30 days of autism: day 6

This is our nighttime...ipad and drawing on the magnetic board. 

30 days of autism: day 5

He still looks like he's a baby when he sleeps. So sweet...then his eyes open and I gotta hit the ground running to keep up with him. 

Oh the morning we've had! I told you I'd have to hit the ground running. What a grump-a-lump I had this morning! I'm creating a folder to house some select drawings and stuff for his Kindergarten year. On the front it has the year, his teacher, and some lines for memories. It's a print-off form. So I asked him casually this morning, "who's your best friend Javin?". "No one. I don't have best friend." "Aw, why not?" "Because I don't like people. Except you. And Dad too" (heartbreaking) Then later he developed a pretend cough so that he could stay home. And then he was mad because he remembered that he is on a substitute school bus while the other one is in the shop. It's been in the shop for the past few weeks but he's still mad about it! Welcome to Friday morning.

Look what we got in the mail today! Javin was so tickled to see himself on a piece of mail! For more information on the 12th Annual Autism Summit of Northwest Ohio, please click here: http://outreach.bgsu.edu/autism2013/

30 days of autism: day 4

His face while doing homework is priceless. One of the few days he's cooperating. He's counting to 100 by ones, fives, and tens. 

30 days of autism: day 3

Morning routine...even though Javin is six, he doesn't have the capability to dress himself yet. He does, however, have strong opinions as to what he will and will not wear! I have him practice getting dressed on weekends when we aren't on a time schedule and he takes for.evvv.errrrrr!! 

30 days of autism: day 2

Boogie always doesn't feel well when a new tooth comes in. Right now it's the adult front tooth and the baby hasn't come out. It's not loose enough to pull either. I took a pic of it but my phone camera stinks and it's blurry. I asked him if his mouth hurts and he said, "yeah it feels gummy". :( 

This is the photo that I was able to get...went to the dentist's office to show it to them. They still don't want to pull it... it looks so painful to me!

Well you all know about Javin's dinner (fish nuggets) and usually for lunch he has PB&J but I was out of bread so I made homemade "spaghetti-o's". He gobbled them up when I made it last week and today he doesn't touch it. Argh!! 

30 days of autism: day 1

Day 1: Javin's "well-rounded" dinner: mac-n-cheese, crackers, fish nuggets, and dried blueberries. (He gobbled up the fish and blueberries before I even sat down). This has pretty much been his dinner for the past week. He's got sneaked in pumpkin in his mac though (shhh!). He gets stuck on a food kick (right now it's the fish nuggets) and he refuses to eat anything else for awhile.

30 days of autism

Today starts the month of autism awareness. I know that many people are "aware" of autism nowadays, there has been a lot of information put out over the past few years to explain autism (which is awesome). I do my best to share experiences with my son, Javin (Boogie) on FaceBook and on my blogs (when I think of it) so that you can get a better sense of Javin as a person, not JUST autism. This month I will again do the 30 Days of Autism photos. I got a lot of positive feedback from it last year. Rather than quotes about autism or facts, I post photos each day with a background story so that you can get a better glimpse into our daily life...the good, the funny, the ugly...I show it all. This month, I celebrate Javin!

The photos will be posted on this blog as well as Facebook and Instagram. If you'd like to follow me on Instagram, you can find me as: javinsmama

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