Today was going pretty well until a few minutes ago.  First,  Gavin comes downstairs and wants to know if he can shut the door to Elliott's bedroom because it's giving him scary thoughts.  In layman's terms,  he's seeing things again.  This is not good.. Elliott was already sleeping on the couch so I told Gavin to shut the door if it makes him feel better. After he went upstairs,  I sat on the couch thinking about what had just happened. I was wondering what this meant for Gavin. My thoughts however, were rudely interrupted by the sound of gunfire. I'm not sure where it came from but it was pretty close. Like I didn't already have enough to think about. - Lost and Tired Posted by Wordpress for Android via…

Today's picture of the day is brought to you by Akron Children's Hospital.  Well,  at least that's where I took the picture.  I want to get one of these for my house to remind the kids to slooooooow down.  Unfortunately, I don't think it would work.  One can dream though...yes? - 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 :)

Elliott's speech evaluation was today.  He doesn't have a great deal of speech related issues but struggles with some of his sounds.  For example,  when he says Gavin,  it comes out as Gawin.  He also has a hard time with the "R" sound.  Language in both expressive and compression are off the charts.  The bigger issues revolve around sensory related things and will be addressed during OT,  next week. - 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…

Lizze and I really stressed over the whole trick or treat thing.  We really felt like we were in a no win situation. In hindsight,  I'm glad we decided to allow Gavin to go trick or treating.  Yes,  he drove me crazy all...day.... long but he had a good time.  So far he seems to be doing well.  He went to bed without any problems at all.  When you are a special needs parent,  you have to sometimes aggonize over the decisions that come more easily to others.  We have to think through all the possible consequences of making a particular decision.  The really tough part is that there is rarely ever,  a clear- cut,  right or wrong answer. In the end all you can do is at the cards…

Finally,  Elliott is going to be evaluated for speech and OT this afternoon.  While he doesn't struggle as much as his oldest and youngest brother,  I think he would still benefit from OT especially. Hopefully,  this can help him to cope a little better with the sensory related things as well as his anxiety.  Anything we can do to lighten his load will benefit him tremendously. - 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…

Well, we survived 12 blocks of trick or treating. We started at my parents house and walked to Lizze's aunt and grandmother's house. The kids did pretty well. Gavin seem to have coped pretty good as well. With any luck he will be just fine. No one was participating this year. I think we only hit about a dozen houses in total. Lizze managed to walk the whole way but is now paying a pretty heavy price. We also took Maggie along with us this year and she did really good. The kids are bouncing off the walls right now but I'm expecting them to crash anytime now... ;-) Lizze is out for the night and I will be alone with my thoughts....a very scary place to be...   -…