The honeymoon period is officially over and Gavin is going to work on Lizze's parents.  On one hand, it's comforting to know that it isn't just us.  On the other hand, I feel totally betrayed....again. Gavin has begun the psychological warfare and is trying to gain sympathy and create tension between Lizze's parents and us. He's doing this by using one of his natural talents, lying.  He has told his grandmother that Lizze and I are sending him to a hospital that have him hooked up to an IV so they can perform medical experiments on him.  He also informed her that he would be there for almost four or five years.  Are you friggin kidding me?  WTF Gavin? Of course, she knew that wasn't true and let Lizze know…

This morning has been launched into orbit with the assistance of both Emmett and Elliott.  That right, we had a huge heaping helping of meltdown from both boys. Elliott was melting down over having to change into clean pants for school.  Emmett on the other hand melted down over......well, I never did figure that out.  Both Emmett and Elliott self-injured and that was unpleasant to say the very least. After Elliott was on his way to school, Emmett spent the next 30 minutes screaming as loudly as he could. He hits this extremely high pitched note that just makes my brain feel like it's going to explode. I was thinking we could share our stories about screaming kids.  Perhaps we might learn that we aren't alone.

People always ask me about my inspiration for what I do. Well, here it is. :-)

Last night, the boys had therapy with Dr. Patti.  We spoke with Elliott for a little while because he has been really, really struggling.  He's sad and extremely anxious. Emmett still seems to be taking steps backwards and honestly, that's got us pretty freaked out.  If we hadn't experienced regression before with Gavin,  I'd not be as concerned but.....we haven't been so lucky. Overall it went pretty well. Emmett had a meltdown that lasted for about 20 minutes or so. He also spent some time bullying Elliott and then learning about better ways of responding. Hopefully, something was learned by both Emmett and Elliott. I took this picture of Emmett and I thought that it was just super adorable. He chose his own outfit and got himself dressed.  I'm choosing…

One of the things that I want to do here at Lost and Tired is reach out to as many families within the community as possible. One of the ways I can do this is through is through giveaways. I've already been lucky enough to give away 2 android tablets, thanks to Samsung and Motorola.  I know that the families that received those devices were very grateful. I've also been able to giveaway weighted blankets, educational programs and things as simple as movie passes. Right now I'm looking for companies that would like to be my next sponsor.  By sponsoring, you would be providing one item for review and one item to giveaway to someone in the community. Some items don't require review. The review will help to get your…

Lizze is really, really happy with her new doctor.  Once again though, there is questions about the quality of care she has been receiving at the local level. We didn't learn much in the way of new health information but we have a direction to go in now.  Before we leave, she needs x-rays on her hands and and blood work done. She's also being referred to the Cleveland Clinic's sleep clinic as well.  There is probably more I missed but I'm sure Lizze will cover that on her blog today as well.