tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post3856334141517014614..comments2024-01-20T05:43:50.949-05:00Comments on Just a Lil Blog: A Brief UpdateJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-35456346479561567042012-04-13T06:21:36.474-04:002012-04-13T06:21:36.474-04:00I second the 'just doesn't care' obser...I second the 'just doesn't care' observation, only it was more like 'just wasn't aware'. Like a lot of autistic kids he was in a zone and just didn't connect the dots when it came to feedback from his own body (all the rewards in the world won't help if you don't know what you're being rewarded for). So I gave up the fight and waited for signs that he did care - when that happened I pounced on him like a toilet ninja. It was worth the wait because it was quick and painless.Bec Oakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152186530221473967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-30740764753703909232012-04-12T09:21:05.095-04:002012-04-12T09:21:05.095-04:00yeah. . . i suspect we have similar situations in ...yeah. . . i suspect we have similar situations in that regard.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-62653658280517399562012-04-12T09:20:43.702-04:002012-04-12T09:20:43.702-04:00I just want to be sensitive to the feelings of my ...I just want to be sensitive to the feelings of my locusts. If they don't LIKE being called locusts, it would be insensitive of me to continue doing so.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-39553641267608743882012-04-11T19:35:38.188-04:002012-04-11T19:35:38.188-04:00Yeah. We have developed kind of a truce with potty...Yeah. We have developed kind of a truce with potty training. I don't try to train him and he doesn't flip his gourd. In all seriousness, the boy just doesn't give, well, a shit. About his shit. Or his piss. He will sit in his own urine-soaked pull-up for hours on end. Of course, it doesn't matter if he's in underwear. He'll still sit in it. Same goes for the poop. We "make" him poop right after breakfast (poop schedule for the win!) in hopes that it will be his only BM of the day. Yeah. Nice hope, that. We've done M&Ms, stickers, vacuuming (he loves it, don't ask), YouTube, Keyboard, spinning, etc. He just doesn't CARE. You can't win if the other person doesn' care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-13068688484037294282012-04-11T17:49:52.482-04:002012-04-11T17:49:52.482-04:00Cute picture! I don't think there's anythi...Cute picture! I don't think there's anything wrong with calling your family locusts if they're welcome locusts.Carrie - Cannibalistic Nerdhttp://www.cannibalisticnerd.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-63988138070056739922012-04-11T14:03:05.689-04:002012-04-11T14:03:05.689-04:00what if they're locusts in denial?what if they're locusts in denial?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-80498648564149377902012-04-11T12:54:49.091-04:002012-04-11T12:54:49.091-04:00It's OK to call the family locusts, you know, ...It's OK to call the family locusts, you know, if you are a locust. Then there's no harm. We had the family descend and I'm still trying to recover.....Lizbethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03449627964374811836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-53262185221168004722012-04-11T12:38:52.001-04:002012-04-11T12:38:52.001-04:00Thanks! We'll get it NEXT time.Thanks! We'll get it NEXT time.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-45854877353129611332012-04-11T12:38:36.002-04:002012-04-11T12:38:36.002-04:00the force abandoned me in midstream (no pun intend...the force abandoned me in midstream (no pun intended)!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-6169753746518053902012-04-11T12:38:08.214-04:002012-04-11T12:38:08.214-04:00awful awful week.awful awful week.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-52100060700156778832012-04-11T12:37:53.987-04:002012-04-11T12:37:53.987-04:00we're back in the "figure out another str...we're back in the "figure out another strategy" place too. So we ARE together. Let's start a club.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-62117594699163097122012-04-11T12:37:18.045-04:002012-04-11T12:37:18.045-04:00i don't know if I have the energy to describe ...i don't know if I have the energy to describe the minutia on this one. . . but I'll bet I come up with something.<br /><br />And thank you!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-73881800758886424192012-04-11T12:36:01.508-04:002012-04-11T12:36:01.508-04:00*joins you in the pit**joins you in the pit*Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-8114840630213070542012-04-11T12:35:47.537-04:002012-04-11T12:35:47.537-04:00I'll write about it. . . soonish.I'll write about it. . . soonish.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-48083891527761981992012-04-11T12:35:30.285-04:002012-04-11T12:35:30.285-04:00I could use a damn shot. Or two.I could use a damn shot. Or two.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-57275949016486883062012-04-11T12:35:16.022-04:002012-04-11T12:35:16.022-04:00lots of all the above!lots of all the above!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-4903236185154774202012-04-11T12:34:58.140-04:002012-04-11T12:34:58.140-04:00you did. You just didn't copy protect it.you did. You just didn't copy protect it.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-9851029619636277702012-04-11T12:34:41.626-04:002012-04-11T12:34:41.626-04:00She had m&m's. . . we got trained. . . and...She had m&m's. . . we got trained. . . and pwned.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-87229310640442050592012-04-11T12:34:10.938-04:002012-04-11T12:34:10.938-04:00Thank you! Potty training is over for now. We...Thank you! Potty training is over for now. We'll regroup and try again later. Not to spoil the surprise of the eventual potty training blog later. . . it didn't work.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-54173903043260826222012-04-11T12:33:20.932-04:002012-04-11T12:33:20.932-04:00Unintentional, but it's totally the type of th...Unintentional, but it's totally the type of thing I'd usually take credit for after the fact.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11538573774184028004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-4577192850692712872012-04-11T12:27:50.390-04:002012-04-11T12:27:50.390-04:00Ugh. Potty training is yet another reason we only ...Ugh. Potty training is yet another reason we only have the one kid. Good luck!Suniversehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02535141439995862912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-3411307097425404002012-04-11T11:39:49.441-04:002012-04-11T11:39:49.441-04:00Sending you positive potty training thoughts. We ...Sending you positive potty training thoughts. We are in the middle (?) I hope of our decade of potty training autistic twin boys. May the force be with you!mjsuperfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430437202459251288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-26086864928755149012012-04-11T09:31:33.628-04:002012-04-11T09:31:33.628-04:00Nothing says potty training like the words sequest...Nothing says potty training like the words sequestered and mimosa. . .Karen V.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02432239210579792788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-59763071553830422452012-04-11T08:11:44.837-04:002012-04-11T08:11:44.837-04:00If it makes you feel any better, we are right ther...If it makes you feel any better, we are right there with you on the potty training thing. Well, actually, we're in a hiatus until I can figure out another strategy -- because EVERYTHING I have tried to date does not work. Good luck, my friend. Keep us posted.KCFitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04907513801465812861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873182308469051103.post-78746925113674951952012-04-11T03:50:10.216-04:002012-04-11T03:50:10.216-04:00Hmmm potty training sounds like a lot of fun work!...Hmmm potty training sounds like a lot of fun work! Good luck on that one and I look forward to reading it all in minute detail. <br /><br />PS: Photo looks awesome. Love it.Plumsauce10https://www.blogger.com/profile/11639921213371691966noreply@blogger.com