tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556158049094274124.post6010937491386315866..comments2022-11-16T09:51:16.254-05:00Comments on Queen Bee of 3: Sleeping all night is such a luxury with Autism and cats!Queenbuv3http://www.blogger.com/profile/10767805292831696201noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556158049094274124.post-55080599816648836962009-04-19T09:13:00.000-04:002009-04-19T09:13:00.000-04:00It's amazing that I am not a coffee addict with al...It's amazing that I am not a coffee addict with all the sleep deprivation. I really feel that God (and a cup of coffee in the morning and in the afternoon)give me just enough energy to get through the day. I just started working out again at the gym and I've been finding that I can get by with less sleep, go figure! I'm actually disappointed when the cats don't sleep with me but if they did every night I would be a zombie! Looking forward to more of your blogging! God bless : )Queenbuv3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10767805292831696201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556158049094274124.post-6252696207809933452009-04-19T08:38:00.000-04:002009-04-19T08:38:00.000-04:00Thank you for commenting on Alex's funny story.
...Thank you for commenting on Alex's funny story. <br /><br />I have seven year old twin boys, one with autism and the other with APD (auditory processing disorder). <br /><br />Please don't feel alone in your sleepless nights, as we have those, too. I still have not found a way to overcome this nightly intrusion.<br /><br />My son with APD had severe echolalic behavior up to age five. I couldn't get through one sentence in a bed time story without him chiming in halfway through the statement. <br /><br />This bedtime ritual was like we were all trying to sing 'row, row, row your boat,' each starting at a different time than the other.<br /><br />Oh yah . . . and we have dogs (3 Maltese) who sleep with us, too. Most nights go without a hitch with those three, but last night, they were on a rampage! <br /><br />Looking forward to reading more.<br /><br />Please feel free to email if you would like to chat.<br /><br />AngelaMom's Fortress of Solitudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14635447021211979326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556158049094274124.post-42958063015695991942009-04-16T12:48:00.000-04:002009-04-16T12:48:00.000-04:00Oh yes, my son has quoted a line from something an...Oh yes, my son has quoted a line from something and it has been an attempt to communicate. My favorite story is the time my husband went to my son's room to bring him down to eat his bread and jelly (we put his seizure medication under the jelly) and he came down and said "There's no time to eat." I think it was from one of the Land Before Time movies. He said this a couple times when he came downstairs to get a snack and just cracked me up. I said,"I know you just have such a busy schedule." Of course he hasn't said it since. I always respond to anything he says to encourage verbal communication. <br />He uses a picture schedule at school but all attempts to get him to use PECS have failed. He just doesn't like using them. He is supposed to be having an assistive technology eval done soon through the school.Queenbuv3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10767805292831696201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556158049094274124.post-67365931109535437402009-04-16T10:43:00.000-04:002009-04-16T10:43:00.000-04:00Do you find that the echolalia is an attempt at co...Do you find that the echolalia is an attempt at communication? I knew someone who would echo what she heard from a movie or in her daily life, but what she was actually doing is trying to communicate to those around her what that scene meant to her. The difficult part was the "meant to her" part - it was not always what the scene meant to others. It could be what the situation made her feel, or the scene of a movie made her think of something else that happened in her life. <br /><br />Do you use PECS with the boys at all? Sign?Wendi Sotishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02688303013644842892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2556158049094274124.post-23847424832032677092009-04-16T09:41:00.000-04:002009-04-16T09:41:00.000-04:00Hi! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I se...Hi! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! I see we have an instant connection! :)<br /><br />My boys didn't sleep through the night until we started giving them a dual-release melatonin. Now they sleep 9pm to 7 am every night.<br />I remember those sleepless nights...and we had 2 cats at the time, too! No fun!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.com