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Posts about the autism spectrum, whether my son falls on it or not. Posts about speech and language delay. ASD in general. Special needs.

Like the good mom that I am, I make Tucker a hot breakfast each morning.  Well, pretty much every morning.  Some days he gets cereal and fruit.  Oh, and that one day, he had Oreos.  But, whatever, today was a hot breakfast day.  While I was slaving in the kitchen, my adorable sweet boy came […]

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I just realized last night that I haven’t been helping Tucker practice saying “Trick or Treat.” Last year, he had just turned two in July.  When October 31 came along, it seemed like him not saying anything was ok.  He was still a baby.  But this year, people generally expect so much more of him.  […]

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Sometimes I look at Tucker’s gorgeous, smooth, wrinkle-free baby skin and want a time-travel machine to visit my teenage self.  I’ll slap then-me for going to the tanning salon, sunbathing using baby oil, and for skiing without sunscreen. I wonder if my skin would look more like his, now, had I done a more diligent […]

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Part of the reason I started this blog was to connect with other parents who are in “The Middle World,” one where the autism spectrum exists, but the parents are able to hope their child is not autistic due to an official evaluation from a developmental pediatrician saying that he’s not.  So far, I haven’t […]

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As anybody who has ever had a sick child knows, it’s horrible to see your little one feverish, lethargic, sad, and in obvious pain.  It messes with his sleep, with your sleep, with your life, with his life, and with your very thoughts.  It sucks.  Add the frustrations and sleep deprivation to an illness in […]

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We’ve tried everything we can think of to get Tucker to take his much needed children’s ibuprofen to try and get his 103+ degree fever down and hopefully make his throat a little less sore.  I’ve mentioned previously that we usually sneak any needed meds into his juice, but since he’s not drinking enough* today […]

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