The shoes I think, he had been wearing the socks before I announced we were going out. He would be quite happy going out in his socks without the shoes.

Yesterday was a major screaming day. Screamed about socks, shoes, his sister, that he had to wait for his dinner, almost anything and everything.

Thought today would be better but he woke early after a late ish night (an hour late to bed) and on the way down the stairs says stuff that start a meltdown. It started like: I can't have the tv on cos "A" (his sister) has to have it off. Then starts the whining and tears and snot. He never even asked a question. Bearing in mind he always has the tv on when he gets up and on a school day when his sister gets up it goes off cos she stares at it and does nothing else. And half term not quite over. Then he can't stop himself with it all says he can't calm down.

Why start on a negative before even asking a question. We have lots of this and I can't get my head round it. Looks like today is already onto a bad note.

Exhausted Jaffa.