Five or six hours is as much sleep my wife or I ever get. My older one has issues, you can not treat her like any other kid. We think she autistic. Hard to explain.
Our 4 year old is is autistic let me tell you it’s not easy. The random tantrums is probably the hardest part. I feel like our 6 year old is starting to realize it. Even compared to our 2 year old it’s very different. My wife and I are planning on having the talk this summer with our oldest.
I am sure we could relate. She is 4 also. Our 1 year old boy communicates better and understands things better, but she is super smart in other ways. We have her in preschool two years early to help.
I've lived with my brother and sister-in-law for the past 12 years. My nephew, 23, is Autistic. I've been around him his whole life. I get it. It isn't easy. It seems like it gets easier but at least with my nephew, we'll always be looking after him. When we're too old and can't, hopefully his little sister will.
Thats honestly my biggest fear, what to do when we are too old. Therapy has helped tremendously. The program he is in in school has worked out very well. Which was surprising to us because one of his stronger symptoms is copy cat. He is also very smart but kinda in his own way. Honestly like his neurologist said, think of it as Google and Facebook. He doesn’t have a Google problem, he has a Facebook problem. It’s all mostly a social issue not information.
The Google and Facebook is a good way to put it. Lindsey is not full blown autistic. She can not relay thoughts to words, still not potty trained, and does off things. She is just here own little critter!
