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1 of the most common threads amongst #Autism parents

I'm having a really hard time sleeping lately. Even with the boys doing better at night, I still can't seem to shut my brain off. It's frustrating because I want so badly to go to sleep but I'm so used to not sleeping at night, that it's like I need to retrain my body or reset my circadian rhythm. I've heard from other Autism parents who experience the same type of thing themselves. The can't wait for their kids to fall asleep so they can go to sleep, but when the opportunity presents itself, sleep remains elusive. It appears to be a relatively common thread amongst Autism parents.

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January 25, 2017

3 ways the school could indirectly deal with my son’s bully

I'm not having a good day. I was approached by the interventionist today, while picking the boys up from school. Actually, I was only picking up Elliott cause Emmett was home sick. I've always made it a point to be as honest with this blog as possible. Sometimes the honesty is rather brutal. As I'm writing this, I'm literally shaking because I'm so upset by what I learned today. While I'm not going to go into much detail because I'm jot done with this yet, I do want to talk about what happened. When I left the meeting with the school last Friday, it was decided that she would meet with Elliott alone, this other kid alone and then sit them both down together and try and work through whatever…

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January 25, 2017

Emmett John / My thoughts

I’ve got 1 child home from school today

Emmett had a really rough morning. He had a hard time waking up and wasn't doing any better after moving around for a little bit. Unfortunately, he had a tummy ache and a headache. He was excited about going to school today but didn't feel well enough to go. That throws a wrench into today's plans but what are you going to do. He resting in his giant beanbag but hasn't eaten much of anything this morning. Hopefully, he'll feel better once we can get some sleep.

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January 24, 2017

Elliott / My thoughts

1 amazing piece of artwork by Elliott

Lizze and I had the pleasure of seeing a really awesome piece of artwork that Elliott had done at school today. He didn't talk much about it but Lizze and I knew right away what this was a picture of. This is a picture of Zane, our albino ferret. Zane is the youngest of the bunch and also the only male. The boys have just been fascinated because of how different Zane looks from his sisters. They love Zane to pieces, as they do Lemme and Fat Tiny. Lately, Elliott's been doing quite a bit of art based activities in his free time. I'm really excited about this because it allows him to express himself without even realizing he's doing it.. ☺ Feel free to leave your positive feedback in…

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January 24, 2017

My thoughts

The 3 reasons why I had such an awesome day

As the day winds to a close, I wanted to end things on a positive note. There were lots of things that happened today, some good and some bad. I do believe that the good far outweighed the bad and for that reason, I feel pretty good tonight. Of everything that took place, three things stick out as what really helped to make today such a good day for me in particular. The boys got their report cards today and they did awesome this quarter. They both pretty much had straight A's or the equivalent. What made it even cooler was that for the first time ever, they both took great interest in their report cards. In fact, they wanted to open them on their own, the moment we picked…

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January 24, 2017

1 big problem we had with Gavin’s IVIG infusion today

Gavin / IVIG Infusion / My thoughts

1 big problem we had with Gavin’s IVIG infusion today

I mentioned in an earlier post that Gavin has some problems with his IVIG infusion this morning. It was actually more of a problem during his infusion and not really with the infusion itself. Normally, he sits in the same place on the same couch and plays the same game on the Xbox or his tablet, to help pass the time. Today however, his bladder issues hit him really hard. He was unable to sit down without having to get up and race to the bathroom. It got so bad that we had him stay in his bedroom for the duration because his room is right across from the bathroom and he wouldn't have to keep taking the steps. That threw him off because he's very particular about the…

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January 23, 2017

Gavin / My thoughts

The 2 things that made Gavin’s day so awesome

On a pretty cool note, Gavin's having a great afternoon. We did his IVIG infusion first thing in the morning. That gets it out of the way and makes sure that nothing comes up that could interfere. He slept off his morning meds and then went to lunch with my Dad. He wanted to take Gavin out to lunch for his birthday. They were out of town last week and so today worked out for everyone. After lunch, my Dad took him along and let Gavin help him on a job. My Dad owns a painting company and loves having the kids along sometimes to help out. ☺ I should mention that there were some problems during the infusion but I'll explain that later. Overall, I think Gavin's had an…

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January 23, 2017

Gavin / My thoughts

3 things that have me very worried about my son

It's been a long weekend for The Autism Dad family. The boys are struggling in the sleep department and subsequently, so am I. I've been too tired to write as frequently as I like to. As my first post of the week, I want to make sure that bring you up to speed on some things going on with Gavin that have me very worried. The following concerns are not in any particular order. Gavin's memory is getting worse. It used to be just his short term memory that was problematic but even his long term memory is beginning to suffer. In fact, his short term memory is getting even worse than it's been. He's now struggling with very simple, one step tasks and is often unable to complete them…

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January 23, 2017