So...Younger Boy is coughing and hyperventilating.

Here's the thing....his RAD won't let me comfort him.  It isn't comforting.

He won't look at me and he won't come near me.

Just screaming and crying alternating with hyperventilating and coughing.

I finally got his attention by SCREAMING..."you have to calm down".

This DOES NOT make me feel like parent of the year.  What parent YELLS at their kiddos when then are scared and sick?

Honestly, it was the only way I could get his attention and calm him.  Only to make myself feel horrible, because that isn't comforting or caring.  It's harsh.

I wish it wasn't what he needed.