I would never presume to know what’s best for your kids. However, I will share what I do with mine and you can decide if it will work for your family. 🙂 One of my goals with my 3 autistic children is help them become as independent as possible. I want them to be happy, in …
View full post
I know it may seem like an easy question to answer but for a special needs parent, that’s not always the case. The truth is that this is a loaded question not easily answered. Speaking from personal experience, most people can’t really handle the truth. People ask me all the time how I’m doing. Typically, …
View full postGavin is already trying to manipulate his way into special breaks at school. He’s also becoming annoyed by questions and is way to focused on snack time. The kids are allowed to bring a snack to eat before lunch. Gavin asked if he could bring a banana to school today. However, because he’s so focused …
View full postI think in pretty darn frustrated with Gavin. Gavin decided that it would be a good idea to tell Elliott some horror stories before they went to bed tonight. These stories involved zombies, decapitated people, and a few other grossly inappropriate things. Elliott comes downstairs to let me know why Gavin was telling him. I …
View full postI was taking video of Emmett eating yogurt. Sounds like a weird thing to film but this is the first time he’s been allowed to eat it because until now, he’s had significant food allergies to milk, lactose, soy and egg. He was really excited to get to eat what his big brothers eat, since …
View full postI had a horrible nights sleep or rather lack of sleep. This whole thing with Elliott still has me pretty torn up. However, I got up to Elliott being just fine this morning. He’s in a really good mood. He got ready and off to school without any significant problems. When I got him to …
View full post
Featured Android app of the day Today’s featured app comes from Walgreens Pharmacy. The app is simply titled: Walgreens <—- Click here to download The Lost and Tired house has been using this app since it was released. Basically, you can refill your prescription buy simply scanning the bar code on your prescription bottle with the camera …
View full postThe boys got along so well yesterday. They even built this little train track together. They are quite proud of this track and have been playing with it since yesterday morning. I wish we had more moments like this. Having said that, I’ll take the ones that I can get. 🙂 **Thanks for reading** …
View full postI wanted to let everyone know that Lizze is going to be moving to a new blog and rebuilding from scratch. What did you think I meant? 😛 As you are aware, Google detected malware awhile ago. There was a bad plugin that caused the problems. Even though Google now recognizes that the dailymommysurvival.com is …
View full post
My boys are multitalented and I love them very much. Having said that, they seem to excel in one particular area. They can go from a clean room to a complete disaster area in no time flat. Every night before bedtime, their room gets picked up and shortly after waking up in the morning, this …
View full postAug 11 2013
I need help to keep this site online Lost and Tired has reached a point that I’m really struggling to cover server costs, not to mention everything else required to keep both Lost and Tired and the My Autism Help Forums online. I’ve outgrown 2 servers in the past year alone and will soon …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.lostandtired.com/2013/08/11/please-help-support-this-site/
Aug 14 2013
Lizze and I had a talk with Gavin, privately this afternoon about what had been going on. The conversation didn’t go very well. One of the reasons that we wanted to talk with him was because his actions had put Elliott and Emmett at odds. Gavin didn’t know how to react to us confronting him …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.lostandtired.com/2013/08/14/accountability/
Aug 14 2013
Not too long after Gavin upset Elliott this morning, he apparently felt the need to move on to Emmett. I don’t know why but Gavin’s in a mood today and so far, he’s taking it out on everyone else. Emmett has this ball. It’s his absolute, most favorite ball in the world. At some point …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.lostandtired.com/2013/08/14/im-not-going-to-make-it-today/
Aug 14 2013
The morning has barely begun and already there is chaos as a result of Gavin. The boys were playing together and Elliott asked Gavin if he was using this one particular little toy. Gavin replied that he wasn’t using it. Elliott asked of he could use it. Gavin replied to him by turning around and …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.lostandtired.com/2013/08/14/creating-chaos/
Aug 14 2013
Today was a rougher day than most. Gavin had a more difficult day, full of less than stellar decisions. I will say that as the day went on, he did better and for that he deserves credit. At bedtime, I told him what I always tell him. I said, Gavin I love you. Have good …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.lostandtired.com/2013/08/14/what-i-tell-my-kids-every-night-before-bed/
Aug 13 2013
I wanted to share some good news with everyone. As you know, my grandfather was in the hospital and ended up needing to have a tumor removed a few weeks ago. It turns out that not only does he have prostate cancer but it has spread to his pelvis. My parents and the rest of …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.lostandtired.com/2013/08/13/how-about-some-good-news/
Aug 13 2013
Today is one of those day that I’m overwhelmed by everything. Gavin’s had sort of a rough day, as has Elliott. Lizze isn’t feeling well and Emmett is all over the place. The house is a disaster and my phone still doesn’t work right. You may notice that from time to time, you see a …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.lostandtired.com/2013/08/13/sometimes-life-seems-too-heavy-to-keep-carrying/
Aug 13 2013
Special Needs Parenting is one of those experiences that you must have first hand knowledge of in order to truly appreciate it’s challenges. I’m going to speak only for myself and share a few ways that someone could brighten my day. It goes without saying that these things would very likely brighten the day of …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.lostandtired.com/2013/08/13/how-you-could-brighten-the-day-of-a-special-needs-parent/
Share/Bookmark
Please Follow Me