Well this morning we got a nice wake up from Arek. He was able somehow to break through his room lock and not wake us up. He went down to the kitchen and promptly opened the window and started chucking everything out the window. Glasses from the sink, my wallet, Lisa’s Purse couch cushions you name it. Lucky for us somebody was walking by at the time or at least toward the end of his fun time. They yelled in our window and banged on our door which woke us up. It happened to be our landlord which well was a little snooty about the situation. It was scary and thank god he threw things out the window not himself and decided to go for a walk. Our landlord’s reaction I believe was one of someone not understanding the Autistic mind. Arek was not mad he was simply having fun he likes to hear things fly through the air he likes to hear and watch things spin and fall. I miscalculated the amount of security I had him under and that is something that needs to be addressed by all parents at sometime. Up until now we have not had to lock him up in his room at night. Something I just do not want to have to do. I know eventually it will have to be done. I have heard it over and over from other parents. Until today we simply had double child gates re-enforced with wood around the door where the gate would slide into. Somehow he managed to make the gate mechanism pop up and there for slide open. Has this ever happened to anyone else? I would love to hear how you handled it. If it has happened or does happen then I wish you the best of luck that nobody gets hurt. Luckily for us Arek was not harmed no one was. We were able to clean up the mess and all was well. We do live on the ground floor by the way if you were wondering. I had to screw shut the upstairs windows in his room long ago. Although I felt like the landlord was a little rude towards me, I am grateful she was there when she was. The situation could have certainly ended much different. I felt like telling her thanks, here is a book on Autism read it then tell me how to watch my child. I have and will for the rest of my life take great care of Arek and all my children. Children are children and you can’t save them every time. Autistic children require a much greater level of detail when it comes to watching them. People often say “come on over I am child proof” I say maybe so but you are not Arek proof. Well good night everyone see you tomorrow. Tonight I am sleeping lightly and am a little worried. I have had to resort to locking him in his room after he is asleep and I hate it. I don’t have a pad lock or nothing, just a regular deadbolt on the outside of his door.
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