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Proactive Parenting Tips

This is a collaborative post and therefore does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of this blog or its author. Become a parent is just amazing. Right from the moment, they’re born, you’ll never have felt a love stronger. Raising a child, however, is a different ball game. You’ll have so many learning curves along the way that’ll seem like an impossible journey. But the years fly by, and suddenly your little baby isn’t so little anymore. This is where a bit of proactive parenting is needed. Thinking on your feet to make sure you’re actively making the best decisions for your child, and you’re actively involved in all aspects of their life. Have a read on to find some great proactive parenting techniques. Schooling School is one of…

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March 22, 2018

Read more about the article I’ll never understand the postal service

I'll never understand the postal service. Rather than put this item with the rest of the oversized items that are sent to my PO Box, they decided to destroy it instead by cramming into the tiny square box that was way too small... Good thing there wasn't anything important in there.....but there was...

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I’ll never understand the postal service

I'll never understand the postal service. Rather than put this item with the rest of the oversized items that are sent to my PO Box, they decided to destroy it instead by cramming into the tiny square box that was way too small... Good thing there wasn't anything important in there.....but unfortunately there was... 😡

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March 21, 2018

Emmett John / My thoughts

It’s likely nothing to worry about but there are two much more serious possibilities that he’s genetically tied to

I still haven't heard from the doctor as to what time Emmett's supposed to be seen in the morning. I'm supposed to call back if I don't hear from them before 9 AM. This should be a simple appointment and likely resulting in a referral to Gastroenterology at Akron Children's Hospital. The most important thing at this moment is ensuring that there are no life threats or serious issues that need to be addressed. I don't think there are but we want to error on the side of caution because what parent wouldn't. Once we get to that point, we will likely get an appointment with Gastroenterology at Akron Children's Hospital. There are a couple things that we are going to need to rule out, and they are more serious…

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March 19, 2018

Emmett John / My thoughts

Hopefully this is a step in the right direction

Emmett didn't make it to school today again, because he's not feeling well. I've been running around this morning but I've got a minute to publish an update before I go walking. Elliott got to school on time and without issue. Gavin's bloodwork was drawn and we are waiting for his numbers to come back. I'm unsure of where we stand in regards to his numbers right now, so I'm a bit nervous for those results. Gavin's becoming increasingly frustrating to work with on his IVIG infusions because he wants things done a certain way but unfortunately, it doesn't work like that. There's some flexibility within the IVIG infusion process but there are fundamental parts that include zero amounts of wiggles room. That being said, once his infusion was started,…

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March 19, 2018

Emmett John / My thoughts

I’m really getting worried about Emmett

Lizze and I have been working with Emmett to help him fall asleep tonight. He's not feeling good again and hasn't been able to fall asleep. I'm getting worried about Emmett because he's really struggling with these tummy aches. His pediatrician has checked him out on many occasions but found nothing. I think it's time to return to his Gastroenterologist. He hasn't had to go back since his food allergies cleared up but I think it's a good direction to go in. Emmett wants to go to school today but he's clearly struggling. I think I'm going to get him back into see his pediatrician ASAP. I tried calling last night but I can't schedule something until the morning. I wish I knew how to help him but I don't.…

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March 19, 2018

My thoughts

Thank you @dominos for treating us to lunch

If you follow me on Twitter, you may have read my rant about the truly awful experience Emmett and I had while at our local domino's Pizza last week. I was so frustrated and angry that I was live tweeting my experience, so I could keep my cool. Anyway, it wouldn't have upset me as much if it hadn't impacted Emmett so profoundly. He was very upset and felt we had been wronged, and we had been. Later on that day, domino's (corporate whatever department they're from) reached out and wanted to make it right. I explained to them what happened and they were extremely apologetic. Emmett and I accepted their apology and were prepared to move on from there. Domino's Pizza took it a step further and basically treated…

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March 18, 2018

Autism Parenting Struggles / Emmett John / Homework / My thoughts / School Related Issues

Have I mentioned how much I literally hate homework? Can anyone relate to this story?

Emmett missed most of last week because he wasn't feeling well. I had work sent home for him to work on so he wasn't so overwhelmed when he hopefully returns on Monday. Emmett is crazy smart and way ahead of everyone else in his class, so homework is something that should come relatively easy for him. Sometimes it is and other times it's a fricking nightmare. One of the things that Autism has contributed to this mess, is a very literal interpretation of everything. Emmett interprets things in a very literal, incredibly ridged way. There's almost no way to help him work through anything, when he's literally interpretating things. An example that we are struggling with this morning is this. The instructions for a math problem he's stuck on went…

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March 18, 2018

My thoughts

I think this might be good news

My amazing wife let me sleep in this morning because sleep has been so elusive as of late. To the best my knowledge, I didn't have crazy nightmares last night and I actually slept. It feels like forever since this has happened. I'm not feeling as bad as I have recently. I'm not as anxious, emotional and nauseous as I've been for the previous seven days. I actually feel mostly okay. Unfortunately, I can't really avoid stressful situations but I'm sometimes coping with them a little better. That's a big step forward and something I feel good about. I suspect that as more times passes between my last dose of Paxil, the better I continue to get. Nothing about this is overnight and it will take some time. I guess…

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March 17, 2018