Elliott had his OT evaluation this afternoon.  I was expecting them to tell me that he was ok,  and didn't really need any help.  I couldn't have been more wrong.  As it turns out,  they said he has the worst muscle tone they have ever seen.  I literally,  had to fight back the tears.  It felt like I was kicked in the gut.  This also explains why Elliott is so fidgety at school.  His muscle tone is so low that he literally has a difficult time keeping himself upright.  Apparently,  that is why he's bouncy as well. How could I have possibly missed this? I don't know why I ask myself that question, because I already knew the answer.  The answer is as unpleasant as it is simple.  Elliott fell…

What is Occupational Therapy? Welcome to part 9 of my What is Occupational Therapy, series of posts. This series is meant to help educate my readers as to what Occupational Therapy is all about, more specifically, what Occupational Therapy is for children on the Autism Spectrum or with Sensory Processing Disorder. These videos are filmed by me, while at Occupational Therapy  with my youngest, Emmett. I hope you find these videos beneficial in some way.  My hope is that they can help you better understand what is meant when you hear someone say, "we have OT today". I also think this is valuable for those of you with children that are going to be starting OT soon and would do better if they had some idea of what to expect. Part 9 In this edition,…

So earlier this evening,  Gavin comes over and says that "Grandma took me and Emmett to Wal-Mart".  Seemed pretty benign. However,  what he said next completely sent me into a panic.  Now,  I'll be real honest with you here,  I tend to kind of only half listen to Gavin sometimes.  It's more of a self preservation type thing.  He goes on endlessly at times and it can be quite draining. Anyway,  as I was half listening to Gavin,  I heard something come out of his mouth, that no father ever wants to hear their child say.  Gavin continued rambling and I continue to half listen. Than,  seemingly out of nowhere,  Gavin says,  "I met someone in the Wal-Mart bathroom". My whole world just froze for a few seconds.  It was…

Emmett's on a roll today.  I love him dearly,  but am so grateful it's bedtime.  So far today he has pee'd on the carpet (for seemily no reason),  flushed cardboard toilet paper rolls down the toilet,  clogged the sink by stuffing toilet paper down the drain and ended the day by flushing Elliott jumbo sized pen down the toilet as well. Apparently, the toilet paper rolls were lonely or something.  All of this only accounts for the bathroom and plumbing related issues today.  He assaulted Lizze at least twice,  scratched Elliott's neck and jumped on Gavin's face,  giving him a bloody lip. To say that Lizze and I are exhausted would be an understatement.  Plus,  someone thought it would be a good idea to have no school on Monday.    How…

Emmett has decided to turn on the cuteness today.  I think it's to try and smooth things out after the whole,  peeing on the carpet incident. Well,  it's working.  This picture has Emmett hiding. He wanted to play hide and seek with me.  He decided to hide under the blanket and wait for me to find him.  :-) - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Samsungs Epic Touch 4G (provided to me at no charge by Sprint) without the use of proper editing tools and disadvantages of a bastardized version of auto-correct. So please forgive the spelling ;-) Please Vote for Lost and Tired (just click the link) and help me spread Autism Awareness. Everyone can Vote once a day :)

So you know when your day is going to go right down the toilet when you child starts to pee on the carpet. Mr.  Emmett John decided that today was the day to just pee on the carpet.  Just pee on the freakin' carpet. Really?   Really,  Emmett?  I mean,  why? The bathroom is right there.  Why pee on the carpet? I'm thinking of just clocking out for the day and going to my happy place. - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via Samsungs Epic Touch 4G (provided to me at no charge by Sprint) without the use of proper editing tools and disadvantages of a bastardized version of auto-correct. So please forgive the spelling ;-) Please Vote for Lost and Tired (just click the link) and help…

If you listen carefully, you can hear the ever growing sound of me.....cracking. I'm so far beyond overwhelmed, I don't have another word to describe it. Gavin is driving me up a wall. Right now he is not making many good choices. He's struggling with everything and pushing me over the edge as he does it. In all fairness to Gavin, this isn't his fault. However, he's not listening and he has lost all ability to use common sense.  Gavin has never really been able to exercise common sense. I don't know it he's struggling more in this area or if I'm just so tired that it seems worse. All I know is that Gavin's behavior is changing and becoming more and more infantile. Part of me wishing he was just…