OMG....  Gavin is driving me crazy.  He's not listening and he keeps interrupting everyone when they are talking.  Some of this is typical aspie stuff and some of it is preteen stuff.  Having said that,  I'm trying to come up with a plan on how to address this behavior.  It has to be addressed because it's raising tensions in the house. This morning,  he had a huge,  very self-injurious meltdown. I tried the approach of just ignoring him and that didn't help. In Gavin's case,  he not so much sensory seeking as he is attention seeking.  I'm sure that sensory issues play into this but these meltdowns are very often willful acts. Again,  this applies to Gavin and I'm not making a blanket statement about people with Autism in general.…

I wanted to share with you all something that Emmett did yesterday. I was really impressed with this and honestly a little scared. Emmett was playing with a Nerf basketball hoop. We were using stick tack to hang it up on the front door. It didn't work very well. While I was in the kitchen making lunch,  Emmett was hard at work,  addressing the problem. I think that the pictures are pretty self-explanatory.  Believe it or not,  his solution worked really well.  His problem solving skills are amazingly advanced,  especially for a 3 year old,  developmentally delayed,  child with Autism. Don't ever think that a child with Autism is somehow less intelligent then anyone else.  Nothing could be farther from the truth. Now,  hopefully,  Emmett will use these problem solving…

Today's Victory is brought to you by Elliott Richard. He is easily the pickiest eater in the Lost and Tired family but today,  my little man actually ate a bowl of oatmeal for dinner. Awesome job Elliott.  :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store Posted from WordPress for Android

Gavin seems to be doing better and that's awesome.  However, Elliott's sick and Emmett's starting a flare.  This is going to be a very unpleasant couple of days.  :-( **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store Posted from WordPress for Android

The boys had therapy tonight with Dr. Pattie. This is the favorite day of the week. They absolutely love Dr. Pattie and she is amazing with them. Tonight, she spoke with us for awhile and then played with Emmett in the play kitchen. Emmett loves pretending to cook.  I wish we still had our play kitchen but we got rid of it a few years ago. This is really the only break we get from all the boys at one time.  Needless to say,  we love Tuesday night therapy,  as much,  if not more than the boys do. Honestly,  I personally live for Tuesday nights. The boys had fun tonight and they actually got along. Elliott did a really good job of using his words,  especially when it came to…

I've said this many times before but I will say it again.  Emmett and Bella are a match made in heaven. Bella is very well tempered and is the ying to Emmett's more aggressive tempered yang. They're like peanut butter and jelly, or magnets and paper clips.  They are simply made for each other. However, they both suffer from the same problem.  That problem being the belief that they can fly. Emmett is always jumping off of things in an attempt to take flight.  I admire his tenacity but I just don't think he's built for flight. Apparently,  Bella has the same problem.  Today,  I let her out side after Maggie was already outside.  She was so excited,  that she through caution to the wind. In what appeared to be…

Gavin sleeps in the most bizarre ways.  Many times he sleeps with his eyes open,  which I have dubbed creepy sleeping because it's creepy. Other times he sleep all contorted in positions that just don't seem comfortable. I went in to check on him this morning and found this.  :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Autism Help Forum Look for "Autism Help" app at the Google Play Store Posted from WordPress for Android