Once upon a time there was a prince who lived in fear of trains. Loud and menacing they were to him. He was doomed to live day after day in hysterical fear of these adversaries.
But one day the curse lifted and the prince no longer feared these man-made beasts. He finally saw them for what they were.......tools of transportation, metal carriages that can take you on new and exciting journeys.
So now, free from the curse, the young prince with courageous heart willingly boards trains bound for awaiting adventure.
Why oh why can one moment be fine and the next be so horribly upsetting for you? Sometimes I can't find the source of what is making you upset. I try, boy do I try, because I want to help you and calm you down, but sometimes I can't. I hate seeing you get so incredibly upset. My stress levels rise too. I love you.
If anyone has any knowledge about the rules/regulations regarding kindergarten in SC, I would greatly appreciate it. We just finally got the PDD waiver, and now I am being told that we really won't be able to use it after the summer because my daughter needs to be in kindergarten 35 hours a week. It seems like there should be some exception for medical necessity, but I haven't been able to find it, or find anyone willing to help.
We want her to go to school at least 2 days a week, as her greatest need is socialization and learning to speak at the appropriate times, not just when she wants something. She is ahead academically in most areas.
I love doctor Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory. I feel like he has Aspergers, though I don't think they have ever come right out and said so. I wish they would. Many of the things he says and does remind me of Eric. Definitely a good way to find humor in the things that often are frustrating. He's the example I keep going back to when people ask, "what do you mean your son has high functioning autism?"
Today is my brother's birthday. He turned 4 years old. mommy let me skip school today because she wanted to take us to Galveston to celebrate his birthday. I was happy because Galveston usually means Christmas lights! I love Christmas lights!! Tia came with us too. we all piled into the car and drove the long drive to Galveston Island. But when mommy pulled the car up to the seawall, I felt my anxiety to swell. "no no! go to Galveston, not beach," I said. Mommy answered, "we are in Galveston we are going to play in the sand. It'll be fun!" and everyone started to get out of the car. Tia came and got me out of the car but it was more than I could stand. Nerves took over. I started dancing my feet and shaking my head, yelling, "not beach, go to Galveston, look at lights. " mommy came over and crouched down, "Eric we are in Galveston. the Christmas lights at Moody Gardens are only up at Christmas time. It's Riley's birthday, we are going to play in the sand, make castles and shapes. See? I brought shovels and buckets and toys." I looked up at the waves crashing against the shore....scary waves. And mommy read my mind, "Eric, we are going to play in the sand not the water.
I Love my daughter sooo much and she is so sweet but she can be soo disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can deal with anything with her except this diaper diving stuff... She just made this huge mess and I think I'm going to lose it....
Today mommy and daddy took my brother and me to the zoo. We had fun. My brother and I were so excited to go. We brought the wagon but I wanted to walk. We saw lots of different animals: lazy lions, sleepy bears, we even saw a bongo! When we got to the Flamingo exhibit, mommy pointed out that many of the flamingos were standing on one leg. Then she challenged me to stand on one leg. I had to hold on to the rail to do it. "that's so funny," I said. As we made our way through the zoo daddy asked, "who wants to see the elephants?" "I do!" my brother said. But I didn't want to see them. They make me feel uneasy. I'm mad at the elephants and have been ever since our last trip to the zoo. Tia had come with us and the elephant's were playing with an old tire and ball. One elephant was eating hay. Well, this elephant decided to take some of that wet hay and sneezed it all over Tia. Some hay even got into her soda. Very rude! So when Daddy suggested seeing the elephants, I quickly said,"want elephants disappear, want put this elephant in timeout. I want to shoot this elephant." But Mommy said, "no we don't shoot Elephants, that's not very nice.
I really don't know what to do about my son's hair. He's a five year old with very high levels of anxiety. If I even say the word haircut he start panicking. I feel sorry for him. I don't want to give him a panic attack over a simple haircut. It's just a haircut right? But he will, he will have a panic attack. Meanwhile his hair is growing longer and longer. I can't avoid it anymore. Any suggestions? I've tried distraction, practice haircuts with pretend scissors; I've even tried cutting his hair in his sleep. And this used to work, but not anymore. He always feels or hears the snip and wakes up no matter how stealthy I try to be.
