Posts Tagged ‘ Davey ’

Maybe he’s not autistic…

If you’ve been following my blog, you’ve probably wondered why I always say “I think Davey is autistic” and then there is nothing about him being in therapy or being evaluated or anything.  We went through an evaluation when I was away at college about a year ago, and I also had him in language and occupational therapy at that time.  They determined at his evaluation that he is NOT autistic. I was relieved and we continued therapy for his language and developmental delays, but I didn’t look into the possibility of autism anymore.  Also there were a lot of changes going on over that period of time, such as moving away from my family to go to college, Davey going into daycare for the first time ever, etc.  His behavior was awful at that time due to all the changes and I think it set him back in some ways developmentally. Shortly after we finished his evaluation, in March of last year, I dropped out of college and moved home to my mom’s house.  We stayed there for about 3 months then moved into our old house that my stepmom owns.  So there were more changes in Davey’s life. [...]

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All moved in!

So I mentioned before that I was moving, and that was why I had to give up Brielle.  My mom and I had some plans for the house I was living in, and were hoping to buy it and build a little guest house in the backyard for my mom, and then my friend was also going to move in later when her daughter graduates…  but that didn’t quite work out how we planned.  My mom and I have been going back and forth on this for awhile and finally decided I should move back into my mom’s house and then my friend will move in here with us when her daughter graduates in May.  And my mom doesn’t want pets in the house, hence the giving up Brielle. So I moved back into my mom’s about a week ago.  The move itself wasn’t too bad this time because I didn’t actually have to pack and unpack very much.  I moved things over in plastic bins for the most part and just unpacked as I moved and reused the bins.  I was all moved and settled in within a couple of days. Now the big problem is adjusting and disciplining [...]

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Learning how to play together, finally!

No Brielle in the photo because every time I tried to catch a picture or video of them actually playing in the box, Brielle would stop playing!

Thanks everyone for the comments on my previous post about Davey being a “monster” lately.  I really do appreciate any feedback from my readers, but we are not getting rid of Brielle, she is already part of the family. Things are getting better the last few days, and Davey and Brielle are learning how to play together without hurting each other.  Brielle is learning she needs to be more careful with Davey, so she’s not nipping or scratching him anymore, but she does occasionally knock him down on accident.  When he does get knocked down, he usually laughs about it now unless he falls against something and it hurts.  With Brielle learning to be more careful, Davey is happy that he can play with her now.  I only have to get on to them when they start to get a little TOO rowdy, but generally they are okay together.  They played together a long time yesterday afternoon.  Davey climbed into a big box Brielle’s new dog bed came in and closed himself up in it.  Brielle would start sniffing and poking her nose at the flaps of the box trying to go in after him, and Davey would open it [...]

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Davey is being a MONSTER lately!!!

He looks like such an angel, doesn't he?

I don’t know if this has anything to do with Davey’s autism or if it is just plain old stubbornness and hardheadedness!  But since we got our new dog, Brielle, a few days ago, Davey is being an absolute monster!  First of all there are the problems with him and Brielle.  She has gotten playful in the past couple of days, and gets really frisky pretty often.  Davey really wants to play with her but he is too little!  He keeps getting her to follow him into his room, and tries to play with her in there, and then next thing I know he’s crying because she knocked him down or nipped at him or scratched him.  I tell him to come here, I kiss it to make it all better, then next thing I know he is in his room doing the exact same thing and getting hurt all over again.  He never learns! Then there is the problem of him getting Brielle to follow him into our closets.  Our closets are one big closet — someone took the wall in between them out sometime before I moved in here so they could put a hanging bar in the [...]

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Routines, Routines, Routines…

With Davey everything is a routine.  And I mean everything.  Everything we do or nearly everything we say is some sort of routine.  If he says something, I have to respond a certain way.  We have to stick to the same routine of how we do things every day.  So today, to stick to routine, Davey is actually in bed and it is only 4:45.  No, he doesn’t normally go to bed this early — THAT is not the routine!  But after me being up all night, the day has dragged on and I thought it was later than it was. So when he asked for dinner a little after 4, I didn’t realize it was more like snack time (although he did already have snack at 2).  So I fixed his dinner, he ate, and after he eats dinner it is time for bed (usually around 6pm, not 4!).  So we got ready for bed, went through our big elaborate bedtime routine, then I left his room and happened to notice it was only 4:45!  But if I had tried to get him to play or watch TV after dinner for a while, he would have thrown a fit.  [...]

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