Image credit: Photo by Jill Greenseth on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I have a secret. I have been grieving over my children since, at times, before they were even born. Now that's not the way it's supposed to be, is it? I'm a mama, and mamas are supposed to be joy and love and [...]
Posts under ‘sleep deprivation’
Other People Have Higher Powers Too
Image credit: Photo by Tonyç on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons My husband and I go out regularly without our children, but until recently we had never been away overnight. Difficulties with sleep are common among children with autism, and my son has only just (at age seven) settled into something like a reliable sleep [...]
Note to Self
Image credit: Photo by DouG!! on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons This picture made me laugh — a lot. But that could just be because I'm massively sleep deprived and a little loopy. Dear Self, If you are going to take a nap on Sunday, I'd like you to know that it's a really bad [...]
Not Ready for the Day to Start Haikus
The house is asleep: Soft hum of my computer its gentle waking. My cold toes wiggle under a still sleeping cat: warm, furry blanket. There's movement outside, the light is getting sharper, but I'm not ready. I want to cling to that last moment of stillness like a lost lover.
The End of a Long Week
And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. ...unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes. ~Alcoholics Anonymous (The Big [...]
Ahhh!
Image credit: Photo byfofurasfelinas on FlickrLicensed under Creative Commons Yes! The kids are back in school, people! You know, I had all these wonderful plans for how I was going to use their school time to catch up on my blogging -- visit all of your blogs, answer your (long postponed) questions, write some posts [...]
Lost (Sleep)
I'm tired. So tired, I can't write any of the fabulous posts I have in mind. (You're dying to read them. I know. I can picture you all out there, gathered around your computer screens, breathless with anticipation, hitting refresh over and over again, muttering to yourselves, "But when will MPJ post?!") Now, I could [...]
Research Shows I’m Tired
Kristina at Autism Vox linked to Translating Autism's review of a study on sleep patterns in children. The findings? Children with autism slept significantly less during a 24 hours cycle than children with other developmental disabilities and typically developing kids. In regards to awakening events during the night, typically developing children had more awakenings than [...]
A Mama’s Song of Longing
Sleep, sleep, peaceful sleep.Sleep, uninterrupted sleep.That's what I want: sleep.
Calling a Parental Bluff
Photo credit:Photo by nycgeo on Flickr It's after 10 p.m. again. My son (thanks to a combination of allergies, excitement over a special event at school tomorrow and the weather) was up more than an hour past his usual bedtime. So, I have been in the presence of kids (excluding the two hours a day [...]
