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If you've ended up here after searching why does my autistic child bite? I'd put money on the fact you're shattered. (And most likely bruised 🤷🏼‍♀️)

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I think I've realised lately that I'm grieving a chapter of my life that I didn't even know was ending.\n\nTonight I was watching old videos on the Cloud. Callum talking endlessly about planets. Maria making everyone laugh...

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I've learned something about myself over the years.\nNever EVER let me buy matching things.\nIt sounds ridiculous, but if I buy two matching items, my brain decides they belong together forever.\nTake the white stripy vases...

","url":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/the-invisible-rules-my-brain-makes","title":"The Invisible Rules My Brain Makes","summary":"I've learned something about myself over the years.\nNever EVER let me buy matching things.\nIt sounds ridiculous, but if I buy two matching items, my brain decides they belong together forever.\nTake the white stripy vases...","date_modified":"2026-07-31T22:30:27Z"},{"id":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/we-asked-permission-for-our-4th-baby","html_content":"

Before We Had Baby Number Four... We Asked Three Very Important People First.\nWhen people find out you've got four kids, they usually say one of three things.\n\"Were you trying for a boy?\"\n\"Were you trying for a girl?\"\nOr...

","url":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/we-asked-permission-for-our-4th-baby","title":"We Asked Permission for Our 4th Baby","summary":"Before We Had Baby Number Four... We Asked Three Very Important People First.\nWhen people find out you've got four kids, they usually say one of three things.\n\"Were you trying for a boy?\"\n\"Were you trying for a girl?\"\nOr...","date_modified":"2026-07-26T07:21:00Z"},{"id":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/adulting-guilt","html_content":"

I'm sat all cosy in my swinging egg chair watching my middle daughter and my husband finally making use of a badminton net we've had for years. We've always said, \"We'll get it out one day\"... and today we finally did.\nI...

","url":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/adulting-guilt","title":"Adulting Guilt","summary":"I'm sat all cosy in my swinging egg chair watching my middle daughter and my husband finally making use of a badminton net we've had for years. We've always said, \"We'll get it out one day\"... and today we finally did.\nI...","date_modified":"2026-07-25T22:47:32Z"},{"id":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/wisdom-in-crumbs-imperfectly-perfect","html_content":"

This is a deep one this morning. 😄 Buckle up -\nSameena this morning did something that literally made me say, \"Oh my God.\"\nWe'd left the biscuit tubl in the living room overnight. This morning she spotted it, crawled ov...

","url":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/wisdom-in-crumbs-imperfectly-perfect","title":"Wisdom in Crumbs: Imperfectly Perfect","summary":"This is a deep one this morning. 😄 Buckle up -\nSameena this morning did something that literally made me say, \"Oh my God.\"\nWe'd left the biscuit tubl in the living room overnight. This morning she spotted it, crawled ov...","date_modified":"2026-07-23T12:43:04Z"},{"id":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/overcoming-the-doorway-hurdle-for-neurodivergent-families","html_content":"

If you're a neurodivergent family and sometimes feel guilty for not getting out as much as you'd like or should, you're not alone.\nWe live just a few minutes from the beach, yet I can't remember the last time we went.\nFo...

","url":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/overcoming-the-doorway-hurdle-for-neurodivergent-families","title":"Overcoming the 'Doorway Hurdle' for Neurodivergent Families","summary":"If you're a neurodivergent family and sometimes feel guilty for not getting out as much as you'd like or should, you're not alone.\nWe live just a few minutes from the beach, yet I can't remember the last time we went.\nFo...","date_modified":"2026-07-23T12:35:05Z"},{"id":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/get-the-taste","html_content":"

If your little one still has a dummy, or drinks from a beaker with a spout, try dabbing the tiniest bit of the food you're offering onto the dummy or the spout.\nThey're not being made to eat it. They're just getting a ta...

","url":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/get-the-taste","title":"Get the Taste","summary":"If your little one still has a dummy, or drinks from a beaker with a spout, try dabbing the tiniest bit of the food you're offering onto the dummy or the spout.\nThey're not being made to eat it. They're just getting a ta...","date_modified":"2026-07-07T16:32:55Z"},{"id":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/school-refusal-separation-anxiety-what-my-kid-thought-happened","html_content":"

When my eldest was little, school drop offs were awful.\nNot just a little wobble.\nNot a phase.\nProper heartbreak.\nTears. Protesting. Suspicion.\nThen one day he finally told me why.\nHe genuinely believed that the second I...

","url":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/school-refusal-separation-anxiety-what-my-kid-thought-happened","title":"School Refusal & Separation Anxiety. What My Kid Thought Happened","summary":"When my eldest was little, school drop offs were awful.\nNot just a little wobble.\nNot a phase.\nProper heartbreak.\nTears. Protesting. Suspicion.\nThen one day he finally told me why.\nHe genuinely believed that the second I...","date_modified":"2026-07-07T16:16:42Z"},{"id":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/the-power-of-ok-five-more-minutes","html_content":"

If you've ever said,\n\"Come on, we're going now.\"\nand it's ended in tears, shouting or a full blown meltdown, you're definitely not on your own.\nIt might be leaving the park, turning the Xbox off, stopping Lego, putting c...

","url":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/the-power-of-ok-five-more-minutes","title":"The Power of \"OK, Five More Minutes\"","summary":"If you've ever said,\n\"Come on, we're going now.\"\nand it's ended in tears, shouting or a full blown meltdown, you're definitely not on your own.\nIt might be leaving the park, turning the Xbox off, stopping Lego, putting c...","date_modified":"2026-07-07T15:40:17Z"},{"id":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/vocal-tics-what-is-that-sound","html_content":"

A real life look at vocal tics in our house\n\nAs many of you know, all four of my children are neurodivergent in their own beautiful ways. Not all autism. Not all anxiety. Not all the same. But wonderfully different.\nAnd ...

","url":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/vocal-tics-what-is-that-sound","title":"Vocal Tics! WHAT IS THAT SOUND?","summary":"A real life look at vocal tics in our house\n\nAs many of you know, all four of my children are neurodivergent in their own beautiful ways. Not all autism. Not all anxiety. Not all the same. But wonderfully different.\nAnd ...","date_modified":"2026-02-08T14:47:31Z"},{"id":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/i-knew-it-when-he-was-two-today-he-is-everything","html_content":"

My first born is 16 now.\nHe’s sat his GCSEs this year. Calm. Confident. Capable.\nAnd every now and then, I stop and think, how did we get here?\nBecause I knew he was autistic when he was two.\nWhen I First Knew\nWe were li...

","url":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/i-knew-it-when-he-was-two-today-he-is-everything","title":"I Knew It When He Was Two & Today, He Is Everything","summary":"My first born is 16 now.\nHe’s sat his GCSEs this year. Calm. Confident. Capable.\nAnd every now and then, I stop and think, how did we get here?\nBecause I knew he was autistic when he was two.\nWhen I First Knew\nWe were li...","date_modified":"2026-01-07T19:58:21Z"},{"id":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/after-school-meltdowns-the-pressure-cooker-effect-what-helps","html_content":"

If your child walks out of school looking like an angel…

","url":"https://tapnflapsensory.com/blog-1/f/after-school-meltdowns-the-pressure-cooker-effect-what-helps","title":"After-School Meltdowns: The Pressure Cooker Effect & What Helps?","summary":"If your child walks out of school looking like an angel…","date_modified":"2025-12-31T18:50:50Z"}]}