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A New Interest - Birthdays
Every year, as Bitty's birthday gets closer, we start talking about it but he has always remained oblivious to the whole concept. Last year's birthday marked the first time he showed an interest in opening his present… -
Potty Training - A Victory
I waited a few days before posting this because I wanted to be sure this time, but I think I can safely say that Bitty is now officially potty-trained :). At age 4 1/2, it took him about a year longer than it took his… -
Switching Words - Autism & Echolalia
Anyway, so a little backdrop - I've posted a lot about echolalia and Bitty's slow progress with learning to speak by repeating what we say. This means he speaks with his "you" and "I / me" pronouns reversed. "Yoo-wah… -
You did what?!
Last night's conversation between me and Bearhug: BH: Hey, Mom, you know what? yesterday I found a cockroach in our bafroom. me: (gag) Uh... is it still there? BH: (with a proud grin) No! I squished it. me: Oh, go… -
"Can he talk?"
Bitty has made so much progress, and yet as he gets older the divide between his development in some areas and those of his peers seems to only widen. One of those areas is communication. Not long ago, the boys had a… -
What's in a name?
Cuddlebug and Bearhug decided a few weeks ago to start calling me "Mom" instead of "Mama." I think some other kids may have given them a hard time about saying "Mama," who knows. They made the switch overnight... one… -
A Glimpse into Little Bitty's Mind...
Every now and then we get a brief glimpse into what Little Bitty is thinking about. The "inner Bitty," if you will. As I have mentioned before, truly spontaneous speech, unprompted and unscripted, is rare. On the oth… -
The Santa dilemma
(Photo taken at Parents' Night Out) Cuddlebug and Bearhug never really showed any interest in Santa Claus until they saw the Polar Express movie (I think they were 5). Even then, they were more interested in the tra… -
"I am me and I have autism"
There's a video from Autism Speaks called "I am Autism." I'm not going to embed it, but you can see it here. The video has stirred up quite a furor among the autism community, so you may have already seen it. I firs… -
Sensory Stuff
So I just wrote a long, rambling post (in draft mode) trying to sort out my thoughts about the sensory challenges we've been having lately, mostly with Bearhug. When it comes to classic autism, his is the mildest of m…
About everydayadventures
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- About Me: I'm a mom of three boys on the autism spectrum, 9-yr-old identical twins and a 6-yr-old. My husband is a SAHD.
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