Tippy-Toe Dancing...that's exactly what Gavin is going. He's Tippy-Toe Dancing on my last nerve. I swear, if I have to repeat myself just one more time, I'm gonna lose it. I swear, if I have to repeat my......sorry force of habit. Gavin has been needing me to repeat everything and sometimes more than once. I'm so tired of hearing the sound of my own voice. I can't even filter his voice out anymore, but I know that sounds harsh but sometimes I just need to survive. It's almost bed time and then daddy will finally get a break... Happy place... Happy place.. - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Tegra 2 powered Motorola Photon 4G (provided to me at no charge by Sprint) without the use of…

Elliott was literally up all night again with bad dreams. I have no clue what's going on but suspect it has to do with all the recent changes in his life that have occurred. They are sorta like night terrors but he will wake up. He will just start fighting something in his dream and begin acting it out until he wakes up or I wake him up. Whatever is going on in his dreams is very upsetting to him and he won't talk about it. I'm wondering if he even remembers what it was about.. Do any of you fine folks experience anything like this with your spectrum kids? - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Tegra 2 powered Motorola Photon 4G (provided to me at…

We came home from the boys doctor appointment yesterday and discovered this grizzly scene. Apparently, the at some point while we were gone, and Maggie decided it would be a good idea to play with Emmett's Jumbo Crayola Crayons. Sadly there were few survivors. I was at a loss for words after witnessing this senseless carnage. However, while I was at a loss for words Emmett was not. After seeing what had happened and enduring yet another trip to the pediatrician, Emmett looked at the crayon carcasses and angerly said, and I quote........ "dammit Maggie, Emmett's crayons".. What can you say to that? On one hand he should not have said that but on the other hand he actually said that.. Also, the of you look carefully you will see…

I shared awhile ago about my personal struggle with depression. It's not something that I talked alot about before but I decided that it was important to me, that I share this part of my story.  I'm not really sure why people are so uncomfortable talking about depression. I think that by talking more openly about it, we can help to dispel some of the stigma surrounding it. Anytime we can remove the stimgma attached to something, we make steps forward in better understanding it. I shared previously, that I went back on antidepressant's a few months ago. I had really begun to struggle with life in the sense that I was very pre-occupied with my own mortality and it had begun to influence some of my decisions. That was…

I had mentioned eariler today that Elliott and Emmett were both going to the doctor this morning due to high fevers and generally being miserable. Emmett checked out ok in the sense that he doesn't have pneumonia. However, they changed his antibiotic because he was throwing up after taking his current one. Elliott has a bad ear infection in his left ear, a rash on his chest, back and arms, as well as a fever north of 104°f. He started on antibiotics to night and hopefully, God willing, he will feel a little better. Lizze likely has strep throat as well and will have to begin antibiotics as well. I can say this with the without any hesitation, my family never does anything half way.... - Lost and Tired Posted…

Elliott was up almost all night. He kept talking about being covered in green. Not really sure what that was all about but he may have been talking in his sleep. I'm concerned that he may have an ear infection because he screams when we take his temperature via his ear and that has never been a problem before. Emmett seems to be getting worse. We concerned that in the struggle to get him to take his meds, he may have aspirated. It's also possible that the issue he had with his lung actually turned into pneumonia because Emmett hasn't been taking his meds without spitting them right back out. The boys have appointments at noon today go be evaluated. We are worried that Emmett may need to return to…