It has been a lovely day today. We have been in the garden all day, and although my son has been out playing, I still felt I needed to get him out for a while. He needs to burn off the excess energy in him.
He wanted to play on the iPad, but he had been playing on it for a while this morning and I knew he would want it all night, so I asked him if he wanted to go to Caffè Nero. He said no, but I knew that was because he wanted to play on the iPad. I said he could take it in the car with him, which annoyed my husband, but sometimes you have to pick your battles, and this was not one of them.
We got changed and all got our shoes on. I said, let’s go, and I took the iPad from him. He gave me it no problem, and headed for the door! I said we could go into Home Bargains for a wee sweetie, then Caffè Nero for a juice and come home for a play on the iPad, and he was ok with this.
Bribery!
I had gotten quite a firm ‘no’ when I initially asked him if he wanted to go out, but I managed to get him out. We need to look at how we tackled today, to use it for future outings.
If bribery works, then let’s go with that for now.
If taking an iPad into the car relaxes him and gets him out, then we go with that too.
Super Autism Mum 