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Author Archives: David's Father

some lessons need to be learned…

Some lessons need to be learned the hard way I guess. At breakfast David was in his usual mood.   I always get irritated when the he puts an empty cereal container back in the cupboard.  I told him that it bugs me. “But dad, there is cereal still in there!”  he said. So I shook the container.  There was cereal alright.  Four or five pieces. “That reminds me, another boy bought me a sausage and egg sandwich yesterday morning for breakfast.  I’ll have to eat that on the way to school.”  David stated. I replied, “no, that is not a good idea, and you will get sick.” David argues, “But dad, it was still wrapped.” So mom and I both explained about food poisoning.  I don’t think he listened. As I signed his daily report card, with him watching, we again extolled the concept that food, wrapped or not, that

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Tags: argue, attention, daily, food poisoning, report card ·

hmmm Toby you smell bad

Toby is our Pomeranian.  David decided that since Toby hadn’t had a haircut and bath recently that he would deodorize him.  So he sprayed him with a Lysol type spray. So far the dog hasn’t gotten sick. And he did get a bath and hair cut this past weekend. We have explained before that he can’t spray the dogs with anything.  Last time he was home, he sprayed two of our dogs with bug spray.   No explanation as to why. Frustrating.  And we do have locks on the cupboards.  They aren’t even challenging to him anymore, he is an amateur locksmith. Tweet #fighting4answrs

Tags: autism, behavior, frustrating, pet ·

It’s your fault dad, you shouldn’t have bought me….

“It’s your fault dad, you shouldn’t have bought me a sandwich for lunch.  You should have asked me first, before you bought the sandwich.” Never mind that he was excited about it when I gave it to him.  Never mind that he took all of the lettuce, the tomato and onion. I had to run errands, or he could have just eaten at home. How did I discover that he didn’t eat the sandwich?  He was supposed to eat it while I was in Menard’s.  When we got home, he went to get out, and he was sitting on the sandwich. If he didn’t want it, he could have easily wrapped it back up in the plastic and put it in the bag.  Could have saved it for one of his brothers.  Instead, since he was sitting on it… it got thrown away. The sandwich isn’t a big deal.  The

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