Life in the Lost and Tired house is never boring or easy for that matter. We often times find ourselves facing new challenges everyday.  Despite all the frustration, struggle and feelings of being completely and utterly overwhelmed,  I want to make it know that I'm so infinitely grateful for what I have. Life may not be easy but it's totally worth the effort. One of the things that raising 3 boys with #Autism has taught me is that I'm never to old to learn.  My kids teach me things all the time and it's me that should be teaching them.  My family may not seem perfect to most people and that's cause it isn't but I wouldn't trade them,  any of them,  for anything in the entire world. I'm so…

One of my fondest memories from my childhood was being read the The Little Engine That Could by my parents. Now that I'm all grown up I'm reminded of that story when I look at my kids. Emmett is perhaps the one that reminds me of this story the most. To me,  not being able to communicate is something that I can't even begin to imagine.  Despite this and many other challenges,  Emmett never quits trying. Sometimes that's not always a good thing but more often than not it's a great thing. Sometimes be more like the Energizer Bunny because he just never shuts down. Today however,  was very different.  Well actually, this afternoon was different.  Emmett was all over the place today while Lizze was at PT. After PT, …

I really don't think Emmett is feeling well.  I don't know what's wrong because he can't tell me but I can't tell somethings wrong just by looking at him.  My poor, sweet, beautiful and challenging Emmett John.  I wish you were feeling better. **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store Posted from WordPress for Android so please forgive any typos as auto-correct and I don't see eye to eye. :-)

Monday and I go way back and we have once again crossed paths. The inevitable reunion has been a rather unpleasant one thus far. Emmett has been very difficult to work with today.  So far it's been a lot of screaming, yelling and crying. I don't think he's even feeling well but he doesn't appear to be sick so it could be another cycle kicking in. That just plain sucks. Emmett and Elliott have both been up since around 4am and so I'm struggling to keep my eyes open right now. Lizze is at PT but will be home soon.  I have Emmett on the couch watching NetFlix. I think when she gets home we are going to try to hit the farmer's market and stock up on some fresh…

Today's Victory is brought to you by Emmett John.  Boy,  Emmett sure has been racking these things up :-) Bella had been playing to aggressively with Gavin and so she was in time out. Mean while, I was in the kitchen.  I overheard Emmett talking to Bella in the sweetest voice.  He was explaining to her that "Bella, we don't bite.  You can give big boo boos and make Gavin feel bad".  I tried to record it because it was so cool,  but instead found myself hanging on his words instead. Way to go Emmett,  you made Daddy sooooooooooo proud. On a side note,  while this is a really positive thing,  it is a bit ironic.  Emmett has been biting a lot lately as well.  I just found it interesting…

I swear to God,  sometimes I feel like I'm living in the middle a professional wrestling ring.  The feature attraction is one Emmett John.  He's the chair throwing,  stair jumping, couch diving finger biter. I don't know what's going on with Emmett lately but sweet Jesus, is he a handful. He's actually a really sweet boy but at the same time,  he's like a really old stick of dynamite that could go off at any moment and for any reason. I've lost track of the meltdowns today. The other boys,  especially Gavin, really try to be patient with him.  Elliott really struggles with him because he is Emmett's primary target, in most cases. So many times today, I wish I had a pause button for Emmett.  When he would get…

Most of you have met Toothless, Elliott's bearded dragon.  Elliott lost interest a long time ago but Emmett has stepped into fill the vacancy.  One of Emmett most favorite things in the world to do is going to the pet store and getting crickets for Toothless. This time he did the whole thing on his own. He carried around the basket and knew right where to go.  He asked the lady working to please get him crickets. I had to say how many we wanted but he did a really good job. He carried the basket up to the register and put them on the belt and I paid for them. He held them the whole way home and them fed them to Toothless. I know this may not seem…

Emmett John is my 3 year old with #Autism and #PFAPA.  He's many things, amazing, sweet, loving, compassionate, intelligent and challenging. I could go on and on listing his qualities but I want this to be a short post. Among all the things listed,  Emmett is also a filler. What do I mean by a filler?  Well,  Emmett likes everything to always be full.  If he drinks some of his Gatorade,  for example,  he needs to open another one and top it off. When the hand sanitizer is low,  he fills it up with water. He's a filler...  :-) What I don't however get,  is that he'll empty one bottle of Gatorade in order to fill another,  and he's okay with it.  :-! Do any of your children have the…