letting him chew on dry pasta noodles. We just monitored him carefully so he did not choke on them.
What's your tip?
No matter what hug them. Even if they push you away. Hug them!!!!That's why I joined this forum, for good tips! My dd may want hugs but doesn't seem to tolerate them, so we store hugs in object, for example every night before she puts on her pj's everyone hugs them tight. I can tell that really makes her happy.
ETA...yes, she gets hugs too!