Gave a bath to Jake today. As I said before this is rated G. 😂 gotta watch out and make sure the water isn't too hot when you wash his hair or he can get a little panicked! But he does love his baths! #autism awareness

Episode 24: Blue Eyes

Music soothes the savage beast. 🥰

Wally, Jake’s second dad, trying to put together a new twin size bed! Lol.#autism awareness

On top of autism, which 
 
very common, Jake has severe OCD. This is a video of Jake, watching his favorite movie Mickey and the beanstalk however, he only watches about three minutes of it and then I have to start it over again, over again over again over again! No joke. #Autism awareness.

Although I have posted a story about the closet debacle, I thought this one was pretty funny and I got Jake to help out a lot this time to clean up his OCD mess!  😵‍💫Some may think that I should try and stop this behavior, but with autism and OCD you need to pick and choose your battles in my opinion! He enjoys it. It gives him something to do and I think it makes him feel like he has some control in his home. #autism awareness

Jamie enjoying opening up a box from Amazon! He loves to be involved in everything we do, even when the box does not have bones! #autismawareness

Jakey’s visit to his neurologist regarding his seizures. Pretty good day considering he doesn’t like going to the doctor. He even gave Dr. Gill a hug and a kiss at the end of the appointment! 🤭 #Autism awareness

A little peek into Jake’s grandma’s life. Sue Sue, as she is called by all her grandchildren, is at physical therapy trying to shoot some hoops susu has Alzheimer’s and she is almost 90! She’s doing good and looking great! She doesn’t like being videotaped, but I caught her when she couldn’t stop me! Lol. Carla this is for you. #autism awareness.

Jakey wants his movie, Mickey and the beanstalk, his favorite! He’s in a happy mood today! #autism awareness

On this episode, I am describing one of the methods I used with  Jake  to improve his eye contact. It is called the sunrise method. Jake has always loved songs and so I used songs to improve his eye contact.  It was my favorite
approach over other therapies I tried over the years. #autism awareness