Ohhhhhhhh my gosh, I am exhausted. Today was SUCH a hard day with my boy. It’s been a long time since we’ve had such a trying day, and I really can’t remember the last time I saw Pablo struggle so hard against the environment around him. All day long, he’s been on edge. One of the things that keeps setting him off is these damned Legos! He’s trying to build a (kickass, amazing) Lego house and he’s having trouble with it. This is always a challenge, but it seems WAY worse today.
By dinnertime he was so full of rage, we barely got through our meal. And the hours between dinner and bedtime pretty much sucked a fat one for the whole family. Pablo sobbed and wailed and screamed and yelled at people. He calmed down briefly when I held him closely under a blanket on the couch, cupping my hands over his ears. I actually broke out the melatonin toward bedtime, hoping to calm his mind down a little bit. He did end up falling asleep pretty quickly, and I’m praying he sleeps well tonight.
He might be getting sick, or he might be just ready to go back to school after being off track for the past three weeks. I suspect he’s going through some brain growth stage at the moment. These “growth spurts” are hell for all of us, especially Pablo – but they always come before some huge breakthrough. We’ve seen it time and time again. I sure hope that’s what this is. I hate seeing my precious boy struggle so much to just get through a normal, typical day.
Paul and I had a chance to watch an amazing new film about autism – it’s called 
