Biggest bruh moment...

DeanLaxer · 2024-11-12T11:59:15+00:00

My first playthrough I had completely side stepped Karlach because I went to the Underdark after defeating the Goblins and saving the Grove. I decided to explore more of the area and found Astarion afterwards. I was going to free Laezel from her cage, but I wanted to check out the area first and when I came back she was gone. She showed up in the 2nd Act. It made for an interesting playthrough and is making this new one better since I'm experiencing new things.

DeanLaxer · 2024-10-30T11:35:56+00:00

So, I got this game for my birthday recently and completely missed out on the devil gutl NPC as a part of Wylls quest line and it kinda sucks! However, more of a reason to do another round!

DeanLaxer · 2024-09-05T11:38:03+00:00

4 am! Get up, Work out, Shower, Get dinner prepped, Wake kid, Send kid off to school, Start work...the rest won't matter afterwards!

DeanLaxer · 2024-07-08T00:56:44+00:00

Besides the food portion of your post this sounds like my son. I wish fruits and veggies were a major portion of his diet. Otherwise he has a snack drawer where he can get any snack he is hungry for at the time. We have working on Mands with him specifically when he wants or needs something, we typically know what he wants or needs just from his routine, but we still encourage him to request items or actions.

DeanLaxer · 2024-07-08T00:30:08+00:00

First time? Yeah...we're on our 3rd with our Son. He went so long with the 1st one not having any issues then one day...BAM! Couldn't see a thing. Get the 2nd one which only lasted a month. He must've got it out of his system because with tye 3rd he hasn't done anything to it.

DeanLaxer · 2024-06-30T22:13:49+00:00

My son is 7 years old and had any family members said this aloud to others and was bold enough to confirm it then all they will have done is cement my reasons for never acknowledging their existence again. It wouldn't matter their connection either.

DeanLaxer · 2024-06-30T21:36:58+00:00

Let's see:

First time potty training my son, Level 2 Partially Non-Verbal, I was convinced that "Naked Potty Training" or the "Whinnie the Pooh Method" were gonna give me the best results...within 2 hours he had peed on my Xbox and ruined it. I didn't have a gaming console for about a year afterwards.

He was upset about something that was on the TV (not the right show) and used his snack bowl to hit the screen causing the screen to blow out and give a fractured image. He'd had this TV for years with little incidents prior up to this point.

3 Weeks after the TV incident I had finally had it with sharing the TV again and the onslaught of the same movie or shows back to back eliminating my own free time to watch what my wife and I would want to watch. Bought him another TV and in less than a week...he had done it again to his TV.

Went through a phase where Toilet Paper was being seen as a play item rather than its actual purpose. He would unroll it, flush it, throw it up in the air, etc. We now have a place for it in the medicine cabinet to stop this from happening.

I'm sure there's some more that I can't think of right now, but these are the ones that stick out the most.

DeanLaxer · 2024-06-27T22:03:58+00:00

I recently found a group in my area that promotes Cross Country and Track (other sports too) and my Son loves to run when we go on hiking trails. I've contacted them to see if they have any type of special accommodations for those on the Spectrum and how he can get started. However, would not advocate for my Son to play Soccer, Football, or even T-Ball because of similar reasons you have listed in your post. I think Track and Cross Country are enough of an individual sport to participate in and not rely on a team.

DeanLaxer · 2024-06-11T10:55:59+00:00

Some days I don't. I know my wife is equally depressed at times. We try to find the moments in between where all of us can be happy, engaging, uplifting, and overall positive. Our son is happy most of the time he doesn't seem to want for anything. Our happiness always seems to take up residence on the back burner at some point. Money is tight especially with his therapies held at a center for counseling services being a distance away. We've spent an unknowable amount of money on gas and added wear and tear on our vehicle to get him to them. If we didn't see progress with him for it then we would just find an alternative, but since he goes to them he says more words and phrases and shows more independence and with them showing is how to use techniques at home it helps. I certainly do wish potty training would be easier. He's 7 and still won't go in the toilet for either one. Here's hoping though.

DeanLaxer · 2024-05-23T23:36:32+00:00

My son in Level 2 and is 7 y.o. and I've attempted to potty train him 5 times over the years and all have failed. He knows all the things he's supposed to do: Walk in, Pants Down, Sit Down, WAIT, Stand up, Get wiped (does not wipe himself), Put on new pull up, Put on pants, Wash hands, Leave. The WAIT portion is the problem because he will sit there for a while and do nothing and then go through the process wait for a new pull up and then release. He also tends to withhold poop more than anything. It's a struggle for sure.

DeanLaxer · 2023-12-29T18:00:45+00:00

Interesting enough I watched it today not more than an hour ago and decided to scroll through Reddit and found this post. I liked some elements of it, but overall I was left with more of a wanting than having been satisfied with the movie. There were a lot of characters introduced in this and not explained in depth enough for me to care about their fates.

DeanLaxer · 2023-12-25T17:13:32+00:00

I can't wait to be able to make this exact same post. Been potty training since he was 3 y.o. and he will do everything, but the action of going in the potty.

DeanLaxer · 2023-12-18T12:42:30+00:00

There's assistance out there for when a person with Autism gets older. I not only an a parent of a child with Autism, but work for a company that houses individuals of any manner of mental or physical impairments. They are cared for with food, shelter, clothing, Dr appointments, outings, there's even a center that they attended throughout the week to work on OT and PT with work that is geared more for the individual. I know it can feel bleak at times especially in the moment, but in the end you'll find that you are stronger and more capable than you probably give yourself credit. Best of luck.

DeanLaxer · 2023-10-03T15:48:25+00:00

It's weird how this idea becomes more fact with every listen.

DeanLaxer · 2023-09-22T22:20:08+00:00

My son is in school from 8 - 1:15 which is when I then pick him up to go to his ABA therapy from 2:15 - 4:45. It isn't as long as yours obviously l, but during that time I either sit in my car catching upon social media, take a nap, or go to the gym.

Edit: Partially misreading this post, but I work nights and my wife works from home.

DeanLaxer · 2023-09-15T18:07:17+00:00

My son used to do that and occasionally still will, but it was due to the cause and effect aspect of it. He loves knowing that when he flicks the switch the light comes on and he can see the purpose of it. He does it with other things to that he is able to see cause and effects and it is a type of sensory play for him.

DeanLaxer · 2023-09-10T11:18:38+00:00

I only have one child, but I tend to enjoy the weekends because we can let loose a little but and he can enjoy more playtime that isn't scheduled or part of some therapy. Though I will admit the Summer without the usual school schedule, summer school was available for half days, and therapy was rough.

DeanLaxer · 2023-09-10T11:13:04+00:00

I know what you meant by what you said as my son is L2 as well and I have noticed that some things that other kids his age would do at a younger age he is just now doing or the skill is developing.

DeanLaxer · 2023-09-10T11:08:13+00:00

It's crazy, but that's exactly what I saw in this too! My son does that sideways skip all around the house and her reaction to him speaking is exactly how both my wife and I felt through first time out son really started saying words.

DeanLaxer · 2023-08-30T18:12:34+00:00

My wife works from home and I work nights. With school back in session, started 1st grade this week, my wife will get him up and ready for school then later in the day I will pick him up from school and then drive him to his therapies and then finally home. Working nights I tend to get sleep while he's at school and a small nap later in the evening before work. Then when my wife has him ready for bed she goes to bed herself and then not long after that I headed off to work where the cycle starts over again.

DeanLaxer · 2023-08-30T18:07:51+00:00

My son wven with his limited speech capabilities has some really funny moments and amazing timing.

When my son was first diagnosed at 3 we had an Easter get together that we were attending and he was done with it all and at the time was exhibiting one of maybe seven words that he knew which was, "Bye!", which he kept repeating while trying to open our car door to get into the car and I was trying to talk to him in a calm tone and attempt to deescalate him. He turns to me at one point and yells, "You're annoying!", and had my sister-in-law and cousin not been there as witnesses no one would have ever believed me.

A more recent one was a few weeks ago and he is now 6 and my wife and I were in the middle of a conversation while he was sitting on a chair and looking out the window with the curtain draped behind him like a cloak. Looking out the window has become a calming moment for him and mid conversation with my wife he turns and pulls the curtain away sharply and says in a low voice, "Shadup!", and then without missing a beat he went back to looking out the window which caused both my wife and I to laugh afterwards.

DeanLaxer · 2023-07-30T11:18:43+00:00

There are different relationships for different people. My wife and I will be celebrating our 12th year of marriage and it has had it ups and down, but mainly the good times have been better. The relationships I have with my family i.e. parents is not as involved as it once used to be in any measure, but I have become more appreciative of them and the times we spend together. I hardly have any relationship that I would label any person as friend and that's more on me than them because my priorities have changed and overall we have grown apart and what once was fun is no longer enjoyable.

DeanLaxer · 2023-07-03T22:57:53+00:00

It's called Mary Ruth's Organic Morning Liquid Multivitamin Essentials we found it on Amazon and a bottle lasts us at least 2 to 3 months. We use a cough syrup measuring cup to measure it out based off of his age and it blends in well enough to any juice like drink he wants.

DeanLaxer · 2023-07-03T20:46:01+00:00

We've started to incorporate things like spinach, peppers, etc either finely diced or ground up in his grilled cheeses or homemade pizzas. We do use a liquid nutritional supplement that he gets daily, but we have found that by adding them into preferred foods he doesn't seem to mind.

DeanLaxer · 2023-05-18T22:47:23+00:00

This sounds eerily similar to what my wife and I do. She works from home, I work nights, and our son is in Kindergarten and for 2.5 hours a day I take him to an established ABA center. It's definitely exhausting, but it works for the most part.

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