Little C’s tics

I’d always planned on doing a post about Little C’s tics, however he’s had a good run of a few months of not really having any. But now they’re back! 

We first noticed a tic when he was around three and he started doing a weird twisting stretching thing with his arms. After a month or two it disappeared. Since then there have been a whole range of different tics including sniffing (but outwards), twisting his head, scrunching his nose. Most don’t seem to bother him but the twisting his head one did and one night he said ‘Why can’t stop I doing it?’ That was upsetting but luckily that particular tic didn’t last long.

The tics at the moment are throat clearing (he’s had this one for a few years now). This morning he’s been doing it about every 5-10 seconds. His new one is with his eyes - it’s so not much an eye roll but opening his eyes really wide and looking to each side (every 2 minutes or so). This eye one started a few weeks ago and is still going strong.

Right now he’s repeating the word ‘Mario’ over and over again in a silly voice and I think he’s doing this to give himself a break from the throat clearing tic. 

When Little C used to go to school, even if just for an hour, he’d have multiple non-stop tics when he got home. 

They are worse at night, probably as he’s tired and when he’s going to sleep there is often a last minute burst of tics before he falls asleep. 

I don’t know why the tics are suddenly back though. It could be that we’ve socialised quite a bit over the last few weeks. As demands and expectations are now kept low, he’s been able to do a bit more than usual so maybe the result of that is the tics? He doesn’t seem too bothered by them thankfully but they must still be annoying.

(No update on the EHCP - although hoping I’ll have some news by the end of the week)