A buggy for our autistic son

Ooops, I've let this blog slip a little recently. Actually a lot since it's a month since I last posted anything about Jake.

Jake is fine along with the rest of us although the last few weeks have been typical of the kind of days (and nights!) that we have with Jake. Some good and some not so good although rarely very bad.

This morning he was awake before 4.30 am and so later in the day things will get to be pretty tense because his mood might be very uptight and difficult to calm but we'll see. He'll probably take a nap this afternoon and with some luck that will tide him over to the evening and bedtime.

We've been wondering about whether we should get a big child buggy like some other special needs or disabled children have. Jake is a very difficult boy to walk anywhere with as he simply doesn't want to walk. We don't have any reason to think that there's a physical reason for his reluctance but quite simply once we start to walk around a store or anywhere he demands to be picked up and if he isn't he will sink to the floor. It really takes it's toll on us and makes us think twice before going anywhere.

Some will look on and say that we need to be tough on him but we've tried that and I refuse to start smacking the boy because he collapses to the ground even if it is a tantrum. With Jake having no communication skills at all we are always having to guess his needs and also guess at what he understands.

So as a step in trying to get some kind of normal life back for us we're thinking of maybe acquiring a buggy suitable for his size. I guess we still aren't quite sure yet but it's becoming a more distinct possibility although a reluctant choice to have to make.