Elliott and Emmett received the rest of their souvenirs from Disney World. They are now the Mickey Mouse twins. :-) **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.
One of the most challenging things more me as a parent to an #Autistic almost teenager, is personal hygiene. Gavin simply has not concept of self care type things. I'm trying to help him become a little more self-aware. I think that I'm actually going to make up some signs that will help him remember a few of the basics. You might be wondering what I mean by personal hygiene? Basically, I'm referring to things like wiping food, drink or toothpaste off his face instead of walking out the door to school without cleaning his face. I'm working on helping him recognize things like his nails needing trimmed or his clothes need changed because they're dirty. I have tried to make up little quizzes to aide in the process of…
Gavin just woke up from his nap. At some point in the last 2 hours, he had an accident, which the neurologist believes is the result either grand mal or tonic clonic seizures. Right now Gavin's acting pretty weird, even for him. I don't mean that as a put down either. The only way to describe him is acting weird. What really sucks is that this would should been caught during the EEG he was supposed to have this weekend. We had to reschedule for financial and logistical reasons, so it's kind of a kick in the gut that this happened now. We need this to be caught at the EEG, so the neurologist will know with more certainty, what's going on and we can adjust his meds accordingly. Of…
Emmett is once again on the verge of a new fever flare. The sores are already forming on his tongue and he is already miserable. I hate these fever flares because Emmett is in so much pain and there is not much we can do to comfort him. If we're lucky, we can provide him with a little bit of comfort when we can. This afternoon was one of those times where I was able to help him to find some peace. I snuggled under the big comfy comforter on the couch with him for a little bit. We didn't sleep for long but he dozed off for a few minutes and that's better than nothing. **Thanks for reading** -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help…
I grabbed this picture of the Burger King sign on my way to the farmers market. I love signs that a flawed and thought this one was pretty funny. The sign reads: Original Chicken $104 Fri Sat Sun. Punctuation is very important when writing and even more so to the person reading. **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.
Today is turning into one of those days where Serenity Prayer is running through my head, over and over again, like a scratched record. Gavin is not having a very good day and is absolutely driving me nuts. He's having one of those days were nothing is going right and it's mostly because he's going everything so fast and not taking the time to think through what he's doing. In other words, he's being extremely impulsive today and it's not working out very well for him. Gavin is also being very repetitive today and dealing with a lot of cyclical thought. Basically, that means he is almost obsessively think about one thing, over and over again. Right now, that one thing is food. All he's thinking about is food and subsequently, all he's talking…
Elliott's latest and greatest Lego Creation is featured in the photo below. It's a turtle and he is very proud of it. There is something about Elliott and animals because he loves to build small animals out of Lego’s. **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.
Thanks everyone for all the thoughts and prayers. We have dodged the brunt of the storm. The kids are done freaking out and Emmett has given up on hunting "tomatoes". We still have some rough thunderstorms possibly hitting but nothing we can't easily survive. :-) Thanks again. :-) **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.