We arrived at the dentist and Emmett's tummy is upset. He says he's not nervous but I think it's probably nerves. We got hit with a big detour but we ended making it a few minutes early anyway. I thought for sure we were going to be late but we still made good time. I'm really hoping that this is a quick procedure because Emmett's not appearing to be in a good place to cope with a great deal of stress.
Today, Lizze and I will be taking Emmett for his forth and final dental procedure. After today, he'll be good to go. I'll be so glad when all this is done and I hope that we can keep from chewing on things that will damage his teeth again. My Mom will be hanging out with the the other boys while we're gone. It shouldn't be too too bad because what he has left is far less than he's already had done. Emmett usually does really well and I'm hoping that tomorrow is no exception.
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.…
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)…
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... ☺
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.
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…
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…