I've worked on my blog sporadically, but after encouragement
from a few friends, and more than a few promptings, I feel like I need to work
more on this blog and share more of my story.
Who knows? Maybe
there is someone out there I can help by sharing our experiences.
In the past I've referred to the kids by their birth order
(C1, C2, C3, etc) I think though it
might be easier if I refer to them by a pseudonym or moniker.
So here is a little about my family now. I have six children--four boys, two
girls. All four of my boys are on the
Autism Spectrum.
C1-boy-aka Firstborn has Aspergers. I plan to write more on our journey with each
of our children and their diagnosis.
C2-boy-aka Whirlwind.
Whirlwind has constant energy. He
also has volatile emotions that can swing from euphoria to anger in just
minutes. He was first diagnosed with
ADHD and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD).
It was only a couple of years ago he was also diagnosed with Aspergers.
C3-boy-aka Lawboy (he thinks he wants to be a lawyer at the
moment). Gets distracted easily. Was originally diagnosed with ADD, but has
gotten more hyper as he got older and is currently diagnosed with ADHD. He was recently diagnosed as being ASD
(Autism Spectrum Disorder) with the old diagnosis of PDD (Pervasive
Developmental Disorder). He is rigid in
his ideas and standards and has an extremely difficult time making
friends.
C4-girl-aka Princess Ballerina. She loves to sing and dance and unlike her brothers,
is not ASD. She feels put upon when her
brothers take over electronics and will
sometimes get whiny, but I am trying to teach her how to stand up for
herself.
C5-boy-aka Acroboy.
Acroboy is constantly running, jumping, doing handstands on the couch
and climbing things. He had a speech
delay--he really wouldn't talk until he was two--and still has some speech
issues. He was diagnosed as PDD-NOS (the
NOS means "not otherwise specified") which puts him on the Autism
spectrum as well. Additionally he was
diagnosed as ADHD.
C6-girl-aka Baby Girl.
Baby girl is all sweetness at about 9months old.
I am concerned she is showing sensitivities to certain noises and
doesn't like things touching the back of her neck. Her well visit is soon, so I will see what
the pediatrician says. She does make
lots of eye contact and is very smiley.
I look back and realize how much of our journey I have
missed blogging about. I will attempt to
rectify that by using journals and notes and previously started, but unfinished
blog posts. If I post something from the
past, I'll put FLASHBACK at the top of the post with the date I'm going back
to. At some point I will take the
flashback tag and date of and change the posting date so it reads
chronologically with the other posts.
Hopefully that will catch this blog up.
