I just woke up and within minutes of sitting down on the couch, I'm buried alive. Maggie is laying across my legs. Elliott, Emmett and Bella have climbed onto my chest and made themselves comfortable. It's so nice to be loved.....
Lizze and I are working very hard in an attempt to give the boys as normal a life as possible. One of the things we are doing is trying to take the kids to the park a few times a week. This gets them some exercise and a chance to get those wiggles out. Tonight, after Dr. Pattie's, we took the boys to a playground. While Gavin didn't get to participate due to behavior reasons, the other boys had a good time. It was nice to see them having fun and being kids. They don't get to do that enough. This really makes me feel good to provide this for them. Lizze gets to step outside for a little bit and get some exercise and take pictures of the boys.…
I would like to thank the jacka$$ that was setting off what sounded like at least M80's tonight. It was coming from the end of the street and happened at least 3 times. The windows in our house we're rattling and it was after 9pm. We called the cops and they had been flooded with complaints from people as far as several blocks away. It literally felt like a bomb went off. The boys were freaked out. Elliott ended up coming downstairs hiding under a blanket with me on the couch. Thank you for not only breaking the law but also for terrorizing my kids. I hope the cops find whoever you are and put a stop to this crappy.
I'm gonna be real honest here and tell you that Gavin is driving be plumb loco. We're talking beat my head into the wall just to make it all stop. He doesn't listen and I honestly don't know if he's even capable of listening anymore. I realize how that sounds but I swear to God that he just never seems to learn or follow directions. At times it seems as though he's just not capable of following even the simplest of directions. I'm sooooo friggin tired of repeating myself. It would be easier and far less exhausting to just yell at him when he doesn't listen. However, I don't do that, as I feel yelling at him would only be setting a bad example and teaching him that yelling is…
Hello fellow #Autism Community members. I want to bring a very serious problem to your attention. Apple, the maker of the iPad and iPhone is exploiting loopholes in our current patent system. They are using these exploits in an attempt to maintain or rather regain their market share from android. They are doing so by suing the manufactures of android based devices. These manufactures include Motorola, HTC and Samsung. These companies, especially Samsung, have absolutely dominated the smartphone and tablet market. Apples approach to this is to patent features in the iOS that originated as open source features in android years ago. They then sue the manufactures for "infringing" on their intellectual property and move to have those products banned from sale. The most recent case of the was HTC's US launch…
Gavin has been meltdown free for the past 3 days. However, his attitude has been unpleasant and his treatment of Lizze has been unacceptable. The way he talks to her really make me sad and extremely upset. We had been very carefully picking our battles the past few days because we really enjoyed the lack of violent outbursts. Today however, was the last straw. He wasn't listening all morning and when Lizze would tell him to do something, he would give her a hard time. Finally I had had it. Whether any of us like it or not, his little brothers look up to him and mimic is behavior. I can't let his attitude and treatment of his mother go unchallenged. I informed him that he would not be allowed…
Today’s Victory goes to Sir Elliott and Prince Emmett. They were snuggling on the couch for a little while this afternoon playing 3DS. While it didn't last very long, they were getting along well and it was nice to see that.
Everyone knows that having to discipline your child is often very unpleasant. We do it because we want our kids to learn from their mistakes and move forward. What happens though, if your child never seems to learn from their mistakes? This appears to be the case my son Gavin. He honestly never learns from his mistakes. He does the same things, over and over again. It's extremely frustrating for all involved and made discipline next to impossible. It doesn't matter how we hold him accountable or how many times we explain things, he makes the same choices almost every time. To me, discipline is only effective if it works. In Gavin’s case, nothing works and we are constantly having to shift gears and think outside the box. Every specialist…