Lizze and I spent much of our appointment with Dr. Patti discussing our concerns about Elliott and what he's been going through. I'm really worried about him and I don't know how to help him.  All I can do at this point is just reinforce with him that we are here if he needs us and that Mommy and Daddy will take care of him.  It doesn't seem to help much but at least he knows we are there for him. We think that most of his struggles stem from what is going on with Gavin and now his whole life has changed because of his new food allergies. In his eyes, he's losing everything.  I can't even imagine being 6 years old and feeling like that.  My heat breaks…

After meeting with Dr. Patti tonight, the boys were actually getting along.  It wasn't perfect but it was definitely something that falls into the category of getting along.  Lizze found this Christmas advent calendar game in the Google Play Store. Basically, a new game opens everyday as it counts down to Christmas. For a good 20 or 30 minutes tonight, the boys snuggled together on the couch taking turns with Lizze's phablet. I was really nice to watch because for once, they were getting along together for more than 5 minutes. In my book, that's a really big victory. :-)

I wanted to share a screen shot of my data speeds today.  Since switching to Tmobile, I haven't found a single dead area in my local travels. I've sailed through the Sprint dead spots without missing a beat.  I'm really excited to be able to actually use phone while off of the WiFi network. Anyway, what you see below is a low average of what I'm seeing everyone time I checked.  These numbers are stable both indoors and out. I've seen as high as 12mb down and 3mb up. I also haven't been lower than about 2mb down and 1.5mb up. That's more than enough to do just about anything with, including decent tethering. 

The Lost and Tired family isn't new to food allergies.  However, past food allergies weren't as serious as what we are now dealing with. In the advent of Elliott's newly diagnosed tree nut allergy, I trying to figure out what the best approach is to eliminate those things from his diet.  I guess my question is, if your child has a tree nut allergy, do you simply remove it from their diet or the entire house? In our case, Elliott is the only one with this allergy and trying to find a balance between food he can eat and food everyone else can eat has been difficult. Many times, Elliott simply refuses to eat because he either can't eat what everyone else is eating or he is afraid that his…

Emmett is by nature, a very picky eater. We are always looking for new ways to encourage healthier eating habits or in some cases, eating period. While at Walmart yesterday, Emmett discovered these $. 99 plastic plates and wanted to get one for him and Elliott. We thought, what the heck. As you can see, he's utilizing it well.  He has an apple, frosted mini-wheats and some Angry Bird Graham crackers. He's happy and at least for now, eating better........ I'd say that it was well worth the $2.00 we spent on it yesterday.  :-)

I wanted to share a bit about our experience so far with Tmobile. I know it's a bit off topic but whatever. The reason I'm doing this is because as a special needs family, we need to save money whenever possible. Perhaps my experience will benefit someone else. So often we hear,  you get what you pay for. That seems to insinuate that paying more for something brings better quality. I'm here to say, that's not always the case. Having been with Sprint for years, I can honestly say that so far, not only is Tmobile much, much cheaper but the quality of service is significantly better than that of Sprint. When I say better, I'm talking night and day differences. We have had extremely good service thus far and…

Elliott is still on a pseudo hunger strike, since learning that he has a tree nut allergy. He'll eat things here and there but is largely refusing to eat, at least at home. However, I was lucky enough to be contacted by a company that makes Elliott friendly food. These foods are free from common allergens. I'm not going to go into details because I have an upcoming review on these products. However, I will say that Elliott is enjoying them, so far. I will also say that he's very difficult to please when it comes to food.  Will they get my endorsement? Stay tuned for a full review.  :-)

Today is going to be a rather challenging day.  That's not really anything new.  Today however, will be the first time that Emmett will not have speech or OT. Emmett is a creature of habit and not going to therapy anymore is going to be difficult for him. Exactly how difficult remains to be seen. As long as Lizze is feeling well enough to take Elliott and Gavin to therapy, I'll stay with Emmett.  Anymore he's glued to my side and hopefully I'll be able to distract him. The other downside is that Gavin will be around again because of therapy.  The boys are really struggling with any contact they've had with him, regardless of how well behaved Gavin was.  Luckily we see Dr. Patti in the early evening, so…