Autism, PICA and my sanity

Gavin is now at the pediatrician getting checked out.  We will likely be sent for an abdominal xray to get a better idea of what is going on. I'm concerned…

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Change of plans

Gavin woke up after a short nap,  feeling better.  We decided that we would hold off on the emergency room for now.  Instead,  we will see our pediatrician this morning.…

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Back to the hospital

It's about 6am and I still haven't been to bed yet.  Gavin woke up about 2 hours ago doubled over in pain. I tried to get him to try potty…

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Dear God

We need to have a talk once again.  It seems that it has been decided that Gavin isn't already dealing with enough.  For some reason you have seem fit to…

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I’m only human

Today is one of those days where all the screaming, whining and crying is going to push me over the edge. I know that most of these behaviors are outside…

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The impact of choices can be painful

Today,  Emmett was playing with Gavin and Elliott.  Gavin was running around with his safe blanket wrapped around his neck.  Emmett decided that tug of War would be a fun…

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Meltdowns are back on the menu

I'm writing this post and feeling quite overwhelmed and frustrated.  Gavin is back to having meltdowns each day again. We had experienced a lull in number of meltdowns he has…

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Today’s Victory: 12/09/2011

Today's Vitory I brought to you by my oldest son,  Gavin. We get our water from a company called Clear Water.  He have a 5 gallon water cooler and so…

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