Now *that* is definitely not in my job description! Lol and I'm not someone who goes around saying that all the time, but you've gotta draw the line somewhere.
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Now *that* is definitely not in my job description! Lol and I'm not someone who goes around saying that all the time, but you've gotta draw the line somewhere.
I feel the loveNow *that* is definitely not in my job description! Lol and I'm not someone who goes around saying that all the time, but you've gotta draw the line somewhere.
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That's really cool man. I'm happy for you!Ethan just made my day with a HUGE milestone!!!
Do you by chance ever listen to radiolab?
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Nope. Never heard of it. Is that a band, station, show?
Ok I have now tried scar face and omg this juice amazing now I'm in love with two must have scar face and 12:50
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I really love Handcheck. It's got high VG and is great for dripping. The taste isn't strong enough for most people when they put it in a tank though.
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Thanks and I realized you probably won't see this since that isn't really a thread people would monitor, but here's another pic of EthanVoted.
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It's a radio show on npr, but they also do podcasts. It's basically two intelligent curious guys digging into interesting questions and/or stories, whether it's science, history or whatever related. I just listened to one about an autistic boy. Had me in tears on the train home from work. That wasn't embarrassing at all...
Anyway, highly recommend it. I'll send a link if I can figure it out.
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Hey guys. For those of you that vape 710, what do you do for a coil. I tried dripping it on my .4-.5 ohm coil and I'm getting nada for flavor. Could just be my taste buds.
Thanks and I realized you probably won't see this since that isn't really a thread people would monitor, but here's another pic of Ethan
He's is soo cute!! You and your wife made one handsome little man!
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http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...olab_podcast/radiolab_podcast14juicervose.mp3
Here you go if you're interesting. Very touching.
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect...olab_podcast/radiolab_podcast14juicervose.mp3
Here you go if you're interesting. Very touching.
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I tend to look less at the ohms and more the resulting watts. Typically target the 12.5 watt range. Sometimes prefer 710 around 11 though. It is a subtle flavor vs a strong one like WTF or Pluid.
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Looks very much like me as a little boy. So I know he isn't the mail man's! LOLHe's is soo cute!! You and your wife made one handsome little man!
Such a handsome young man with a great big look of rotten in his eyesThanks and I realized you probably won't see this since that isn't really a thread people would monitor, but here's another pic of Ethan
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Thanks. It is interesting to hear other stories, but like the father near the end said... if you have met one person with autism, you have met one person with autism.
We knew had autism around 15 months. He was diagnosed at 18 months and started in-home therapy at about 22 months.
Being the analytical type that I am (officially diagnosed with Asperger's about a year ago) I never mourned this but instead focused on how to adapt and work with him on it.
Because of this, we have always participated directly in his therapy and continue to work directly with his school team as just that, a team.
He is minimally verbal, but very smart so we have been able to keep him in a mainstream classroom. Not certain that we will be able to keep him there, but we will try our best
The big issue is the communication of written things, so time will tell how successful he will be there...
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i really liked that "if you have met one person with autism, you have met one person with autism" quote.Thanks. It is interesting to hear other stories, but like the father near the end said... if you have met one person with autism, you have met one person with autism.
We knew had autism around 15 months. He was diagnosed at 18 months and started in-home therapy at about 22 months.
Being the analytical type that I am (officially diagnosed with Asperger's about a year ago) I never mourned this but instead focused on how to adapt and work with him on it.
Because of this, we have always participated directly in his therapy and continue to work directly with his school team as just that, a team.
He is minimally verbal, but very smart so we have been able to keep him in a mainstream classroom. Not certain that we will be able to keep him there, but we will try our best
It sounds like you and your wife have taken a very healthy approach with your son. As a new father it kind of freaks me out to think about the decisions I will have to make throughout the years.
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This, right here is what more parents should do, whether their child has a disability or not, you need to be involved in your child's education and life to the fullest amount you can be. I'm tired of "parents" who just send their children to school and check out. My wife home schooled our youngest from 3rd grade up until this year when he started 8th grade so he could get back into the school social skills before high school, and we're still heavily involved in his school (her more so than myself because of my work schedule). Children need to have that interaction to develop into good adults.
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That's funny... I have been considering doing that mix myself in the last couple of days.
What ratio did you use?
Right at 50/50, but you could probably do less of the Lotus and it would still be quite tasty
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The big thing is to keep track of milestones. If one is missed don't freak out but definitely pay attention to the others and talk to your pediatrician.
Contrary to some beliefs, vaccines have not been linked to autism. The doctor who published the "research" that is the foundation of all other studies that show a link, has admitted that he made up the data and has been stripped of his title and licenses.
Ethan started showing signs of autism prior to his first vaccine injection.
As for gluten, be aware that there is a blood test to determine if the child has a gluten sensitivity, don't just jump on the gluten free bandwagon. It is an expensive and effort intensive diet.
As @Demoniacal said, it is important to be involved and participate in your childs learning and developmental play so that you understand what is going on and can help work through any issues that come up.
From what you have said, I expect you to not have any problems keeping up with the runt
I agree, I talk with my sons teachers every day once before school and once after we also send email back and forth
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Thanks IMI. I definitely appreciate the advice.The big thing is to keep track of milestones. If one is missed don't freak out but definitely pay attention to the others and talk to your pediatrician.
Contrary to some beliefs, vaccines have not been linked to autism. The doctor who published the "research" that is the foundation of all other studies that show a link, has admitted that he made up the data and has been stripped of his title and licenses.
Ethan started showing signs of autism prior to his first vaccine injection.
As for gluten, be aware that there is a blood test to determine if the child has a gluten sensitivity, don't just jump on the gluten free bandwagon. It is an expensive and effort intensive diet.
As @Demoniacal said, it is important to be involved and participate in your childs learning and developmental play so that you understand what is going on and can help work through any issues that come up.
From what you have said, I expect you to not have any problems keeping up with the runt
It can be overwhelming keeping up with all the milestones, but with him being a preemie, doctors and early interventionists are paying close attention to his development. So far so good, he's just really little. It really freaks people out to see a 12 lb baby standing up and eating vegetables and such.
Then I guess @Thayer wouldn't feel so alone over there he's in need of friends
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LOL. Ethan was 4 weeks early and 5lbs 8oz when he was born. Within a week he had dropped to 4lbs 10oz.
I know what it is like to worry about a truly "little" guy. At his last physical at 11 years old, he is finally above the 50% mark for height but still down in the 40% range for weight. He is growing vertically like a weed though, and I fully expect him to hit 6ft. I'm 6'1" so he has a way to go, but at 5' he doesn't have far to go till he is taller than his mom at 5'3" and she is crying about how quickly he is growing.
Maintaining eye contact, babbling, and facination with spinning things are the early indicators to watch out for.
My middle one was a preemie 3#s 2 oz he fit in my shoe was all purple and wrinkles this is him now at 25
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Other than my foot killing me, today was amazing, though it made me feel alot older. My oldest nephew, who I consider my second child since he lived with us for years before he joined the Marines became a father today to a baby girl 6lbs 3oz. I almost feel like a grandfather even just becoming a great-uncle. I'm sad I couldn't go visit him and his wife to meet my new niece, but my wife and youngest son are there, and my oldest son lives with them and I get to meet her when they come home for Easter.
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Congrats... but that all sounds rather confusing
I twisted some 26g wire today. 5 wraps came out to .3 ohm. I want it higher. Do I use more or less wraps?
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Twisted cuts your resistance in half (at least approximately).
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Tripp was 2.5 lbs when he was born. I think he just made it onto the chart weight wise. He's in like the 10-20% range height wise. His mom and I are both pretty short, so I don't expect to see him in the nba or anything.
Do you mind elaborating on those indicators? He intermittently maintains eye contact and babbles a lot. Is that a concern? He doesn't really care about spinning things.
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My family dynamic is rather confusing. Hard to explain all of the reasons I consider my nephew like another one of my children, but my wife and myself are very close with all the children in the immediate family. I guess because we're the ones who actually pay attention and show that we care about them. Her sister, and my sister are both single parents, and can barely maintain their households, much less maintaining the closeness my wife can get with children. I work alot so that my wife can be there for all of the children, not just ours. I miss out on time with the kids, but I do it knowing that they are taken care of, and I make up for it as much as possible when I'm off.Congrats... but that all sounds rather confusing
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Babies with autism tend to be very quiet and don't maintain eye contact. They frequently do not show facial expressions that register recognition of faces or voices that are familiar.
As an example, my wife was convinced that I didn't like our son or want to spend any time with him. The opposite was true, but whenever I tried to play with him he didn't respond and never responded to anything I did or really reacted in any way to me.
My father is kind of the baby noises. Ethan never really payed much attention to him, while our daughter (and every other baby he has ever been around) was completely engaged and thoroughly amused.
If you said his name he never recognized it. Still takes a lot of effort to get his attention and typically requires us to prompt him with trigger words like "pause" and "eyes".
I guess the simplest way to explain it is to say that he simply didn't pay any attention to anyone. If anyone was holding him, he'd look at what held his interest, typically whatever was in his view that was spinning or sparkling.
You have probably seen the tower toys like this one:
Ethan had it and the only interest he normally showed was watching the spinning disk in the middle. He would also lay on his back and watch the ceiling fans spin. He would do this for hours if we let him.
We completely gave up on having pictures taken of him, because it was to difficult to try to get him to look at a camera. Fortunately I had a lot of experience as a newspaper and public relations photographer from my early 20's and invested in my own lighting equipment so that we could spend the hour and hundred pictures necessary to get one truly good picture.
Fortunately, now he is a complete ham for the camera but his smile has regressed so it's a 2 steps forward 1 step back scenario but we will take it everyday
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Can definitely relate to that one. My wife just started working part time again after Ethan started 3rd grade. Originally it was supposed to be just during the school day and for mad money for her. Unfortunately with me being on disability, and her inability to say no to work, it has increased to about 30-35 hours a week and frequently in the evenings and overnight.
Her being away has caused an interesting shift in the dynamic between me and Ethan though. It's almost like he either is so in tune with me that he constantly wants to make sure I'm okay, or he has developed some serious separation anxiety and always wants to know exactly where I am. It has gotten to a point where I have to tell him before I go outside for a couple of minutes to look for something in the garage or move from one room to another for an extended period of time.
He sleeps wherever I am now to. I don't think he has slept in his own bed for at least 4 or 5 months now.
It looks like you all have been having a good time while I was gone! I came home and found my package from Vaping Watch!!! You weren't kidding about well packed, wow. I am way too tired to try these out tonite, but tomorrow I will tearing into them.
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LOL, I initially thought you meant that opening the packaging was exhausting
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Thanks for the clarification, that makes perfect sense. With Tripp I think a lot the concern is physical at this point, but so far so good (he actually scores really well for his actual age, not just his adjusted age which is a really good sign). With preemies, there's apparently a lot of concern around learning disabilities that start to show around 2nd grade. Definitely have to keep an eye on that.Babies with autism tend to be very quiet and don't maintain eye contact. They frequently do not show facial expressions that register recognition of faces or voices that are familiar.
As an example, my wife was convinced that I didn't like our son or want to spend any time with him. The opposite was true, but whenever I tried to play with him he didn't respond and never responded to anything I did or really reacted in any way to me.
My father is kind of the baby noises. Ethan never really payed much attention to him, while our daughter (and every other baby he has ever been around) was completely engaged and thoroughly amused.
If you said his name he never recognized it. Still takes a lot of effort to get his attention and typically requires us to prompt him with trigger words like "pause" and "eyes".
I guess the simplest way to explain it is to say that he simply didn't pay any attention to anyone. If anyone was holding him, he'd look at what held his interest, typically whatever was in his view that was spinning or sparkling.
You have probably seen the tower toys like this one:
Ethan had it and the only interest he normally showed was watching the spinning disk in the middle. He would also lay on his back and watch the ceiling fans spin. He would do this for hours if we let him.
We completely gave up on having pictures taken of him, because it was to difficult to try to get him to look at a camera. Fortunately I had a lot of experience as a newspaper and public relations photographer from my early 20's and invested in my own lighting equipment so that we could spend the hour and hundred pictures necessary to get one truly good picture.
Fortunately, now he is a complete ham for the camera but his smile has regressed so it's a 2 steps forward 1 step back scenario but we will take it everyday
I love hearing stories about parents learning to deal with their kids' unique situations. My brother-in-law was apparently a really bizarre kid and his dad had to develop this series of games they would play every morning to get him through his day. I hope I can rise to the occasion if/when the time comes, like he and you have done.
Thanks for sharing your experiences!
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The biggest challenge that I have seen fathers struggle to overcome is accepting that (in most cases) their sons are not going to be able to play sports competitively with typical kids. This was easy for me, simply because I was never focused on team sports. I actually was never good at being a "team player" and instead focused on doing the best that I personally could do and being happy and challenged. So... this translated to me becoming a father who was much more focused on making sure my kids do things that interest them and that they have the tools and support to the best that they can do.
Our daughter played elite softball since she was 10 years old. We didn't push her to that level, but we did explore what was available to her that allowed her to stay challenged and have fun. We never focused on being on the best team, but on the team with families who shared our values and goals with coaches that taught the team how to improve and respect the sport while push them but treating them as people and not just game pieces.
She was a pitcher, a very good one but on the control and ball placement end of the spectrum vs the speed end. She developed a condition that causes the bloodflow to her pitching arm to get cut off when doing her pitching motion. The "cure" is to remove one of her ribs and go through a lot of PT to recover. When her doctor told her, we she and I looked at each other and then she looked at the Dr and simply told him "I guess I'm done pitching then" knowing full well that I supported her in whatever decision she made. He was astounded and told us that he was dreading the conversation and wished all the families of athletes were like us.
She misses softball, but it's not the end of the world and I'm proud of her for doing what she felt was right for her, not what she thought would make me happy.
Being aware, supportive and most of all patient, will enable you to handle pretty much everything you need as a father. From what I've seen over the last couple of months, I'd say you are well on your way to being a great one.
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Ahh sports. Yes, I've come to terms with the fact that Tripp probably won't dominate athletically. I played football for 11 years of my life and I loved it for probably 10 of those years. My wife's brothers are huge and have these massive calves; I've said for years that it's a crime they never played football and if my sons inherit their legs, I'm pushing them straight to the NFL. Obviously I'm joking when I say this, but it's a fun fantasy for me. Tripp will likely never dominate on the football field and that's ok. there's a good chance that he wouldn't be into it anyway. I have a lot of other interests that I would love to share with him. If he isn't interested in any of those, then I'm excited to learn about whatever it is he does find interesting.
Similar to your daughter, an unfortunate injury should have ended my football career. I fractured a lower vertebrae early in my 8th grade season that wasn't diagnosed until several years later. Instead, I was told I had back spasms and had to play through the pain. I ended up playing 2 full seasons through the worst pain I have ever experience and was constantly told to "man up". I hated my 9th grade season and never signed up in 10th. At that point I had a band, a job and a girlfriend, all of which I was told I couldn't have if I wanted to stay on the team. That's the biggest reason I stopped, but the pain played a factor as well. Really, I should have been x-rayed and forced to sit out. Football culture is actually really absurd.
I really appreciate the feedback the on my fathering skills. I think I'm doing a good job so far, but I get a little insecure about it from time to time. It helps to have the positive reinforcement.
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