It took about 2 weeks but Maggie has discovered Elliott Richards Bearded Dragons. Now they have stare downs through the glass. The Dragons will come over to the glass and stand their ground and then Maggie does the same thing. It's actually very funny to watch. Brought to you by Lost and Tired via Blackberry. Please note my new twitter address. www.twitter.com/Lost_and_Tired

Much of our time is spent in chaos. So it's nice to find something I can do with my kids that brings them together even for a little while. One of the things I have been writing about are the various sensory needs the 3 boys have. They are all different. However, I have discovered the miracle of the wagon ride. I get out the old Radio Flyer and pack Elliott Richard and then Emmett John into the wagon. Then get Maggie on the leash and set up my GPS tracker on my Blackberry and we are off. It's typically a bumpy ride but I think it helps to ground them (sensory wise) and they just relax and kinda snuggle together during the ride. We just go a few times…

New article at the examiner. Topic is"Incentives for the special needs child and currency for the special needs parent" As always, every time you subscribe to or even click to view my work you are helping to support the Lost and Tired family. So if you like what I write please share the links and subscribe to my page. Thanks Again.

Anymore I feel like my ability to function has been reduced to such an extreme that I'm useless to everyone. My life has become so overwhelming that it literally feels like I'm suffocating. While we aren't perfect parents every one of the doctors say we are doing everything right. It can be quiet demoralizing to do everything right but still not be able to help your kids. No matter what we do for Gavin it doesn't seem to make a difference. The amount of things we are facing is so daunting that I don't even know where to begin. I know the 105F + heat right now probably plays a roll in this. We don't have central air so the second floor is literally like walking into a sauna. The…

My second article is up. Topic is "Ways to make your house safer for your special needs child". As always, every time you subscribe to or even click to view my work you are helping to support the Lost and Tired family. So if you like what I write please share the links and subscribe to my page. Thanks Again.

New article is up and the topic is "Ways to help the special needs parent" As always, every time you subscribe to or even click to view my work you are helping to support the Lost and Tired family. So if you like what I write please share the links and subscribe to my page. Thanks Again.

Lizze just got back a little while ago from her sleep study. She left about 8pm Thursday and got back around 5pm tonight. Gavin was at her parents and I had the other 2. This was the longest either one of us have been on our own with the kids and while it was fun, I'll wait for a while to do this again. Lizze, ironically didn't get any sleep during her sleep study. So far we know she has restless legs but won't know any more until August. There is clearly are reasons we don't split up very often and venture out on our own. Those reasons are 2,4 and 10 years old. I'm on day 2 with literally 2 hours of sleep combined. We all crashed in the…

Please read "Redemption on the way?" by C. Linderman Sr. This was my response on his site: "The big flaw in the anti-vaccine battle is that Autism is on the rise, worldwide. Worldwide also includes third world countries where kids don’t get the vaccines. What about the parents that aren’t getting their kids vaccines and sill develop Autism. Currently whooping cough has reached epidemic status in California due too lack of vaccinations. My oldest experienced regression prior to the MMR. While it is possible that some kids have a reaction to the vaccines it most likely was a catalyst to begin a process already in waiting. We need to move past the in-fighting and push to fund more research." People are dying from diseases that were all but defeated decades ago. I…