u/Hopeful_mouse2428

My daughter is nonverbal and when she’s upset she’ll bang her head back to the wall, go to the floor and just buckle, bite a hard toy like really hard, bite her hands. She’s non verbal and it’s getting really hard during these moments. Sometimes she’ll say iPad but I give her all she has and sometimes she’s just sad and it progresses. This morning she woke up sad and already bit herself. I asked the ABA therapist what to do during these moments and she recommended to do a puzzle. Does anyone have any tips?

So my friend has always been a bit lagging sometimes in replying back, but whenever I needed her for big life moments she was there for me. For context, she’s married has a 2 year old and just had a baby. I’m single with a 1 year old and 8 year old.

We made plans to hang out over Christmas holidays but she never replied back and I figured she’s busy. Then she asked me to come over but my baby was ill. After that I had asked her how she’s doing and she didn’t reply for about two weeks said she was busy. Which I understand. What I don’t get though is she’ll text me asking me different questions, photo of the baby etc but when I ask her how she is, what will she name the baby, or any photos of her toddler she ignores it. I asked her if she had any pregnancy updates and she sent a photo hours later of a baby in a hospital bassinet. I congratulated her and said how cute he is and asked what his name is, when was he born and she didn’t answer. As a single parent juggling I understand being busy, but if you can ask me ten questions why not answer one of mine? When I sent her photos she replied to the photo and ignored the questions and said we should come over so I told her I’m available whenever works best for her. This was before I asked how the pregnancy is going. Now I messaged her happy Mother’s Day and she saw it but no reply.

I made a gift basket for the baby and I’ll just drop it off at her door because I know she’s busy and I’ll let her reach out. I just don’t get it though. When she started dating her now husband we didn’t talk as much because she lived out of town but after she got married she moved back. I met him a couple times and he seemed nice enough. The last time I was there about a year ago he didn’t really talk to me much and went to the room with their baby.