Nov 28, 2019
Episode 11: Back to Basics
In this episode, we discuss the basics of self-care, such as showering, sleeping, eating, brushing your hair, flossing your teeth, attempting to look like you didn't just wake up 5 minutes ago... As a special needs parent, it is really difficult to find time to do all of these things, because...
Nov 21, 2019
Episode 10: Imma Gonna Drive My Car
In those episode, we discuss the constant grossitude of our car: the piles of seltzer carcasses, rotting food, phantom smells... Our children only semi-dislike car rides, but Alex now throws toys, steals Benji's toys, fusses, then falls asleep. Benji occasionally plays with toys, but...
Nov 14, 2019
Episode 9: Is Eating In Restaurants Worth The Stress?
In this episode, we discuss our experience eating out in
restaurants with our special needs children. We converse about the
amount of food and table items thrown on the floor, the salting and
peppering of the table (ours and other people's), the
yelling,...
Nov 7, 2019
Episode 8: Vacation, Trip, or Catastrophe?
In this episode, we discuss the 1.5 vacations we took, and shared horror stories about them (multiple emergency room visits). We discuss the expense and time drains of vacations, as well as expectations vs reality of the vacations. We reminisce about how hard it was to get any...
Nov 7, 2019
Episode 7: Language Regression and Balancing Parenting With Self-Care
In this episode, we discuss the language regression we observed in Alex and how we felt finding out how severe the regression was. We talk about our hypotheses for what might be going on and how we are attempting to assess and treat these impairments....