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Gavin isn’t sleeping tonight because why not

Emmett is sleeping, as is Elliott. One would think this super awesome turn of events would see me finally getting some sleep. You would be wrong and here's why. On a night when Emmett finally falls asleep before midnight, Gavin decides that he's not going to be able to sleep now. Obviously, Gavin isn't choosing to do this, it just sucks that he is unable to sleep, especially since Emmet and Elliott both, are sleeping. I've no idea what's going on with Gavin but frankly, this is unusual for him. The poor kid is really frustrated and there's not a whole lot we can do to help him. I will say that I think it may have something to do with the horrible dream he had on Wednesday night.…

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August 12, 2016

Confessions

Confessions of an #Autism Dad: I want to share this so you know you’re not alone

This is one of those posts where I talk about things that are bound to bring out the Monday morning quarterbacks but that's okay. The reason I share things like this is because I know I'm far from the only one struggling and it's important to me that I remind those in similar circumstance, that they aren't alone. Parenting is tough. That's simply a fact that any parent can attest to. While everything is relative, Autism Parenting is even tougher for a million reasons and that's simply a fact as well. Today's been one of those days where the consequences of decisions we've had to make recently, are realized. We had our Natural Gas shut off today. Dominion East Ohio came out and needed $250 (which frankly isn't that bad)…

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August 12, 2016

My thoughts

All things considered I’m doing alright

I'm dragging today because I've only had about one hour of sleep. Being totally petered out is something that has become the status quo. It's safe to say that I'm far from the only Autism parent who's petered out because their kids don't sleep at night. Considering the facts, I feel like I'm doing pretty good today. For starters, I'm staying awake and I'm in a really good mood. While it's possible the good mood is due to the fact that I'm delirious at this point, a good mood is a good mood... ☺

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August 11, 2016

Autism Parenting Woes / Elliott / Sleep Issues

I just can’t catch a break

I just can't catch a break at this point. Thankfully, Emmett fell asleep and is still sleeping. Unfortunately, shortly after he fell asleep, Elliott woke up and after trying for awhile to go back asleep, we moved downstairs to the living room. It's about 5am and he's still stuck in awake mode. At this point, what's point in going to sleep now, even if I could? I'm so tired that I'm not even tired anymore, if that makes sense to anyone.

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August 11, 2016

Autism Parenting Woes / Emmett John / Sleep Issues

Autism Parenting woes: Who needs sleep anyway?

I wish that we could get to the bottom of Emmett's inability to fall asleep before it's time to wake up in the morning. I'm trying to find the humor in this but that proving to be a bit tough because my brain is fried suffering from sleep deprivation. He actually fell asleep earlier but then woke up and can't fall back asleep. This isn't meant to be all about me either. Of course I'm tired. In fact I don't really have a word that accurately describes how tired I am, so I looked one up. Turns out that I'm Petered out. That's how tired I am. Truthfully, my concern is about how this is impacting Emmett. He's been so wearisome (yes, I looked that word up also) to work with during…

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August 11, 2016

My thoughts

An end to a pretty good day

It's been one of those days where the weather sucks and money's tight, so we're limited to what we can do. We've gotten a few things accomplished but nothing super ambitious. ☺ There was also some of the same old same old as well. We had a few meltdowns because Emmett's snuggling a bit with life and Elliott had a few of his own as well. Gavin's been sorta been living in his delusional world and fighting bad guys for most of the day. He's happy but stressed out because I guess it's not always going so well for him and his visibly challenged band of super best friends. The boys played with the ferrets and of course, that's always fun. We even built a new house for the…

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August 10, 2016

Emmett John / Sleep Issues

I don’t know why he won’t sleep but it’s getting old

Emmett was unable to fall asleep once again last night. We ended up camping out in the couches in the living room because it was the best way to keep tabs on him and hopefully get him to fall asleep. Sadly, we saw the hour of 2AM before he finally fell asleep. In the above picture, Emmett's snuggling under a 25lb weighted blanket. This picture just happens to capture him in mid-point because he most definitely wasn't sleeping. I was able to sleep for a short while after he fell asleep but I'm an exhausted walking zombie this morning. Lizze and I just traded places and I thought I would finish this post before closing my eyes for a little bit. I need to be up in a little…

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August 10, 2016

Gavin / Speech Therapy

Come see what Gavin did because I’m so stinking proud :)

We've had a pretty good day. Gavin did really well at speech today. In fact, he kicked ass. How can someone kick ass in Speech Therapy? Check this out... Gavin was given an assignment and that assignment was to write a game review of his favorite video game. Physically writing with a pencil and paper is really hard for him and so I suggested to his therapist that he type it in Microsoft Word on his tablet. She agreed that became the game plan for this task. The way I see it is that as long as he can type his words, that's pretty much all that's required anymore. The important thing was that he create the original content and translate it into something that could be read by others.…

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August 9, 2016