Kim, Tearful

Kyle’s…alone

How?

Why?

I can’t stop spying…

…he just wanders off from circle time…

They tried circles to sit on but Kyle just walks off

When he’s supposed to sit Kyle mostly stares out the window

Or falls asleep at his desk..

..he’s up late at night..

..Kyle’s always wanting carbs…he hardly eats anything else…

And when he does sit with us,we are talking about one thingand he is stuck on his own topic..

His balance isn’t so good either..

Oh! Sorry about that – but look: when there’s a noise he’s a mess

and then I’m a mess…

Kim, let’s take a pause, take a breath, and figure this out

Dr: Anyone else like this in the family?

Kim: Uh… yeah.. he’s a lot like like’s Kens’ dad…

I was so happy to have a baby..

Now I’m just so worried and sad…

What do I do?

We’ll figure this out together

We need to get you interacting and having fun together

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And I know just the person to help out…

Beth is great – she gets us playing…it’s like we found each other…

but it was still so maddening..

What is it about the toothbrush??

What is he seeing that’s so cool to him?

I can’t figure it out, so I just go with it. And then he’s so much easier to play with..

But I can’t do this alone. I need to get Ken more involved..

Ken is stressed too. He works so hard. And Kyle doesn’t play sports…

So I pause, I breathe, and figure it out

Now on weekends we are all playing on the living room floor with a gajillion toothbrushes….

…there’s still school to figure out..

We make school work about his toothbrush. Kyle draws and writes – I knew he was smart!

We give toothbrushes to the kids and they are great with him. Now Kyle wants

to play chase games with them. The teacher helps and they are all having fun.

And he’s sleeping better too…

Ken got Kyle into gaming with him..

and one day when I spied again..

I cried all afternoon – sad and relieved all at once..

Kyle insisted on being Groot for Halloween –

Ken figured it out: Groot looks like a toothbrush!

We still have tough moments. I know it’s going to be a long road.

But we pause, breathe, and we figure it out