Category: Autism
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The one where you see his speech delay.
Max’s speech delay only really becomes apparent when he tries to talk. No really. Check it out: To look at, you’d think he was maybe 4 or so, and just a quiet one. His sense of humour is very much intact, he loves playing games on the computer and such, and one of his favourite…
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This is not the Happy New Year post you were looking for… thanks autism!
Hello! Happy New Year! Normally I’d start off the year with a Word of the Year post or something similar, but I thought I’d do something different today as there’s been a bit of a difficulty in our house since thursday, and I figured that I really do want to be honest about what life…
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It’s Christmas time!
Sponsored post. Also a story about Max’s reaction… For as long as I can remember, our Christmas tree has always been put up the weekend before my Dad’s birthday. It’s one of our wee traditions. Dad’s birthday on December 17th, so the tree goes up, then we celebrate his getting OLDER (haha, sorry dad!), and…
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Famous last words, and feeling supported.
It’s really rather lovely to just be dealing with regular parenting problems these days, instead of how it used to be! – posted on Nov 22nd. Ah I had to jinx myself, didn’t I? Since I last blogged two weeks ago, things haven’t been quite back to normal around here. Max’s sleeping was out of…
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Never shower the kid again. Ever.
This is me right now. Well actually, I took that last night before putting the boys to bed, but it’s also me now. See, I decided yesterday evening that it would be much quicker and easier to give Max a shower instead of a bath. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Well he wasn’t happy about it at all,…
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The difference a year can make.
Almost a year ago I was at total and utter rock bottom. Max’s lack of sleep had reached an all time low and as of the beginning of 2012 he was consistently waking between 11pm and 2am and that was literally him UP FOR THE DAY. By last November I was beyond running on empty.…
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Silent Sunday
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This little man of mine…
This little man of mine has been leaving me awestruck and amazed on a daily basis since starting school. Every day, we walk to school and he’s desperate to get there, desperate to get into his playground, just like the other kids. Every day, he runs off as soon as we get to the…
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Max is a school boy now!
This is the end of Max’s first week in school. And it could not have gone any better! That wee quiet smile on his face there? That’s been there all week. ALL WEEK. As soon as he saw his uniform on Tuesday morning, he literally whooped with joy. A fist pump and everything! He knows…
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We’re ready.
How can it possibly be July 1st already? I mean really? We’re now in the second half of 2013. What the actual… I mean, what?? (This seems to be a theme for me this year!) I feel like I’ve blinked and missed it! Although, obviously I haven’t. The days are long but the years…