As many of you know already,  kids with #Autism can very often have little quirks.  For those of you unfamiliar with Autism,  I thought I would help you understand what I mean when I say quirks. When I think of quirks,  I think little oddities that seem to make up part of someone's personality. In Emmett’s case,  he has quite a few quirks.  Some are cute and even a bit endearing,  while others can almost interfere with his life at times.  For the purposes of this post,  I want to share one of Emmett's more consistent little quirks. While he doesn't do this all the time anymore,  he does it more often than not. Emmett hates and I mean hates getting anything on his shoes. Recently,  he has been doing…

I thought I would update you on Elliott experience with Risperdal thus far.  Yesterday evening,  we began to notice Elliott becoming very um.....hyper.  I was at an appointment last night and Lizze was saying that Elliott was bouncing off the walls....literally.  He would literally,  run into the wall.  Now Risperdal isn't an antidepressant,  so I'm not real sure what's going on.  I would better understand if it was an antidepressant,  as that would point back to the whole bipolar thing. This has me confused and concerned.  This morning,  he seemed to do pretty well.  In fact,  I didn't have to fight him on anything,  now that I think about it. Perhaps,  last night was unrelated and just your run of the mill overstimulation.  Well,  here's to hoping....  :-) **Thanks for…

Maggie and Bella,  the canine members of the Lost and Tired family,  have played themselves into a state of exhaustion. They are both curled up on the couch twitching in their sleep.  Just wanted to share something that put a smile on my face.  :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Community Autism Support Forum Posted from WordPress for Android

I wanted to share with you all,  one of Emmett's Lego creations.  He just recently began building on his own.  This is a pretty big step forward for him.  It's one of those things that some people simply wouldn't fully appreciate,  unless they were a special needs parent themselves. I'm totally proud of him and his creation.  Emmett calls this masterpiece,  Bowser's Ship. It's a Super Mario things.  Please leave your positive feedback so I can read it to him later on.  :-) **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Community Autism Support Forum Posted from WordPress for Android

Lizze's headache infusion is underway.  The boys are off to school and Emmett is eating breakfast. Everything went rather smooth and we only had a few hiccups along the way.  Emmett decided that he didn't want to go with me to take his brothers to school.  He always wants to go.  It figures that the one day he can't stay home is the day he decides to protest having to go.  I had to bribe him with 2 sausage patties from McDonalds.  I'm not a fan of bribing my kids but sometimes it's a necessary evil. His very simple order was screwed up and we didn't realize it till we got home.  They have him apple slices instead of apple juice. He's pretty upset about that but seems to be…

If anyone could use a laugh or one of those,  that is to stinking cute moments, check out this picture of Bella. She sleeps in the weirdest positions sometimes. **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Community Autism Support Forum Posted from WordPress for Android

Here in Ohio,  the temperature been in the 70's for the past few days and for the foreseeable future. I'm outside with the puppy throughout the day and so I started doing yard work. I'm really enjoying the quite time outside, even if it's just a few minutes at a time. Since we lost our van and had to replace it,  we will be stuck in this house for the immediate future.  I fully intend to make the best out of a bad situation and make things as pleasant and normal-ish as possible. Hopefully,  I'll be able to enlist some of my family and we can get the yard in good enough shape for the boys to play outside. I'm also hoping to get a fresh coat of paint on…