Autism Parenting woes: Who needs sleep anyway?

I wish that we could get to the bottom of Emmett's inability to fall asleep before it's time to wake up in the morning. I'm trying to find the humor in this but that proving to be a bit tough because my brain is fried suffering from sleep deprivation. He actually fell asleep earlier but then woke up and can't fall back asleep. This isn't meant to be all about me either.  Of course I'm tired. In fact I don't really have a word that accurately describes how tired I am, so I looked one up. Turns out that I'm Petered out. That's how tired I am.  Truthfully, my concern is about how this is impacting Emmett.  He's been so wearisome (yes, I looked that word up also) to work with during…

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I don’t know why he won’t sleep but it’s getting old

Emmett was unable to fall asleep once again last night.  We ended up camping out in the couches in the living room because it was the best way to keep tabs on him and hopefully get him to fall asleep. Sadly, we saw the hour of 2AM before he finally fell asleep.  In the above picture, Emmett's snuggling under a 25lb weighted blanket. This picture just happens to capture him in mid-point because he most definitely wasn't sleeping.  I was able to sleep for a short while after he fell asleep but I'm an exhausted walking zombie this morning.   Lizze and I just traded places and I thought I would finish this post before closing my eyes for a little bit. I need to be up in a little…

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The boys are having a really hard time sleeping tonight

Lizze and I were getting ready to go to bed around midnight, when Elliott walks down the stairs in a daze.  He's hungry and wants something to eat.  Before we have a chance to even answer him, Emmett comes dancing down the steps with a level of energy that should be straight up illegal at this time of day.  Elliott had been sleeping and woke up.  Emmett on the other hand, never fell asleep.   I figured the best chance of anyone getting sleep was to camp out in the living room.   It took a bit to get them to fall asleep but Lizze rubbed their backs and they were relaxed enough to lay down.  I played music and they both eventually feel asleep but it's already 2:30am...  Now…

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