Hello Everyone,
Sorry I haven't been on in a few days, been running alot around here. We have had a pretty good week so far, I hope me saying that doesn't jinx it. I noticed Liams speech being fast and pressured again, so I called the doctor and she upped one of his meds. It seems to be working, his speech is a little easier to understand and his hair twisting isn't as much. He is too funny, when I came home tonight he was awake, and he said "Mom I don't know why I'm not asleep, I took my medicine." He knows it helps him sleep, sometimes how smart he is amazes me, he was telling me about some ancient coins he saw and now wants to collect coins.
Liam has his play tomorrow and Sat. I feel like a bad mom , I can only make it to the first performance, I have to work on sat. I am worried that when theater camp ends he is going to flip out with nothing to do. The babysitter, Danielle, said when she picked him up from camp on weds., he was talking and talking about it, and he never talked to her that much about anything. As he was talking to me tonight, I was thinking,what if he does become an actor, He is handsome enough(I know I'm prejudiced, but he is good looking), wouldn't that be great for awareness??
Today while I was getting Maura ready for swim class< i was combing her hair, and noticed her lack of hair on the sides. I asked her, "did you cut your hair??" which prompted a crying jag, and her screaming, "you're mad at me!!" I was laughing which totally confused her. I said I was actually expecting this a long time ago. I asked her where she learned to cut hair and she said" by watching you" oh crap, I hope she doesn't start cutting her friends hair, all I need is more people mad at me!!!
Jeremiah has been hanging at his friends house a lot this week, so much I think we're letting them adopt him, his new name will be Jeremiah Johnson!!LOL
Well sorry for the boring blog, but to tell you the truth, boring = easy!!!
Dawn
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Monday, July 9, 2012
Happy Monday!!
We had a pretty good weekend, 2 improptu parties happened at our house, went to a block party on Saturday night, and went to see some friends in a play on Sunday afternoon. Liam did well on Sat. He stayed in the house most of the time when all the other kids were outside, I gave him a little nudge, but I have learned to let him do what he is able to in social situations. We went to our friends block party in the evening, and to watch him wander around by himself sometimes just breaks my heart. We ended up knowing alot of people at the block party, and thank God for that. I didn't think about my wandering son going into peoples backyards and into their houses, so it was great to have so many sets of eyes and nice people that understand him. After the play on Sunday some of the actors came back to our house, and some of the boys from all stars came over. This time Liam was outside the whole time, very social. I wish I could figure out what was different, but I think its just going to be a shot in the dark for a while. I just hope as these kids get older, that it doesn't get taken personally,it is truly a "its not you, its me" thing.
Sunday we went to the Beverly Art Center to see Flat Stanley,we all sat in one row, me between Liam and Jer, with Maura wanting to sit on my lap,well sitting on my lap is against "the rules" and Liam not only HAS to follow the rules, but everyone around him does too, so he kept kicking Mauras foot until she went and say on Big Jers lap, actually I was relieved, shes a load!!! Then during the performance the little girl behind me started asking her mom some questions,well the little rule breaker got an earful from from Liam. "Stop talking in the theater!!" was told to her numerous times!!! When I told him to stop, he shot me a dirty look and I was told to stop talking during a performance!! I tried to tell him he was being rude,with him telling me,"They are being rude!!!" It was one of those times it is hard to explain it to him. He was right, but she is a little girl, she was whispering, and her mother was trying to keep it to a minimum, but it is just another example of the concrete thinking of Aspergers. Black and white, you are NOT supposed to talk in the theater, PERIOD!! He was so stressed about it he twisted his hair into one of the biggest knots yet!! The biggest surprise to me was Jeremiah, Mr. "I don't like being in plays, and I don't like going to plays" asked me if he could try out for Flat Stanley!! Just when you think you have them figured out the throw a curveball at ya!!!
I don't know if its the heat or what, but Liam has not been eating to much lately, he is actually surviving on Frosted Flakes. I used to freak out about stuff like that before, I have learned to just ride it out, none of my kids are going to starve. I used to be very envious of people whos kids will eat anything, Jeremiah still only eats about 8 things, with Liam not much more, and then we have Maura. She is our carnivore, and it cracks me up!! People have said to me "wait until they're teenagers, those boys will eat you out of house and home" Personally I'm thinking Mauras already doing that, she loves her steak, pork and chicken, and if I put cheese on it she will even eat broccoli, I NEVER thought I would have a "normal" eating child!!
Well I'm sure you're sick of my ramblings, so go and have a GREAT Monday!!
Dawn
We had a pretty good weekend, 2 improptu parties happened at our house, went to a block party on Saturday night, and went to see some friends in a play on Sunday afternoon. Liam did well on Sat. He stayed in the house most of the time when all the other kids were outside, I gave him a little nudge, but I have learned to let him do what he is able to in social situations. We went to our friends block party in the evening, and to watch him wander around by himself sometimes just breaks my heart. We ended up knowing alot of people at the block party, and thank God for that. I didn't think about my wandering son going into peoples backyards and into their houses, so it was great to have so many sets of eyes and nice people that understand him. After the play on Sunday some of the actors came back to our house, and some of the boys from all stars came over. This time Liam was outside the whole time, very social. I wish I could figure out what was different, but I think its just going to be a shot in the dark for a while. I just hope as these kids get older, that it doesn't get taken personally,it is truly a "its not you, its me" thing.
Sunday we went to the Beverly Art Center to see Flat Stanley,we all sat in one row, me between Liam and Jer, with Maura wanting to sit on my lap,well sitting on my lap is against "the rules" and Liam not only HAS to follow the rules, but everyone around him does too, so he kept kicking Mauras foot until she went and say on Big Jers lap, actually I was relieved, shes a load!!! Then during the performance the little girl behind me started asking her mom some questions,well the little rule breaker got an earful from from Liam. "Stop talking in the theater!!" was told to her numerous times!!! When I told him to stop, he shot me a dirty look and I was told to stop talking during a performance!! I tried to tell him he was being rude,with him telling me,"They are being rude!!!" It was one of those times it is hard to explain it to him. He was right, but she is a little girl, she was whispering, and her mother was trying to keep it to a minimum, but it is just another example of the concrete thinking of Aspergers. Black and white, you are NOT supposed to talk in the theater, PERIOD!! He was so stressed about it he twisted his hair into one of the biggest knots yet!! The biggest surprise to me was Jeremiah, Mr. "I don't like being in plays, and I don't like going to plays" asked me if he could try out for Flat Stanley!! Just when you think you have them figured out the throw a curveball at ya!!!
I don't know if its the heat or what, but Liam has not been eating to much lately, he is actually surviving on Frosted Flakes. I used to freak out about stuff like that before, I have learned to just ride it out, none of my kids are going to starve. I used to be very envious of people whos kids will eat anything, Jeremiah still only eats about 8 things, with Liam not much more, and then we have Maura. She is our carnivore, and it cracks me up!! People have said to me "wait until they're teenagers, those boys will eat you out of house and home" Personally I'm thinking Mauras already doing that, she loves her steak, pork and chicken, and if I put cheese on it she will even eat broccoli, I NEVER thought I would have a "normal" eating child!!
Well I'm sure you're sick of my ramblings, so go and have a GREAT Monday!!
Dawn
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Good Morning,
I have decided to take a page from a friend from High school that blogs about her "Ride on the Autism spectrum" I am starting with a disclaimer, I misspell sometimes, have run on sentences, don't use proper grammer, so if you anal about those things, stop reading now. Now some words why I started this blog,
A very good friend of mine inboxed me the other day to thank me for writing my notes on facebook. I admit, I was purely selfish posting my challanges with Liam, I needed to vent. It never occured to me that the people reading it were being educated about Aspergers/ Autism. I loved the analogy she used,"seeing a McDonalds burger on t.v. looks great, but not so good when its in your hand" She told me everything she knew about Aspergers/Autism were things she has seen on t.v., I am happy that there are people that don't have experiences with it, I do believe that is going away quickly, with 1 in 88 children being diagnosed. I decided to start this blog to also show the fun side of my family, I have just posted notes in very difficult times, when I am at my breaking point. We do have great days too, everyday is a learning experience for everyone involved, what worked yesterday, might not work today, or even within the next hour .
Liam is learning how to articulate his feelings, why he is melting down, I am learning that while he is melting down, he can't tell us why, he just needs to get away, and I need to stop asking questions, he is trying to process and more questions get inside his brain and clutter it even more. If possiable go for a ride in the car, just him and me, but that is not always able to happen because of Jeremiah and Maura. Those damn kids get in the way all the time, LOL Liam asks me if we can give Maura away, he even asked me why we adopted her. When I told him we didn't adopt her, she is actually his full blooded sister he asked "Why I didn't just stop at 2 kids?" LOL
Well Liam has found one of his nitches, theater. A friend of mine helped get us started at McAuley theater camp, a week late, and he is loving it.(Thanks Julie Schuberth!!!) He has been in 2 other plays, but didn't seem to enjoy it as well as he does this. Jeremiah is having a hard time with Liam going, He told me he is bored when Liam is gone, and I do know one of the reasons he doesn't like it is because Jer has to go see the plays, and I quote " I don't like being in plays, and I really don't like going to see plays" so as classic Jeremiah, its all about him,LOL.
Well I don't want to bore you, I could go on and on (shocking, I know) I hope I can fiqure out this blog thing and get back here and post them, if not, at least I can wrrite it down and that does really seem to help me get through tough times, Please comment if you feel like it!! I love feedback!!
Dawn
I have decided to take a page from a friend from High school that blogs about her "Ride on the Autism spectrum" I am starting with a disclaimer, I misspell sometimes, have run on sentences, don't use proper grammer, so if you anal about those things, stop reading now. Now some words why I started this blog,
A very good friend of mine inboxed me the other day to thank me for writing my notes on facebook. I admit, I was purely selfish posting my challanges with Liam, I needed to vent. It never occured to me that the people reading it were being educated about Aspergers/ Autism. I loved the analogy she used,"seeing a McDonalds burger on t.v. looks great, but not so good when its in your hand" She told me everything she knew about Aspergers/Autism were things she has seen on t.v., I am happy that there are people that don't have experiences with it, I do believe that is going away quickly, with 1 in 88 children being diagnosed. I decided to start this blog to also show the fun side of my family, I have just posted notes in very difficult times, when I am at my breaking point. We do have great days too, everyday is a learning experience for everyone involved, what worked yesterday, might not work today, or even within the next hour .
Liam is learning how to articulate his feelings, why he is melting down, I am learning that while he is melting down, he can't tell us why, he just needs to get away, and I need to stop asking questions, he is trying to process and more questions get inside his brain and clutter it even more. If possiable go for a ride in the car, just him and me, but that is not always able to happen because of Jeremiah and Maura. Those damn kids get in the way all the time, LOL Liam asks me if we can give Maura away, he even asked me why we adopted her. When I told him we didn't adopt her, she is actually his full blooded sister he asked "Why I didn't just stop at 2 kids?" LOL
Well Liam has found one of his nitches, theater. A friend of mine helped get us started at McAuley theater camp, a week late, and he is loving it.(Thanks Julie Schuberth!!!) He has been in 2 other plays, but didn't seem to enjoy it as well as he does this. Jeremiah is having a hard time with Liam going, He told me he is bored when Liam is gone, and I do know one of the reasons he doesn't like it is because Jer has to go see the plays, and I quote " I don't like being in plays, and I really don't like going to see plays" so as classic Jeremiah, its all about him,LOL.
Well I don't want to bore you, I could go on and on (shocking, I know) I hope I can fiqure out this blog thing and get back here and post them, if not, at least I can wrrite it down and that does really seem to help me get through tough times, Please comment if you feel like it!! I love feedback!!
Dawn
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