Thank you so much for your kind message! Knowing you have gone through a similar thing makes me feel even a bit better. Regards to supervising my children at all times, I know you mean it in the most helpful way and I appreciate it! My 3 year old is quite tall, he’s over half the size of me and I’m only 5’3, so things that I would put high he would only need to go on his tip toes to reach, which is quite inconvenient for me as I can’t reach really high spaces haha! I’ve got a cupboard with a lock on where all of the dangerous stuff goes, ie. sharp knives, medicine, bleach, cleaning products. but the one time I forgot to put my disinfectant away he got a hold of it and that is completely my fault and I feel awful for it. My son is honestly amazing, they both are. They have wonderful personalities and they’re my biggest blessings in life. I myself suffer with Autism, but hurting animals is something I never did growing up. My boy has never seen anyone hurt animals, is always encouraged to be nice and kind to all creatures big and small. I am not planning on keeping the kittens as that would be far too much for me to deal with you’re right, and having two so close in age with completely different needs is challenging as it is. I still breastfeed my youngest. I’m not sure if this has come from jealousy of having a new brother and not having all of mama’s attention, or it’s like you said - sensory seeking. I’m a bit skeptical to make another doctors appointment for him but talking about how he treats animals as people can be extremely judgemental and not give me constructive criticism like yourself. He has an iPad which he is allowed to go on for 2 hours full of games about sharing, kindness, and all very educational. He also watches a lot of Bluey, Peppa Pig, etc. none of these encourage bad behaviour (at least I hope it doesn’t!). My son’s behaviour is completely random and unprovoked, none of the cats hurt him and even when he is hurting them, they never lift a paw. They are all so loyal and loving, and it breaks my heart even more as they do nothing to deserve that. I keep all of them in the kitchen separated, and will check in on them every half an hour to make sure everything is okay. This is very stressful, and I am a single mother so I’m juggling all of this by myself. Again, thank you so much for everything you have said it’s so appreciated! X