Have you talked with your child about autism?

Yesterday at Bearhug's IEP meeting his ASD teacher asked us if we had talked to the boys about their autism.I'll give you my thoughts on it and how we've approached with Cuddlebug and Bearhug (obviously haven't crossed that bridge yet with Little Bitty), but I'm really curious to hear what other parents think and how you've handled this with your own children. I just want to...

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IEP update

Bearhug's IEP meeting yesterday went great, he is doing really well overall. His teachers note that he's had just a tad of regression in the area of self-calming and asking for breaks when needed. He was doing pretty good with that independently for a while but needs a little more prompting now.He has mastered some of his IEP goals from this past year (yay!) so we took those...

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Mission accomplished!

Yesterday I took the day off since we had Bearhug's IEP meeting (more on that in another post) and I figured it would be a good opportunity to get some other errands done with dh afterwards. Like birthday shopping for a certain little boy who will be turning 4 next month :).At the toy store, we looked to see if they had Peter Sam. Having checked a few other stores earlier in...

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The Mission: Find Peter Sam

A while back dh put a box of Thomas trains up on the attic in an effort to clear out some space in the boys' rooms and also encourage Little Bitty to play with some other toys. We kept a handful of trains out for him to play with.A couple of weeks ago, Little Bitty came to me looking for "dree." I didn't understand what he wanted at first, but he took me to the little pile of...

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SEW & WW: Snack time

Just a cute picture of Bearhug at 23 months old, eating his Cheerios his own way :).Click here for more Special Exposure Wednesday. Click here and here for more Wordless Wednesday.If you enjoyed this post, get free updates by email or R...

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Magic Marker Monday: Happy Valentine's Day!

I know Valentine's Day has come and gone, but I just had to share these cute Valentines from the boys :).Here's one that Little Bitty brought home from school: I love the picture they put on it :), and his little handprints!Here's one that Cuddlebug made for me, as you can see he's been learning about the solar system so that was the theme of his card :). He's got quite a lot of...

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Update on Little Bitty

It's been crazy-busy lately but thought I'd share a couple of updates on Little Bitty. The other day, I asked him how his day at school was, expecting to hear the answer he always gives, "koo bus" (school bus) . It doesn't matter how we ask the question:"How was school today?""Did you have a good day at school?""Did you have fun at school?""What did you do at school today?"The...

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25 Things, Autism Style

I've seen this on a few other blogs, thought I'd play along too :).~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~1. WHERE DO YOU CURRENTLY LIVE?The Twilight Zone, USA :)2. WHAT IS YOUR CHILD’S NAME, AGE AND DX?Cuddlebug, age 7, dx'd with autism & sensory processing disorder at age 3Bearhug, age 7, dx'd with autism & sensory processing disorder at age 3Little Bitty, age 3 (4 next month!),...

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Try This Tuesday: Does your child like science?

One day I found Bearhug sitting on the couch reading."Whatcha reading?" I asked."Bloggy," he answered."Bloggy?"I looked at the cover of his book. "Oh, Biology." LOLWe found the book at his school's book fair a couple of months ago. He and Cuddlebug liked it so much, we picked up a couple of other corresponding books for Christmas, "Physics" and "The Periodic Table."These books...

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Magic Marker Monday: The Solar System

Bearhug made this for a school project:He painted the planets (dh helped with Earth) and found an interesting fact about each planet to include. He was careful to find facts that the whole class didn't already know. Cuddlebug just came home with a similar assignment but he wants to do something different, not sure yet exactly what he wants to do with his but when it's done, I'll...

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In today's news...

WOW - we hit a milestone today! Little Bitty did just a little tiny bit of pretend play, actual role playing type pretend play! He was playing with a cord and put it around his neck (NOT tight, loose like a long necklace) and after checking it and re-checking it, he smiled and said, "dot-ter" I was stunned (because he's never done anything quite like that before!). I realized...

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Google search

I took a look at my Google keyword stats a while back and was a little surprised to see right at the top of the list with the most hits (from google):"too many boogers"In fact, the topic of boogers was a recurring theme in my google keywords:"what are boogers""purpose of boogers""research boogers"I've only written ONE post about boogers (complete with photo of Bearhug's creative...

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IEP page is up & morning meltdown update

Check out the new IEP resource page and let me know what you think. I have more to add but it's a start...Also, remember when I posted about our morning meltdown situation with Bitty? We thought we had tried everything but we finally hit on something that works - pop-tarts. For whatever reason, he just calms right down with a pop-tart and lets me get him dressed, shoes on, even...

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Mondays in Motion #12: Baby workouts

It's the first Monday of the month! So it's time for Mondays in Motion again :).Here's one of my favorite videos from Bearhug and Cuddlebug's baby days. They were (still are) constantly on the move, and liked to push furniture around (chairs, small tables, etc.) so I made a baby "workout" video of them. It's best with the sound on (so you can hear the music) :).Bearhug is wearing...

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Magic Marker Monday: Poetry by Cuddlebug

Cuddlebug wrote the following poems at school, the first two are haiku. I love his creativity :). SolidsSolids are very hard.Solids are part of matter.They don't change their shape.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LiquidsYou can drink liquids.Liquids are a type of water.Liquids are a water.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What am I?I can be any color.I'm put at the end of a question.I have a dot at the...

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