In the coming weeks,  the Lost and Tired family has a great deal of traveling to do, in our quest to find answers.  These trips will be to the Cleveland Clinic and they begin this coming week.  Gavin, Lizze and myself,  will meet with a new psychiatrist on Wednesday.  This may or may not be a replacement for our current psychiatrist.  It's more of a second or third opinion. When it comes to some of the decisions we have looming,  we want to be very sure that we are doing the right thing,  for everyone.  We want to rule out anything being overlooked.  Six days after this meeting,  we will return for Gavin's skin biopsies and followup with the autonomic clinic and neurology. This won't be a pleasant appointment for…

Something I have been struggling with us helping people understand and accept that when Gavin has his meltdowns,  it's within his control to stop. A lot of people see to have a hard time accepting that fact,  and it is a fact. One of my fantastic readers brought to my attention that perhaps I should not be referring to what Gavin does,  as a meltdown. She suggested that instead,  I refer to them as tantrums. She explained that when people think of a meltdown,  they tend to think of the more traditional meltdowns that can occur with anyone on the #Autism spectrum.  Most importantly, these traditional meltdowns are outside of the persons control. You know something,  she's absolutely right. Gavin has control over these tantrums and so tantrum is a…

I'll spare you the pictures but Bella has been puking up sticks all morning.  That's right, sticks. Bella eats everything she can fit into her mouth.  She has tons of toys and gets plenty of food each day. I have found Crayola poop outside, on more than one occasion. She loves to eat crayons. We do our best to keep her from doing this stuff but when she goes outside,  she literally rips branches off of the small trees and bushes. I've no previous experience with Boxers.  Is this normal? **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung's Galaxy S III. Please forgive…

We are all in the trenches, each and every day.  I thought a great discussion topic would be the following.  What do you think the world should know about #Autism? Basically, if you had the power to make everyone understand one thing about your child with #Autism or #Autism in general, what would that one thing because and why? Once again..... What do think the world should know about #Autism? **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung's Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct is working against me.

Gavin returns home at some point today. I would be lying if I said I wasn't a bit nervous about that. It's really difficult because it's not that I don't want to see him,  it's that the behaviors come with him. There isn't a way to separate the two. I was speaking with my Mom tonight about this whole thing.  It's so hard to explain what this feels like.  No matter what I do,  I have to make a decision that will have such a huge impact on my entire family.  It feels like Lizze and I have to choose between our children. I know it's not nearly that simple and that there are few options left,  however,  it still feels wrong.  I know I sound like a scratched record…

The boys got along so well yesterday. They even built this little train track together. They are quite proud of this track and have been playing with it since yesterday morning.  I wish we had more moments like this. Having said that, I'll take the ones that I can get. :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung's Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct is working against me.

After dinner Lizze and I took the boys outside to play. Rather than play with their toys or even the dogs,  they decided to play in the dirt. That's right,  my two boys with #Autism were actually playing in the dirt.  Not only were they playing in it but they were wearing it as well.  I know many of you out there can appreciate the significance of this.  **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung's Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct is working against me.

We had a picnic in our living room this evening.  I tossed some chicken on the grill,  cooked some corn and red skin potatoes.  I covered the chicken in Elliott's favorite BBQ sauce and we ate dinner in the living room. Elliott and Emmett ate dinner on a blanket we spread out on the floor.  Lizze and I sat on the couch but we watched some Lego movie together, with the boys.  It was actually kinda nice.  In a little bit I'm taking the boys outside to play for awhile before bedtime.  Thankfully, the neighborhood has been relatively quiet as of late,  so we feel comfortable spending some time in the yard.  Emmett's been doing okay today but hasn't eaten much because his mouth hurts.  I'm gonna have to make…