I wanted to update you on Operation Hope. For those unfamiliar with Operation Hope, here's the cliff notes version.  We are in the process of trying to place our oldest son,  Gavin, into residential care.  There are a million reasons why this has to happen.  The most important reasons are that it's Gavin's only hope and ours as well. The Lost and Tired family is coming apart at the seams. Gavin's behaviors play a huge role in that. Gavin has been diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) and this is quite serious. Basically,  Gavin cannot form emotional bonds with people and has no conscience. Long story short.. It's not safe for him to be in our house.  He's way,  way to volatile and is becoming more and more aggressive, both…

Gavin just had a massive tantrum.  We had to actually gut his room because he was throwing anything he could get his hands on.  He kick is shoes off and almost sent one through his window. He was punching the wall and of course himself.  He kept screaming "you're so stupid and I hate you", over and over again. He's either talking to himself in the 3rd person,  which is, well, kind weird.  On the other hand, he could be talking to us,  which is well, sorta scary. He went on for about an hour before deciding to stop. The E's were pretty freaked out and Gavin was pulling out all the stops.  He has no regard for how his actions impact his little brothers.  :-( This was posted via…

Lizze was feeling pretty good this morning and so she took Elliott to his appointment.  They have likely just arrived and will be meeting with the doctor shortly. Hopefully this appointment with will end with Elliott on some type of anti-anxiety medication. He desperately needs this.  Please cross your fingers that we can get him the help her needs.  :-) This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store

Sunday is finally over and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't sorry to see it go.  I just experienced the longest day ever. The boys were pretty well behaved but had way more energy than I did. Anytime I have less energy than the boys, it's not a good thing. I'm so much more easily overwhelmed when I'm at this type of deficit. Having said that,  I survived,  as did the boys. :-) I even accomplished a few things.  I worked on my new article for Childswork and did some laundry. I cooked dinner, helped Elliott with Portal 2 and even straightened up the house. Lizze had fun with her Mom and hopefully it did her some good. We have a long week ahead of us and I'm…

The day has gone steadily down hill since I mentioned how well things were going earlier. Mostly the problems are between Elliott and Emmett. Emmett wants everything that Elliott has and so he tries to take both from him.  This makes both Elliott and Emmett start freaking out.  This ends up with Emmett screaming for extended periods of time.  Lizze's return home has been delayed by a poor sense of direction.  ;-) For a little while Elliott and Emmett actually got along. While it was short lived,  it was nice nonetheless.  This was posted via WordPress for Android, courtesy of Samsung’s Galaxy S III. Please forgive any typos. I do know how to spell but auto-correct hate me. Please join our Autism Help Forums Look for "Autism Help" app at…