Most of you have met Toothless, Elliott's bearded dragon.  Elliott lost interest a long time ago but Emmett has stepped into fill the vacancy.  One of Emmett most favorite things in the world to do is going to the pet store and getting crickets for Toothless. This time he did the whole thing on his own. He carried around the basket and knew right where to go.  He asked the lady working to please get him crickets. I had to say how many we wanted but he did a really good job. He carried the basket up to the register and put them on the belt and I paid for them. He held them the whole way home and them fed them to Toothless. I know this may not seem…

Emmett John is my 3 year old with #Autism and #PFAPA.  He's many things, amazing, sweet, loving, compassionate, intelligent and challenging. I could go on and on listing his qualities but I want this to be a short post. Among all the things listed,  Emmett is also a filler. What do I mean by a filler?  Well,  Emmett likes everything to always be full.  If he drinks some of his Gatorade,  for example,  he needs to open another one and top it off. When the hand sanitizer is low,  he fills it up with water. He's a filler...  :-) What I don't however get,  is that he'll empty one bottle of Gatorade in order to fill another,  and he's okay with it.  :-! Do any of your children have the…

The longer Bella is with us,  the more we realize just how well she fits in. Almost everyone in the Lost and Tired family chews on things,  so why should Bella be any different.  Well,  she's not.  I found this yesterday and was anything but pleased. It my vacuum cleaner.  Sure I can fix it but I don't have accidental coverage through Best buy.  I just don't know if this is considered accidental or not.  :-) This was totally my fault.  I mean,  I didn't put the cord in her mouth and force her to crew on it but I did leave it on the floor. Oh well,  it will either be a cheap fix or a free replacement.  Either way,  lesson learned. **Thanks for reading**        -Lost…

I live in constant fear of my kids regressing. I experienced that horror with Gavin when he was about 4 years old. Over the years,  Gavin continues to regress. Out of nowhere,  he would lose a skill he had already mastered but would usually gain it back or was able to relearn it. However,  anymore,  Gavin just loses the skill and simply doesn't recover. With that being said,  I extremely worried about Emmett because he's at the same age that we lost Gavin and he seems to be slipping. This is just the latest example of Emmett regressing.  Emmett has been completely potty trained for quite some time now.  However,  until about 6 months ago,  Emmett wouldn't have to strip naked to go potty.  He moved past that and we…

Today has been pretty crappy and stress filled.  However,  on the lighter side of things,  Bella is really a good dog and is actually continuing to help Emmett move forward or at least become more comfortable where he is.  :-) I would say that's worth something. On a side note,  Bella is getting really big and I'm not sure Emmett understands that she's going to get big. **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Community Autism Support Forum Posted from WordPress for Android

This has been a really long weekend and it's only Saturday...and Elliott and Gavin were at Grandma's last night. Emmett is just really struggling with many things right now. He essentially has no outlet as he is no longer in occupational therapy. We have had a great deal happening lately and I haven't really been able to get him out to the park to play. So he's very short tempered and much more aggressive than he has been in awhile. Since Elliott and Gavin have returned home a few hours ago,  it has been nonstop whining,  fighting and/or screaming.  It's enough to convince even the sanest and most grounded among us to hop aboard the train to crazyville.  If spring break was any indication of what summer break is going…