Gavin keeps following me around today. It frankly feels a bit suffocating and he doesn't seem to pick up on my less than subtle hints. At the moment, he's in his room and likely sleeping off his morning medications. This will give me a small break and my goodness, is it appreciated. I'll be leaving shortly to pick up the boys and then we have Dr. Pattie again this afternoon.
Mr. Emmett went to school today. We had some battles this morons with him but that's for another post. Right now, I want to focus on the fact that both Elliott and Emmett are physically is school today. With everything we have going on this morning, Emmett being home would have made things very difficult. The boys went to school in good moods and will hopefully arrive home in the same manner. While I'm still exhausted, I'm so grateful for how well the morning went.
I'm having a tough time sleeping tonight. Emmett has been up once or twice already and seeks to glue himself to my person. If we ask him why he's awake, he gets angry and growls. I will say that on a positive note, I checked his temperature a couple times and he's not currently running a fever. That means there's a good chance he will go to school in the morning. ☺ As for me not sleeping at 3 AM, I'm not sure what to say. I want to sleep but it's been one of those days where I'm feeling overwhelmed by all the things I have to worry about. Slowing my thoughts down enough so I can fall asleep, is proving to be a real challenge. I'm hoping that…
There's a whole lot going on during Autism Awareness month. There's a huge focus put on people becoming more aware, understanding and excepting of those with Autism. That's certainly not a bad thing at all. Having said that, one thing that often goes unmentioned has to do with the parents responsible for raising these amazing people with Autism. We all know of that raising awareness is important however, I really want to focus my efforts on helping Autism parents. The reason for this is simple. By helping to buildup and support Autism parents, they can put more into their kids with Autism. This year my focus is on reminding Autism parents to take care of themselves. Self-care is so incredibly important when you're an Autism parent because the sheer amount…
As I continue my efforts going forward, I want to put out my own little pieces of social media friendly Autism or Autism Parenting related quotes, advice and facts. Stop the blame game. Don’t even go down the road of searching for someone or something to blame. People often blame themselves, vaccines or even God. So many parents get hung up here, and there’s absolutely no benefit to this, so move forward. Deal with the now, it needs your attention more than the past. -Rob Gorski Please feel free to share this image. It helps spread awareness..…
We got off to a rough start today. Between oversleeping and a decent meltdown, I'm spent. My back is still a major issue at the moment and that makes things worse for me. Thank God for Elliott's level of cooperation this morning. He did really amazing and I couldn't be prouder. Emmett is definitely struggling today and is home from school once again. Gavin is very tunnel visioned and all he can focus on is taking a bath. That's not a bad thing per say, because he's doing this unprotected. The annoying part is when we tell him he has to wait a bit because the bathroom won't be available right away, and yet he continues to ask as though we never had that conversation a dozen times already today.…
Very little has gone right today, at least that's how it feels as I'm ending the day. The boys have each had their struggles, but Elliott had a great day at school and did his homework right away when he got home. ☺ Emmett on the other hand, was a handful for most of the day, at least until he went to bed. I lost count of the meltdowns throughout the day and my ears are still ringing from all the screaming. I know he's in a flare, but my goodness was he difficult today. Even though I understand that most of this is beyond his control, it still has the same impact on me as if he were doing it on purpose. He was miserable today and I'm praying…
Gavin is having one of those days where he drives me absolutely crazy. The level to which he's driving me crazy today would be impressive, if it wasn't for the fact that he's driving me crazy. The latest mile down the road to crazy he's taken me on, has to do with his IVIG Infusion. We got his infusion started over an hour ago. I had to work with him because he was paranoid the infusions sites were leaking. I assumed him that they weren't and I explained that it's good to check things out if he thinks something is wrong but worrying too much isn't a good thing. Between his excessive fear of the infusion site leaking and his desire to get his game started on the Playstation, he…