A few months ago my little sister moved out to the Hampton's .  She took a job as a physical therapist after finishing her doctorate last year. Anyway,  since the boys don't see very often anymore we have setup a standing time on Sunday nights in order for the boys to Skype with their Aunt Kate. They love catching her up on their week and hearing about what is going on inherited life.  It's important for them to keep in touch. It helps them to feel closer to her as well as makes the reunions less stressful for them.  I love Skype,  the boys can use it from the tablet or from the personal Android4Autism devices.  In the picture below,  all three of the boys are gathered around the Tablet…

I'm here to tell you that I'm far from perfect as I make mistakes quite often. This morning,  I was smacked in the face with another mistake I made.  Gavin is out of refills on his Lithium and I was just at Dr.  Reynolds office a few days ago. Dr.  Reynolds even made it a point to ask me if I needed any refills for Gavin. I thought we had refills left on the Lithium but I was very wrong. This is day 2 with Gavin off his mood stabilizers.  Thankfully,  we can get them called in on Monday and at least Gavin in doesn't have school tomorrow.  I'm not sure if a few days off his meds will throw him off course or not but fact that I even…

Not that you going to need any extra guesses. However,  I'll give you 3 guesses who is running a fever again. Take your time..   Give up?  Emmett. Emmett woke up from his nap this afternoon and his little cheeks are beet red.  I gave him some time to adjust to the temperature of the room after being under a blanket for a couple hours. Nothing changed after an hour or so.  I took his temp and he's approaching 100°F.  It's not a really big deal,  as many doctors don't consider that a fever.  However,  in Emmett’s case,  he's either getting sick or hitting yet another fever flare.  Thankfully,  the surgery last year,  did help to reduce the intensity of the fevers.  He used to hit 104-105°F and it would last…

Today's Victory is brought you're you by Gavin and Emmett. While it's true that Gavin can be very challenging,  he has some amazing qualities.  Today,  he worked very patiently with Emmett to build this castle out of blocks. Much of the time,  Gavin is very patient with his brothers.  It's one of his finest qualities. Elliott and Emmett both,  can be very frustrating to play with.  Gavin rarely loses his cool with his brothers.  Even when he does,  he never lashes out at them. I'm very proud of Gavin for all he is. Posted from WordPress for Android

Emmett was to spend the night at Lizze's parents tonight.  He went over early this afternoon.  However,  we got a call around dinner time.  Apparently,  Emmett was asking to come home.  Lizze's and I both spoke with him and tried to reassure him that he would have fun.  Grandma and I agreed that she would call if he gets to upset. Sure enough,  a bit later she called back.  I spoke with him again,  however,  he said this to me. He very sweetly said "Daddy,  I come home now...please".  I know I should have stood strong and told him that he was going to have so much fun tonight and convince him to stay,  but he just melted me into a pudde of mush. I answered him by saying,  "of…

Many of us have experienced meltdowns along the way on this journey we call special needs parenting. Sometimes there are obvious reasons for a meltdown and sometimes there isn't. I personally feel that it's important to try to find the reason a child is melting down because it may be possible to provide relief. However, as I said, there are times when it seems like there is simply no rhyme or reason to the behavior. I experienced one of these situations on the other day. Emmett and I were going to pick up the boys from school. He insisted on going with me, so it wasn't like I had dragged him along. Everything was fine and we were even singing the alphabet. Then seemingly out of nowhere, he began to…

As much as I love my little Emmett John, he's a handful to say the least. A little bit ago, Lizze's parents came and picked him up so he could spend the night. The house is so quiet without him screaming or instigating things with his brothers. Hopefully, everyone will get a little break today and Emmett will have a good rime at Grandma's house tonight. Ahhhhhh peace and quiet ;-) Posted from WordPress for Android

It's 10pm on a Friday night, the kids are in bed and sleeping.  The house is actually completely quiet. Lizze and I are actually able to chill out on the couch and just relax.  She's working on her netbook and I writing about....well...this.  King of the Hill is on Netflix and a cup of tea and a pretzel are in the near future. I hope your night is quiet and peaceful. What a great way to bring in the 3 day weekend. Posted from WordPress for Android