We are at Thanksgivings dinner a day I wanted to share this picture and ask you one question. Do you see what I see?

I've got a feeling.  That feeling is telling me that today is going to be a rough day, at least as far as Elliott's concerned. He's having a mixed morning and is very easily agitated. I can already see how some of this is likely to play out.  Elliott will have fun today, only to crash tonight. In my experience, kids on the #Autism spectrum can do okay for a little while but once that threshold is reached, it's all down hill. This is when we tend to see those #Autism or SPD related meltdowns. If an #Autistic child or adult has a meltdown, more likely than not, they are completely overwhelmed and their body needs to purge. Anything can be contributing to this.  Lights, sounds, smells, clothes, touch, textures,…

The Lost and Tired family wanted to wish you and yours, a safe and happy Thanksgiving.. May it be underwhelming so as not to overstimulate anyone in your family and cause distress.

I wanted to take a few minutes and update you all as to the status of the Lost and Tired blog. Last Friday I found out that I was getting too much traffic on this site to remain on the server I migrated to back in October. Bluehost informed me that I would need to upgrade to a more advanced and subsequently more expensive server. I asked for help to keep the site online and with your help, I was able to move to the new server. Problem solved? Not exactly. The migration didn't go smoothly.  I've been on the phone with Bluehost support almost everyday for one thing or another. I'm still experiencing what appears to be an outage but it's pretty random. I keep getting messages from people…

Gavin is gone and the boys are settling into their old routines. I hung out with Elliott for a couple hours tonight. He's really struggling with this new allergy thing and Gavin going back to his grandparents. Elliott's really worried about eating something that will make him need to use his Epipen.  I'm hoping that we can help him work through this and put him mind at ease.  For right now, he's sleeping all snuggled up with Ms. Bella. Right before I snapped this picture, he had his arms around her. It was the cutest thing ever.  I was to slow on the draw and missed it. 

I was wondering how you all handle the holidays with your child on the #Autism spectrum?  Right now, in the US, we are getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving. I'm not entirely sure how tomorrow is going to go.  I know that my boys are already on overload and probably don't need anymore stimulus. However, being with family will be a pleasant distraction for them and us. Unfortunately, there isn't much we can do about the environment because we have no control over that. Having said that, in my family, if they say we are eating at 2pm, plan to eat around 4pm instead.  In order to limit the anxiety and stress from anticipation, we arrive fashionably late. We will bring something to occupy the boys if they need to get…