Friendships/Ranting
Hi!
I have an ADHD 6 year old son. He's my first born child. I've noticed patterns with my son's friendships. I feel like his friendships with start off so strong and after a couple of times of seeing his friends they start to get distant. It makes me feel bad for him because he does so much talking that I think the friends get annoyed with him. I recently got him into baseball and he struggles trying to stay still on the field. He's always moving around and losing focus. The coaches are constantly moving him to different spots and im guessing it's because hes so antsy. Everyone is always looking at him and it looks like such a judgemental look towards him and then the parents look at me...
I also struggle with friendships/connections. I think im autistic. I've always been super quiet and awkward around people. I probably come off as a b**** but thats never my intention I feel like I just suck at talking to people and there's times where I crave a friendship where our kids are the same age and both same energy level and we can just hangout and life is good.
I fear my son will struggle with friendships because "hes annoying" or maybe he will say the wrong thing to someone. He's a very sensitive kid too so if someone doesn't wanna talk to him anymore he gets really upset and I feel so bad for him. He's also homeschooled so trying to find and maintain friendships I feel like is already hard enough.
Is there any activities or groups that we could fit into more and not feel so "embarrassed" when my kid is constantly talking and moving? I just feel like it's a problem when everyone around him is staring at him because hes constantly talking and moving around and im the complete opposite.
I know this was kinda a random ramble message and all over the place, so thank you for reading!