I'm so proud of Emmett because he has taken on his life with glasses and hit the ground running.  I was so afraid that he wouldn't be able to tolerate the glasses and it would become a major battle.  I honestly thought we would be fighting against sensory issues... As it turns out, Emmett loves his glasses and even though right now they are only reading glasses, his eyesight is so bad that they are actually helping.  His prescription glasses will be in next week and he's really excited.  He keeps telling us how much better he can see with his glasses.  He's just too stinking cute.  :-) This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos. I know…

I was wondering if you have any nicknames or petnames for your kids? If so, how did you come up with it? In  our case, Gavin’s nickname was squishy fishy. That came about because of Finding Nemo. I don't remember exactly why, but that's where it came from. Elliott has always been called Doodle Bug. I can't recall why that got started.  Hello parenting fail.  I should probably remember things like that. Emmett on the other hand is a different story.  Until yesterday,  he was called Pickle.  That came out of nowhere. Emmett walked up to Lizze one day and said that from now on, we should call him Pickle.  We were like, okay Emmett. Since he's been wearing his glasses, he looks like a Professor.  So now we've been…

I'm working  really hard to partner with companies that want to provide products for giveaways.  My recent partnership with Idolian means that I will be able to giveaway android tablets on a regular basis.  To me, this is really cool.  My goal has always been to help people.  My hope is that by providing the opportunity to obtain a tablet at no cost, I'm doing just that. I've just started another partnership that will allow me to giveaway accessories for popular devices that are used by people everyday.  My question  is, what kinds of products would benefit your family? Obviously I can't promise I can do that but it will give me a sense of direction.  Off the top of my head, I can envision future giveaways that could provide…

I've been discussing something along these lines today, on the Lost and Tired Facebook page.  The  question I asked was this: Do you ever feel like you've let your child down? The response was really good and everyone is being really honest.  Something else that got brought up in the course of conversation was the quilt associated with special needs parenting. The vast majority admit to feeling guilty or responsible for what their kids go through. This got me thinking.  How can we help each other to not feel a lot of this needless guilt? Speaking for myself, I feel a tremendous amount of guilt for what my boys have to go through. I realize that it's not really my fault but it doesn't really help me.  I think that…

You know something.  When your a special needs parent,  you learn to never take anything for granted.  Every moment is precious. I like to take advantage of every possible moment in order to make memories that I'll carry with me. This site is managed via WordPress for Android, courtesy of the @SamsungMobileUS Galaxy Note 2 by @Tmobile. Please forgive any typos. I know how to spell but auto-correct hates me.  ;-) For more ways to help the Lost and Tired family, please visit Help the Lost and Tired Family.