Well, the city where we live just built a beautiful new playground with a splash park. He loves the water, so we decided to try it out last week. We have a baby pool for him at home, but I wasn't sure how he'd handle the sprinklers with some of the sensory issues he has. He had a great time! So, this week I thought I'd try to go with a neighbor and her kids, minus D. Bad decision. S ran straight for the water part and did well for about 5 minutes. Then he started running his patterns. I say this, because he picks a certain 'course' and runs it repetitively. He does this at home as well or anywhere really. Sometimes, he even arranges toys at home to run around. Anyway, he got bored of the water and wanted to run over to the playground. I didn't want him to do this, because his pattern there is around the swingset and there were too many kids there that day. I had to keep running after him to carry him back to the water part, screaming and hitting me all the way. When kids weren't swinging, I let him run around a few times. I watched all the other kids climbing and sliding and tried to pull S out of his course. I was able to get him to climb up and slide a couple times, then he went right back to running in circles. Unfortunately, I had to drag him away, because there were older kids swinging and he has so sense of how close things are. I was able to grab him just after a swing barely missed the top of his head. I carried him, screaming, back to the water part trying to explain to him that he can't run around the swings when other kids are on them. I tried to explain that he'd get hurt. I made sure to say these things loud enough for all the rest of parents, who were staring at me, to hear. Needless to say, my neighbor helped me to the car with E and S while I struggled getting him changed out of his wet clothes in the back of the van screaming and kicking.
Today, we just got his pool out...
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