Little E’s arrival has meant that I need to keep Ethan very busy and with me at all times. This is because his affections towards Litte E are very intense and at times obsessive. We can’t leave him in a situation where he could accidentally hurt his sister. The positive aspect of this is that […]
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Ethan has very restricted food choices, it makes dinner times a nightmare. Sometimes we have good weeks, sometimes we have bad. It can be a very frustrating adventure! We also have the same issue with what Ethan drinks. He would only drink water and milk from his beaker. He dropped his milk drinking a while
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Ethan started to learn how to use PECS after his diagnosis last year. He took to it very quickly and I spent ages taking photos of all of his toys and making the cards so that he could request the items he wanted. Then one day he just decided he didn’t want to use them
Being that Ethan is non-verbal I have always been very aware that it’s hard to communicate with him to let him know about future plans. There have been times when we have gone out for the day and I feel like Ethan is just plonked in the car and taken there. Of course we talk
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I have noticed that things around here have been getting a little tougher with Ethan and I can only blame myself. November is a really busy month for us and it has really thrown me, and I’m feeling even less organised than before. Ethan must be able to feel these tensions and we are having
