This is what I found when letting the dogs out before bed.  Just a few days ago,  it was 70°f outside and now we have a few inches of snow,  with more to come. Then it's supposed to be in the 60's this week again.  This weather is killing Lizze.  My heart goes out to all of you dealing with conditions that are worsened by this crazy weather. **Thanks for reading**        -Lost and Tired Please join our Community Autism Support Forum Posted from WordPress for Android so please forgive the typos. Auto-correct and I don't get along very well.

I was just thinking.  We always talk about how #Autism has affected our kids.  We talk about the challenges,  victories and heartbreak. These are all important things to dialog about,  however,  I have another question. How has Autism changed you? This may seem like a silly question but it really isn't.  Let me share my feelings and then I would love to hear yours. While I'm not personally Autistic, I'm profoundly affected by it anyway.  My 3 boys are all on the Autism Spectrum,  along with my wife.  So I'm basically in the trenches each and every day. Autism has proven to be exhausting for me because with so many people with Autism under one roof,  things tend to be rather chaotic.  I think many of you out there understand…

Typically,  Today's Victory is reserved for the awesome things my boys do.  However,  I wanted to do something a bit different today. As you know,  Bella is the newest member of the Lost and Tired family.  So I thought I would share some of the cute things that we get to see first hand and enjoy as a family.  So without further delay,  Today's Victory is brought to you by Bella.  In the past 2 weeks Bella has grown quite a bit.  This growth has been both physically and developmental.  She has begun to get much more confident in herself.  She now is confident enough to sorta challenge Maggie.  In this photo,  Bella has claimed Maggie's kenel as her own. Maggie actually was okay with it as well.  They have…

Tomorrow morning,  Elliott will be taken to Akron Children's Hospital for his second EEG in four or five years. When Elliott was about 18 months old,  he had seizure-like episodes.  He would be walking and all of a sudden,  he would freeze and fall over.  It was like tipping a statue over because he made no attempts to catch himself. This pretty much freaked us out because this happened quite a few times. We would always get him in to seen but they never found anything.  He had an EEG but again,  they never found anything.  He eventually seemed to outgrow these seizure-like episodes. Over the past few months,  Elliott has been complaining about shaking.  This occurs mostly at night and wakes him out of a dead sleep.  He says…

It's gonna be one of those days.  Emmett is really having a rough day and there isn't anything I can do to help.  I have no idea what's wrong.  He should be at the tail end of his flare up,  so I'm at a loss. He's super cranky and sooooo easily set off. It's one of those days,  that as a special needs parent,  I realize just how powerless I am to help my boys at times.  :-( On a positive or rather less depressing note,  he has some crazy hair going on today.  It's cute :-) Hanging there Emmett.  Things will get better. Daddy loves you :-)

OMG are my kids in rare form today.  Emmett has been melting down all morning and Elliott has been literally bouncing off the walls.  Neither one of the two youngest can be still.  Gavin is the only one listening and following the rules.  It's like they are hopped up on something.  Realistically,  this is all overstimulation and there isn't a whole lot we can do about it.  We're going to have to limit their exposure to anything,  even remotely stimulating. This is not an easy task but it must be done.  Until someone invents a destimulator, there isn't much else we can do but wait it out.   :-(

I wanted to share with you one of Gavin's latest and greatest Lego creations.  I don't know what he calls this but it has something to do with Star Wars. He's excited to have his picture up with his masterpiece. :-) Please feel free to leave your positive feedback for Gavin in the comments.  :-)