Lizze has arrived home with Gavin in tow. The social worker at Akron Children's Hospital called Gavin out on everything.  She said that this is very typical behavior of a child with reactive attachment disorder.  The disorder itself in not very common but she said she sees this same type of behavioral issues in the RAD kids when they do cross paths.  She was very supportive and understanding.  Gavin was being rude and from what Lizze says, she handled it well. Ultimately though, he wasn't admitted. The reason for that was because they don't handle chronic problems and Gavin is the poster child for chronic mental health issues.  They did however,  rule out a neck injury from banging his head into the floor so hard.  There recommendation is long term…

Before I go any further,  I want to provide a little bit of background.  It's necessary to fully understand what led up to today's events.  Emmett is extremely,  how shall I put this....picky,  about everything.  There is a specific chair at the dinner table that Emmett has claimed as his own.  It's the only one he will use and we don't take issue with that because, well, it's a bigger picture type thing. Anyway,  every night before we sit down to dinner there is drama because Elliott has Emmett's chair. Some of the time Elliott will give the chair back and other times it becomes a blow out. Basically, this has been creating resentment between the to E's and makes for an unpleasant evening for everyone........or so we thought. We…

Gavin is having a behavioral crisis and will be on his way for a psych evaluation and God willing,  a psych hold. He had probably one of the worst,  self-injurious tantrums to date.  I'll explain in more detail what lead up to this later. Right now,  Lizze's Mom is going to drive them up to Akron Children's Hospital.  He will be run through the behavioral heath side of the ER and evaluated for admittance. The bad news,  aside from all of this,  is that nothing is going to change by taking him.  The good news is that this will get him out of the house and into a safer environment.  This is best for everyone,  especially those most traumatized by his behavior,  Elliott and Emmett. I ask that you please…

I believe that Lizze's parents are going to be taking Gavin and Emmett for the day and overnight as well. :-) This will give Elliott a desperately needed break and hopefully he can relax and finally feel better. I imagine that he will enjoy some Portal 2 time without his brothers interrupting.  At this point,  I don't care if he plays all day,  so long as he is physically resting on the couch.  He's already missed an entire week of school because of these bugs. He needs to get better. Lizze also needs a break from the constant stress of one Mr.  Gavin. Emmett will have fun playing with Grandpa and they will closely supervise Gavin. This is hopefully going to be a break for everyone. This was posted via…

One of the things that I find really frustrating bout special needs parenting has to do never being able to get anything done. Obviously I get some things done,  but there are many things that aren't related to my kids that never seem to happen. Today however,  I managed to actually get some things done. I had an article due today and I got it done, with time to spare. You'll be able to read it next week.  :-) I also got some cleaning done as well. I wish I could get more done so I could see more visual progress but I'll take what I can get. At least I got the writing done,  that was really important. Do you ever get frustrated when you can't seem to get…