Earlier tonight I watched Autism x6. It actually aired on Monday evening, but I was busy doing some house work, and so I DVRed it to watch later on.
The show was interesting, to say the least. It was also quite sad, seeing the various issues the six children deal with. Sarah in particular is the worst, the one who is “beyond reach”, as Daniel so eloquently put it. I feel for the parents, and I hope that they continue to receive help and services to enable them to reach each of their children as best as they can.
I’m also grateful for having only one autistic child. I also reflected on how our choice to have another child might have differed if we had Ryan first, or if Alyssa was autistic. To be quite honest, if my firstborn was autistic and I knew of the diagnosis before deciding for another child, there wouldn’t be another child. Raising an autistic child is like a full time job on top of the full time job that is parenting. I can’t imagine doing it for multiple autistic children. And believe me, if I had the choice, I would have an autistic child and no other children, period.
And speaking of Ryan, I injured my back at some point on Tuesday. I’m thinking it was while Dan and I were enjoying some time to ourselves, but I’m sure that lugging around a 40lb. kid doesn’t help things. Ryan has a bad habit of falling asleep on the floor, behind his bedroom door, where there is a dresser nearby, and it is not easy to bend over and haul him up and get him back into his bed. Not to mention he does the spaghetti legs routine throughout the day, and climbs and hangs on a lot of things that he shouldn’t, so I’m continually picking him up, putting him down, pulling him off of things, etc. You’d think he was a monkey that grew up swinging from Apricot trees with the way he acts and loves to climb!
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My name is Jenn, and I'm 27 years old. I'm happily married to my best friend and soulmate, Daniel. Together we have a six year old daughter named 
Name: Alyssa
Name: Ryan
