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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I can so relate. We do mostly very understated birthdays and they are still very hard. ASD DS hates being the center of attention so has a very hard time on his own birthday and acts out because he is uncomfortable. ADHHHHD DD gets even more impulsive when there is any change to the usual routine. A cake? A balloon? Turn the lights off to sing happy birthday? Some impulse that I can never predict in advance will add some chaos. Youngest DC who has a combination of things going on has a very hard time with perspective taking and becomes dysregulated when anything is not equal - ie, it’s not their birthday. We do as much as we can to keep things low key and anticipate problems, but I am always walking on birthday eggshells. As they have gotten older, we try to take the birthday kid out for dinner on their own, which gives a bit of a break to the dynamics. I would love for it to be a whole family celebration/tradition, but that’s just not where we are right now.

I empathize. [/quote]

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