It appears that Emmett is heading into another flare.  It's actually been a few weeks since the last full-on fever flare. He has a really large sore on the middle of his tongue. Ironically, he doesn't seem to be in any significant amount of pain so that's a blessing.  Hopefully, this will pass quickly or even stop all together.  Since his flares reappeared about 2 months ago, the pattern has been erratic and not at all like we were accustomed to. At this point, we take it one flare up at a time.  Emmett's still smiling right now and so that's all that matters.  This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums…

Lizze is really sick today. She went to bed around 7pm last night and woke up about 12 hours later. She was up for about 2 hours this morning before succumbing once again to sleep. I have a project I have to try and finish today for the GPS Tracker project. Elliott and Emmett will be going to Lizze's parents this afternoon and then spending the night. Gavin on the other hand, will not.  This is part of his consequences for yesterday's massive tantrum. The boys will have a break from Gavin and Gavin will have a break from the boys. I'm really hoping to get some things accomplished.  There is no Internet connection on my phone yet and I'm gonna post this while at the post office this afternoon. …

I wanted to share this picture with all of you.  My son Emmett just kills me.  He loves to line things up and what tends to happen is we sorta stumble upon these lines, after he's fled the scene.  :-) This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me

I had a few readers mention to me lately that they had started to feel bad because it seems like I got it together and they feel that they are falling apart.  This is something I wanted to clarify right away because I never want to make anyone feel that way. First of all, I'm not perfect. If you don't believe me just ask my wife.. I can drive her crazy at times.  :-) Seriously though, I make mistakes all the time, in fact, I discovered that I recently made a really big mistake. It was more of an oversight but wow, this was a pretty big one.  Look for this in a future post. The truth is that I'm pretty comfortable with my life. I'm used to this and…

Gavin had a massive blowout this evening. This particular tantrum was very violent, loud and full of self-injury. Perhaps it would be best to start at the beginning. The boys were all playing together.  Everything seemed to be going well.  At some point things took a turn and Gavin began having behavioral problems.  There was no apparent trigger, he simply turned. It began with Gavin smashing one of Elliott's favorite stuffed animals into the ground, over and over again.  Elliott asked him to stop and Gavin refused. Elliott asked again. Once again Gavin refused and continued smashing the little blue Smurf into the ground. When Elliott asked him to stop again, Gavin responded by chucking the Smurf at Elliott as hard as he could. Gavin openly admits to doing this…

Lizze has been really sick today, in the form of tummy problems and greater than usual amounts of pain.  She just woke up from a nap and hopefully will be doing better. We are having to keep a close eye on Gavin's interactions with the boys.  He's being very, very manipulative and we have to quash that as it happens.  Gavin doesn't understand that the people in your life aren't there to be manipulated into doing what he wants.  Unfortunately, our attempts thus far have been mostly futile. Our goal is to help Gavin to acclimate to a very basic set of guidelines that will help him to function within society. We want the very best for him and the concern is that if these behaviors continue, he's heading for…

One of my readers brought up a really good point the other day. I haven't talked about much about how Gavin's doing with his psychotic break. I'm not sure why I haven't spoken about it. Gavin's anti-psychotic meds have been officially maxed out. Of this doesn't work or when it stops working, we are left without recourse. Thankfully, it seems to be helping. While he's still visiting his "visibly challenged" friend Sonic, these visits are less frequent.  Unfortunately, there's really no way to tell anything for sure because Gavin is a bright kid, who's been well therapized. He knows what to say and what not to say. We just have to watch him closely and try and see what's going on beneath the surface. From what we can ascertain, he's…

Elliott's been on this nightmare kick for over a week now.  Every night he's having nightmares. This has gotten to the point that he doesn't want to go to sleep. He doesn't remember what the nightmares are about, either that or he simply doesn't want to talk about it. Tuesdays appointment with Dr. Pattie was focused solely on him. I was wondering if any of your kids on the Autism Spectrum have nightmares and if so, are they able to tell you about it? This site is managed almost exclusively via WordPress for Android. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me