Emmett was up until almost 2 am and both Elliott and Emmett were awake by 5 am. I'm dying right now because I'm exhausted and fighting off a stomach bug that has me trying not to puke. It's going to be a really long day. 😒
My parents are taking care of a relative who's having some health issues today and asked if the boys and I would stop by and take care of the dog. My cousin is living there now but was going to be at work. After lunch, the boys and I went to go let Bailey outside and give him something to eat. I never liked Bailey for some reason but since their other dog died a couple of years ago, he's really grown on me. Bailey's getting old and doesn't like to be alone, even for a little while so we decided to take him for a walk before we left. He had fun and so did the boys. I'm trying to instill a sense of responsibility in my kids. Helping…
Gavin's really starting to struggle once again. Behaviorally he's doing quite well but his level of function is declining and it's not hard to notice. He's not hearing the thing s that are being said to him and his threshold for frustration is extremely low at this point. That means that he get frustrated very easily. As an example of what I mean. Gavin was wiggling back and forth on the couch. This is basically his version of the potty dance. I simply asked him if he needed to use the bathroom and he jumped up and got very upset. He made his body very stir and started bending his fingers back to the point where I'm amazed he didn't snap them off. Then of course, there's the stomping…
I thought this might be kinda fun to do. Regardless of your walk in life, we all ace experience with this little thing called sleep. I simply want you to tell me what sleep means to you and do so in only one sentence. Leave your answer below in the comments or comment on the The Autism Dad fan page. Let's see what we all have to say about what sleep means...😀
Do you ever reach a point where the days just all seem to blend together? I'm not having a bad day or anything like that but I'm absolutely exhausted. I actually had to check my phone to confirm what day it is. Yeah, I'm just that tired. I feel like I could sleep for a lifetime and still not be able to makeup for all the sleep that I've missed recently. Anyway, I just wondered if anyone else ever reaches this point?
It's 2am and I just got off the phone with tech support for my server cause I had a technical issue with this new site. I desperately need the ad revenue, so I can't afford to have any downtime. I should be sleeping but I'm just not able to at the moment because I've got too much on my mind. As a single Dad raising three boys with Autism and various other challenges, I'm in over my head a great deal of the time. Some will take that comment as me being negative but there's a huge difference between being negative and being realistic. I live in reality and the reality is that my life is extremely challenging. I don't think that should come across as being negative at all.…
Elliott and Emmett are both consumed with the idea of getting a ferret. For the record, that's not happening anytime soon, if ever. Yesterday afternoon, Elliott created a ferret out of Legos and gave it to me as a present. I was telling the boys about the pet ferret I had when I was in college and Elliott thought he would make me something to remind of my one time pet.
All too often when a marriage fails and kids are involved, things can get pretty ugly. You see it on the news with celebrities all the time. The normal, everyday people are no different. They just don't make the news. When my wife left last year, it was unexpected and I was devastated. While there are justifiable reasons for me to be angry, resentful and betrayed, especially considering that I'm now raising our three kids with special needs by myself, I'm not. You hear all the time how people end up using their kids as weapons to get at each other. You hear about parents talking bad about their former partner in front of the children. These things are horrible but they happen all too often. That being said, when…