I just wanted to let everyone know that Lost and Tired is experiencing more growing pains. I've been on the phone with tech support all evening trying to get everything resolved. It appears that I'm back up and running. I hoping that things are better now. Please let me know of you experience any problems. I really appreciate your patience. :-)
For those of you that have been following the Lost and Tired family’s story for awhile now, you’re probably familiar with the concern over Emmett’s regression lately. It hasn’t been anything extreme but enough that we are very aware that it’s happening. You may also recall that Gavin was about the same age when he began his steady decline into regression. Needless to say, Emmett experiencing this as well has us truly terrified. We have been seeing many behaviors resurfacing after he had moved past them. One of the most noticeable is potty time. Emmett will no longer goto the bathroom alone. This is a step backwards for us. Also, he’s back to taking all his clothes off, including his socks, before going to the bathroom. At least he’s still…
I make it a habit not to judge others as I don’t want to be judged myself. Having said that, every once in awhile I come across something that just drives me crazy. Today we were driving home from the grocery store and pulled up next to the nice Nissan Altima. I was driving so I couldn’t grab a picture. However, the back of this car had about 6 bumper stickers on it. In my personal opinion, that’s the easiest way to devalue your car. Let me say this. If your a fan of defacing your car with with bumper stickers, more power to you. However, for the love of God, put the friggin things on straight. It drives me crazy to see bumper stickers just slapped on the…
As a father to three boys in the autism spectrum, I have pretty much gotten used to experiencing unusual behavior. However, this morning has thrown me for a loop. Elliott spent the entire morning screaming and hitting himself. He was essentially behaving like Gavin. Something is going on and I have no idea what it is. It’s like all of a sudden, Elliott is moody and aggressive. He’s officially off his anti-anxiety medications. Perhaps it will be a few more days before it clears his system. So far there is no change in behavior between being on the meds and off of them. Lizze also suggested that perhaps the anti-anxiety meds may have changed the way his body handles the ADHD meds. All I can say is that I can’t…
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Elliott is not sleeping tonight. I don't know what the heck is going on but I strongly suspect that it has something to do with all the Gavin time this weekend. Gavin had a pretty big tantrum yesterday but outside of that he was doing great. It's like his physical presence in the house is simply disrupting. Perhaps this is similar to PTSD in the sense that the boys are afraid that at any minute, Gavin could go off into another rage. Even if he behaves perfectly, they are still worried. Honestly, like I said, aside from the tantrum on Saturday, he did great. Still, the boys are all over the place. This is why we are trying to limit contact whenever possible. This past week was filled with last…
Elliott and Emmett have spent time with Gavin for the past three days. To say that they are overstimulated would be an understatement. This is what happens every time the spend time with Gavin. Emmett approached Lizze a few minutes ago and out of nowhere, told her, "Mommy, I hate Gavin. His meltdowns make me feel scared." This is the second time that Emmett's said something like that, in the last few days. I'm not really sure where he got that from, as we have never said that we hate Gavin, ever. It's really heartbreaking to here those words come out of my 4 year old Emmett John. This is definitely something that we are going to have to work with Dr. Patti on. Until then,we are just trying to…
Lizze and I officially ported out our numbers from Sprint to Tmobile. The experience has been night and day compared to what I have experienced with Sprint. Granted, it's only been a day, the service is far better than that of Sprint. My average data speed is 8500kbps down and 2000kbps up. I can actually download apps and even check my email using the Tmobile network. My sales rep was absolutely amazing and even gave me free cases for our new phones. Also, I had three defective Galaxy Note II's in a row. The stylus caused the screens to go crazy. It would also leave ink without actually touching the screen. They took care of the problem and we tested a total of 4 devices before finding one that worked…