A Day in the Life with a Special Needs Child

Yup, I have a special needs child. He has Autism, Agenisis of the Corpus Colosum and a hearing loss. It means that there are doctor appointments, therapies and tantrums. It also means hugs and lots of "Hubba Hubba's".  It also means that your life is not yours anymore. You share it with an amazing little human that will test you beyond your limits and makes you melt at every turn with a smile.

Playing with toys before breakfast

My typical day starts at 7. We get up, get breakfast, get dressed and at 8, he's on the bus for school. While he's at school, I get my house clean, shower and try and do an errand or two. Then, at 11:30, he's back home. Then it's lunch time. Depending on the day, his behavioral therapist Danial is here to work with him until 2:30. We work on saying please, thank you, welcome, and help. We also get plenty of Exercise with parks, the trampoline, and going for walks.

Hanging out with his daddy.

Typically, about 3:30-4 it's snack time. It will be anything from cereal, waffles, hotdogs or a sandwich. Then we play until its time for me to start dinner. That's about 6-7. We work with eating with a spoon or fork. Then more play time. Bath and music for bed. While doing all of this, he babbles and talks to me. He runs and hugs me. He holds my hand and tries his hardest to tell me what he wants. We get frustrated at each other. We yell, we sing and smile and laugh.

Little man asleep with his two dogs. Such vicious little doggies.

Then when the day's over and he's in bed, I feel lonely because my little man's voice isn't making music in the house anymore. So I go to bed so that in the morning, I have music again.