Well I made it through the 1st day of Lizze on her new meds. Lizze slept about 18 hours today. I woke her in the morning to eat and take her meds. Then at lunch and dinner to eat and take her meds also. The kids were a handful today. Gavin was driving me nuts but was also very helpful at the sam time. Emmett spent all day screaming and hitting. Elliott spen most of the day whining and crying (cause either Emmett hit him or he didn't get his way). I managed to make dinner and do some dishes. That was about the extent of what I accomplished. I need to do a ton of laundry in the morning if I can. The kids will need clothes for school…

Today's brief topic is on Autism and Anxiety. I want people to understand how even the simplest things  (most take for granted) are significantly more complicated for families like mine raising Autistic children. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzOALyQ25ao[/youtube] Pampers actually refused to help us out. We wanted to simply order and pay for just one kind of diaper. We are going through 80 -100 diapers every week or so because Emmett destroys the non Grover diapers. He typically won't wear clothes so we can't hide the diaper from him. He really does panic and have extreme anxiety when we put a different diaper I know it sounds weird but it just how he responds. It pretty typical for Autistic kids to react this way to things that change... [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X45ECP5iRcE[/youtube]

Night 1 is now over with. At some point Elliott had a bad dream and climbed into bed with us. Emmett did sleep through most of the night and got up about 6:30 am. Usually he is up between 4 and 5am so this was nice. He however, soon realized mommy wasn't waking up and completely freaked out. It took a while to get him to settle down. So all the kids are awake and our day has begun... I need to make a run to the store at some point and pick up a few things. Those of you with a child(ren) on the spectrum know what I face taking all 3 of my kids to the store. Nothing about that is going to be pleasant. It is however,…

Lizze started he new meds schedule tonight. She starts the 2nd part in the morning. I really hope the kids sleep tonight cause I'll need all the sleep I can get. I need to get water and Emmett's chocolate Almond milk in the morning. He goes through that pretty quick but it's the only "milk" replacement he can drink or will drink for that matter. Have a great night and thanks again formally the support.. -Lost and Tired

These are the stories Elliott picked out for bedtime tonight... Any of these look familiar? What do your kids like to have read.....

Lizze met with her neurologist this morning for a follow up and to seek help. She has a new form of migraine that she hasn't had until the past 2 weeks or so. She now gets stabbing pain in the middle of her head that when it hits drops her to the floor. There is no physical cause like tumors or anything (THANK GOD FOR THAT) so it's just more of the same. Apparently her neurologist agrees that there is no cure for the fibro or her migraines. However, Lizze's tremors have gotten so bad that we need to treat them and the treatment is very similar to what the new psychiatrist wants to do. She also said that she has had positive results with Abilify and her fibro patients.…

....Lizze and I are childless for 30 minutes. Granted most of that time is spent driving between schools but we are NEVER childless.

I had almost 1000 hits today. I can't believe it. Almost 1000 people are now more familiar with Autism and the struggles families face in living with it. Thank you so much. Please keep spreading the word an the link to this blog so I can share my story with more people. Thank you for helping spread Autism Awareness....