Advice to Future Moms
While you are young and making plans, I ask you to think about one simple question: What kind of mother do you want to be?
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Public Meltdowns: How Should We React?
Tonight when it happened…all I could think was that every reaction I have had previously took made me feel like a failure. All of the research has pointed towards all of these approaches and yet the stares always feel like my reaction to her meltdown is what people look at. But I don’t know. Is it my reaction or her inability to calm down quickly enough?
“When I grow up…”
The different responses I get each time I ask, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”
Is there an Antidote for Bullying?
I can only hope that other parents are doing the same because Bullying is like a virus. Once a kid is exposed, they spread it around like a head cold.
Welcome to Autism Island
Once you have gone through the stages of accepting your child’s diagnoses, you can’t afford to go backward. You can’t let people fill you with doubt because you need to be strong. I wish I could say that Autism comes with a welcome wagon but it comes with a fight.
I Only Feel Guilty When I Miss a Dose
Before I share a future post about why and how we came to the decision to medicate our daughter, I want to talk about the positive impacts it has had on our life. (Video link below). Previously, she was unable to sit for any activity. She went from toy to toy and show to show. We … Continue reading I Only Feel Guilty When I Miss a Dose
Being a Stay at Home Mom Vs. Working Mom (a video)
This one is not an autism post. In case you missed the back story on this, read it here: https://medium.com/@laurajmurphy/balancing-work-family-leads-mothers-to-unemployment-a2b7ee316dd8
5 Unexpected Things That Some Kids with Autism do in Public
There is a time and a place for teaching discipline and that time is not during a meltdown.
Do your kids play with toys? (a video)
Check out my Video on how my daughter learned play skills from watching other children play with toys on YouTube!
Kicked out of daycare: A Video
My first ever video!
