Hello, I'm new here, I'm almost 30 and was diagnosed ASD(Asperger's) about a year ago now. I'm married and have 2 boys. One of them is 2 and the other is only 2 weeks old. I thought I'd post here to see if there was anyone that could maybe give me some guidance with being able to parent a 2 year old. I also have ADHD and really the thing that I'm struggling with is how easily I get frustrated with the 2 year old; it's caused a good amount of tension between my wife and I and now she wants to just do everything for the both of them herself and let me help whenever I feel up to it. What's hard is that I can't mentally take being with the 2 year old all day as I find it boring, or he doesn't listen well and really I just have never been able tolerate younger children very well, especially younger boys. I'm also in therapy but I thought I'd try to see if there are any other parents with ASD and hear from them. I'd just love if I could get to a point to where I could become more tolerant, if that's possible, or even just be a better support to my wife. I want to be able to be a co-parent with her and not have her feeling like all of the responsibility is on her, or that it's easier just to have all the responsibility because I don't handle it well.

Posted by mattb_anderson at 2024-10-24 17:00:48 UTC