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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…
Social story: Airplane ride

I made this for the boys before our trip, thought it might be helpful to share. New experiences, however fun or exciting, can be really stressful for Cuddlebug and Bearhug so the goal of this was to walk through what to…