LaLaGirl – Twinfinite Chaos! Parenting Multiples and Dealing with Autism

If you weren’t aware, Pablo is a huge, HUGE fan of…FANS! He LOVES fans. Ceiling fans, box fans, but especially desktop fans that oscillate. Between the spinning and the whole mechanical thing, he just adores them. When he started kindergarten, his teacher made him a bound book called, “I Like Fans.” She made laminated pages with pictures of fans – one even had Spongebob on it! He treasured that book long after we moved and switched schools. And if we happen to be at a store or in an office where someone has a fan blowing on them, Pablo will immediately head for the fan and turn it off and on and mess with it, unless I quickly intervene. The kid is fan obsessed.

So I wasn’t surprised to see Pablo creating this fine work of art on the door of the study…
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I wanted to just make a quick notation of this, so I can refer to it later. I started giving Pablo fish oil about a week and a half ago, every day, stirred into his orange juice. So far, he doesn’t seem to notice oily bubbles floating on the surface of his juice! And I’ve noticed a marked improvement in his coping skills, especially in the area of self harming. I don’t know if I can entirely credit the fish oil with this change, but it seems noteworthy.

Since then, I’ve noticed that you can buy fish oil gummy vitamins everywhere! I just saw them at Target the other day. I’m considering giving them to ALL the kids. Who’s tried these? Are they any good?

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