A bullet point update

Wow, it's been a while. There's quite a bit to update about. I'll try to remember where I left off. In November 2017 he started preschool. He does all right there. He has an IEP in place, and he's been making amazing progress with it. He's been in ST and OT since September, and he …

Funny kid. Idea?

I've recently decided to take a long break from facebook. I've been off for three weeks, and I am liking the break, but I'm missing being able to post the funny things my kid says. I like using this blog to talk about the challenges we face, which can be intense sometimes, but I also …

Until the hard things become the easy things…

I have never been a very organized person. Before nursing school and Colin's diagnosis, I never had a calendar or planner and I honestly never felt the need. Sure, I missed occasional doctor's appointments, but generally I knew where I was supposed to be and the expectations on me weren't overwhelming. Well, now they are. …

An exciting update!

I am the worst updater. SO much has happened for us recently, and I wish I had been documenting it as it happened because it would have been interesting to be able to look back at the journey while we were in it. But alas, I am a nursing student and an autism mom and …

Struggles

Classes start on Monday, and we've already gotten our reading. Over 100 pages due Monday and I've read like 3. I am exhausted and burnt out. This week we got a taste of what life is going to be like starting next week. Colin has OT Monday morning, ST Tuesday morning, and next week is …

Daycare Drama

I'm beginning to wonder if I'm asking too much from a daycare to be able to provide occasional one on one attention to my child when he is struggling in that environment. If it's too much for me to expect that instead of deeming him "bad" or that he "had a bad day," I can …

Nerves

I start classes again for the nursing program in 10 days. That means Colin goes to daycare again in 10 days. I'm freaking. I have had so many issues with this daycare because they just do not get Autism at all. And they're so overwhelmed by the amount of children they have that they can't …

Sensory Snafoos

Thursday, Colin had another OT appointment. The OT attempted to have him sit at a table and cut/clip things on paper. When that was a shit show, she asked how often he sits at the table, and about structure at home. Which, to be honest, we don't have much of. He doesn't really have a …

I don’t know what I’m doing.

I know I don't have a "normal child," but when does that ever stop surprising me? Or hurting? I love my child more than anything, but I get so excited to do things with him, and then they're just a huge let down. We took him to the fireworks last night. It wasn't terrible. He …

This isn’t Italy.

I have been considering getting Colin on some waiting lists for ABA therapy. I have a friend that I've known for about 20 years, but haven't talked to since high school who mentioned on her facebook that she's an ABA therapist. So I messaged her and asked her about therapy and if Colin may benefit …