When Autumn Comes: Seasons of Hope for Medical + Disability Moms

Our kids don’t sleep and apparently when we actually do sleep - we have weird dreams. Welcome to the 4AM Mom Club. 

Random dreams you don’t want to miss:

• Crossdressing Husband
• High School Nightmares

Links and resources:

• Want to join the 4AM Mom Club?  http://www.4am-mom-club.com
• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on our upcoming stories of medical and special needs parenting from families like yours.

And, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and a review? Thanks! 

Once a year, on the rarest day, the rarest diseases and rarest warriors are celebrated around the world.  In this episode of When Autumn Comes we are celebrating Rare Disease Day by sharing statistics from www.rarediseaseday.org and stories from our rare, amazing listeners.  

Highlights you do not want to miss:

• Adorable kiddos on our hotline and their amazing strong mamas who did the dialing
• 1 in 20 people are affected by a rare disease.  This isn’t counting the friends, family and caregivers who are also affected. 
• Lorelei’s Diagnosis Day is Rare Disease Day! 
• How being rare-families makes us feel… 

Links and resources:

• Learn more about Rare Disease Day: www.rarediseaseday.org 
• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on our upcoming stories of medical and special needs parenting from families like yours.

And, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a 5 star rating and a review!  Thank You! 

In this snippet of When Autumn Comes Bonus Content Suz and Di talk about tattoos.  Then you learn that Diane believes hummingbirds eat jelly - not juice.  Welcome to the 4AM Mom Club. 

Highlights you don’t want to miss (or maybe you do?):

• Tattoos - who has them? 
• Suz has a hummingbird mask and a slight obsession with the tiny birds

Links and resources:

• Want to join the 4AM Mom Club?  http://www.4am-mom-club.com
• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on our upcoming stories of medical and special needs parenting from families like yours.

And, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and a review? Thanks!

Unfortunately chronic trauma and living in crisis mode is normal for special needs and medical moms.  In this episode, we talk about The Ring Theory.  This brilliant theory was created by Silk and Goodman - and it helps us explain what to do in a crisis.  

Highlights you do not want to miss:

• Comfort in, Dump out 
• Handling daily crises and unexpected PICU stays
• How to comfort inward
• The value of the outer rings - hint, we need you! 

Links and resources:

• Learn more about the Ring Theory here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/promoting-hope-preventing-suicide/201705/ring-theory-helps-us-bring-comfort-in
• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on our upcoming stories of medical and special needs parenting from families like yours.

And, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a 5 star rating and a review!  Thank You!  

Sarah joins the 4AM Mom Club today.  This bonus content is basically the after show of our last WAC episode.  We talk, off the cuff, about God, Grief, Comparison and life and how we handle it as shouty moms. 

Highlights you don’t want to miss:

• Temper tantrums + Why us God? 
• Comparisons
• Foster Parents for God

Links and resources:

• Want to join the 4AM Mom Club?  https://whenautumncomes.com/4am-momclub/
• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on our upcoming stories of medical and special needs parenting from families like yours.

And, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and a review? Thanks! 

Sarah is a mom of four boys, two of which have Duschenne Muscular Dystrophy.  Sarah shares what it was like receiving the diagnosis for Caleb… and the shock of receiving it again for her youngest, Dunky. 

Topics we talked about that you do not want to miss:

- The disease that affects this family is Duschenne Muscular Dystrophy

- Blending a family with an age gap and how quickly her older boys had to grow up

- Walking the line of quality of life vs. quantity of life

Links and resources:

- Follow Sarah and her family on their website: http://www.kasnerskickduchenne.org/

- Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast

- Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

Whether you are a special needs or medical mom, or someone who loves one, make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on our upcoming stories of medical and special needs parenting from families like yours.

And, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a 5 star rating and a review!  Thank You!  

Here’s a little bonus content for ya.  If this is the first 4AM Mom Club you are joining us for… it’s not normal.  Skip it.  It’s kinda boring and kinda disturbing all at the same time.  Suz and Diane are chatting about foot peels today… 

Stories you don’t want to miss:

- Are you a peeler? 

- Would you let your daughter peel your feet? 

Links and resources:

- Want to join the 4AM Mom Club?  https://whenautumncomes.com/4am-momclub/

- Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast

- Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on our upcoming stories of medical and special needs parenting from families like yours.

And, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and a review? Thanks! 

Anne, a brave and strong mother, shares her son Parker with us today.  Not only do we discuss special needs parenthood, but we talk about her bumpy entry into motherhood as she navigated the complexities of her postpartum depression and anxiety. 

Topics we talked about that you do not want to miss:

- ADHD and Autism affect this family 

- Postpartum Depression and Anxiety: how it has affected her relationship with her son

- Triggers for Mom when your child has special needs

Links and resources:

- Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast

- Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on our upcoming stories of medical and special needs parenting from families like yours.

And, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a 5 star rating and a review!  Thank You!  

This is a fun bonus place where we basically record random 4AM Mom Club conversations between Suz + Diane.  Janice is back again this week to give us a review of her new Spanx and we try to find her a new hobby… Crocheting, except Suz cannot spell it correctly. 

Stories you don’t want to miss:

• She’s bringing sexy back!
• Can someone tell me how to actually spell crow-shitting? 

Links and resources:

• Want to join the 4AM Mom Club?  https://whenautumncomes.com/4am-momclub/
• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on our upcoming stories of medical and special needs parenting from families like yours.

And, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a rating and a review? Thanks!

Once-ish a month, Susan and Diane are more than just your podcast hostesses talking with other special needs and medical moms.  Instead, it's just the two of them, casually chatting over a beverage of choice, while opening themselves up to raw conversations together.  This week they are taking on the topic of trauma and opening their hearts.  Susan’s daughter, Lorelei, recently had an unexpected PICU stay for two brain surgeries.  It led us to this conversation and we feel like so many of our listeners may relate. 

Moments you do not want to miss:

• Facing trauma: How you handle it versus how your significant other handles it
• We talk about coping mechanisms 
• Handling the “fixers” in our lives
• Triggers that bring trauma to the surface

Links and resources:

• Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow us on Instagram: @WhenAutumnComesPodcast
• Follow Diane on Insta: @Diane.Kay.Erdman
• Follow Susan on Insta: @suzgeoghegan

Make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss out on our upcoming stories of medical and special needs parenting from families like yours.

And, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a 5 star rating and a review!  Thank You!