Fathering Autism #127 The Maassives are eating their way through the US of A!

[Kimmied]

Sailing life is awesome and I miss it a lot. My in-laws had a 35 ft freedom sailboat and my happiest times were spent on that boat. I will always be a tent camper so, when the sold the boat for an rv, I wasn’t too pleased.

For us, boat means BustOutAnotherThousand. My parents have a 45’ RV and I’m loving it. Whole family fits in for day trips. Gas is crazy. I’m very surprised the Maassives have held on this long! I’d never attempt 2 months with my ID child. The rest of my adult children have left the country. A few of my brothers and their families went as well. I’m jealous, but for the first time in 30 years I get to be with my parents for an entire summer. My mom is 85 and runs circles around me. While we were down with Covid my mom planted an acre and a half of vegetables and helped my ID kid landscape part of my side yard. Husband got the all clear to go back to work today! He bounced out so fast I didn’t get to say goodbye.
On topic- we were at the Christmas Story house last week. It’s really just a house on a street. Of all of the awesome restaurants in downtown Cleveland that’s the best they could do?
The first one is the best steak ever. The second is in our Little Italy. Not only fantastic food but the entire area has something for everyone. Bocce tournaments, art walks, indoor childrens museums, art, health museums that are tons of fun for everyone. They missed out on the natural history museum. Abbie might have had fun chasing baby dinosaurs. We always do a week downtown. The kids and I do the activities and my husband works. What a waste of time travel Maasshole is.

 

[derr1117]

Had a feral client with severe IDD who had crappy family whod take his food plate away because he didn’t eat fast enough. He learned to steal food to survive and also to eat faster because he was afraid of it being taken away.

Had to do a lot of ”put the fork down” “hands waiting” and “chew slowly“

 

[CoffeeMomof2]

Perhaps our tattler parents of ND kids can elaborate further but, from what I know, having a flat affect IS a symptom of autism. Autism doesn't only affect the ability to read or perceive the emotions of others, but also in displaying or not outwardly displaying emotions and having the same emotional reactions as a NT individual. They may not see the need or have the instinct to make a large outward emotional display/reaction to something. However, that doesn't mean they don't feel anything.

For me, I've observed Abbie go into flat affect mode either when she's tired, when she's overstimulated (and therefore can't process anything) or when she is not interested in doing what is being asked.
If she were just far too severely I.D., she would have no response to the things that she does enjoy, going out to eat, going out for cart ride, listening to music etc. It would be across the board.

Yeah, the flat affect/robot-like demeanor was what jumped out for my older child. As a reminder, my younger child was diagnosed first and at a much younger age; it was during little one's diagnostic process where one of our specialists casually observed my older child's flat affect and suggested we look into an evaluation on them.

My younger kid is generally quite....animated and dramatic ( ) but they will "shut down" or lose any emotional affect when they're overwhelmed. I take a flat affect in my youngest as a sign they need help regulating. Kiddo was badly overwhelmed the last few days in the hospital & their flat mood was almost unrecognizable to some of our long-term caregivers.
Older kid is just one of those stoic people at heart so it's hard to tell if they're shutting down or if they're just Sheldoning - fortunately they're fully communicative & we can get things figured out if they need help pretty easily.

We wound up having to stay a little longer than planned. Even with constant IV hydration kiddo got dehydrated in the hospital & their kidneys were not pleased. We're home now, they're hydrated and stable...gotta go get bloodwork in a few days to look for signs of another AKI (acute kidney injury). Other than that little hiccup everything else went exactly as planned. Port is in great shape, surgery was a breeze and kiddo bounced back immediately after waking from anesthesia.
Still no concrete idea on the kidney problems. I mean, the docs are pretty sure they know why it's happening, but the medications my child is on should be keeping it from happening and no one knows why they're not. We're almost certainly looking at a drastic overhaul of their entire medication regimen. Yay.

I wondered what that smell was. I wonder if they stayed west or east? Are there really people that come in to town to look at the stupid rubber free stamp? So happy I’m so far south. Unless they tried to stay at one of the quarries? That would be hilarious! They’d have no idea what hit them!

Guessing they stayed southeast in Streetsboro, unless they left the trailer at a Walmart parking lot while "in town" before hauling it out to Sandusky for the night.

TO THEIR CREDIT, I did appreciate that they spent 30 seconds admiring the somewhat unique architecture of Cleveland. I love the postwar suburban bungalows and pre-war industrial duplexes in the city & inner ring. This really is a cool city. They didn't see even a fraction of it, but at least they mentioned a couple valid points of interest without making the same old tired jokes about flaming rivers.

 

[Nattyduke]

For us, boat means BustOutAnotherThousand. My parents have a 45’ RV and I’m loving it. Whole family fits in for day trips. Gas is crazy. I’m very surprised the Maassives have held on this long! I’d never attempt 2 months with my ID child. The rest of my adult children have left the country. A few of my brothers and their families went as well. I’m jealous, but for the first time in 30 years I get to be with my parents for an entire summer. My mom is 85 and runs circles around me. While we were down with Covid my mom planted an acre and a half of vegetables and helped my ID kid landscape part of my side yard. Husband got the all clear to go back to work today! He bounced out so fast I didn’t get to say goodbye.
On topic- we were at the Christmas Story house last week. It’s really just a house on a street. Of all of the awesome restaurants in downtown Cleveland that’s the best they could do?
The first one is the best steak ever. The second is in our Little Italy. Not only fantastic food but the entire area has something for everyone. Bocce tournaments, art walks, indoor childrens museums, art, health museums that are tons of fun for everyone. They missed out on the natural history museum. Abbie might have had fun chasing baby dinosaurs. We always do a week downtown. The kids and I do the activities and my husband works. What a waste of time travel Maasshole is.

Mia Bella in Cleveland’s Little Italy is our FAVE!!!

 

[Whimsical]

Big Bad Big P going to take them down with her girth I'm guessing.

I woke up to this news bit on my phone, which is the norm for Chicago,
to be honest.

 

[SCCOct66]

Nobody wants to be your friend, Piggy. They can smell the tin can from where they are

 

[KateK]

Nobody wants to be your friend, Piggy. They can smell the tin can from where they are

I wonder how many complaints they have had in RV parks? The all night honking/screaming... the leaving the dogs locked up all day .. and they could be barking all day, the huge cameras day and night... the adult diapers probably thrown in the most convenient trash receptacle... the rotting food they probably toss daily.... etc etc...Not to mention Asshat just being a straight up jerk to people and P trying to reel them into slimelife..

yep they sound like great RV park friends/neighbors.

 

[SilentPrincess]

Nobody wants to be your friend, Piggy. They can smell the tin can from where they are

I can smell the tin can from London

 

[Whimsical]

Whale as the rest of you fine Tattlers are saying...who goes to Portillos and gets a hotdog?

They are famous for their Italian Beef.
I wonder if Big P got the Big Beef dipped! I will admit it is YUMMY and HUGE!!!
Man Whims and I each get one and then we have 3 days' worth of meals each!!

Speaking of Big P...
It looks like she has food in her teeth again and that disappearing/reappearing space between her front teeth is back!!!

 

[Noir Fan]

For us, boat means BustOutAnotherThousand. My parents have a 45’ RV and I’m loving it. Whole family fits in for day trips. Gas is crazy. I’m very surprised the Maassives have held on this long! I’d never attempt 2 months with my ID child. The rest of my adult children have left the country. A few of my brothers and their families went as well. I’m jealous, but for the first time in 30 years I get to be with my parents for an entire summer. My mom is 85 and runs circles around me. While we were down with Covid my mom planted an acre and a half of vegetables and helped my ID kid landscape part of my side yard. Husband got the all clear to go back to work today! He bounced out so fast I didn’t get to say goodbye.
On topic- we were at the Christmas Story house last week. It’s really just a house on a street. Of all of the awesome restaurants in downtown Cleveland that’s the best they could do?
The first one is the best steak ever. The second is in our Little Italy. Not only fantastic food but the entire area has something for everyone. Bocce tournaments, art walks, indoor childrens museums, art, health museums that are tons of fun for everyone. They missed out on the natural history museum. Abbie might have had fun chasing baby dinosaurs. We always do a week downtown. The kids and I do the activities and my husband works. What a waste of time travel Maasshole is.

Murray Hill! Love Little Italy. We used to eat at the Aurora Restaurant down there. My folks are near there at Mayfield Cemetery. Next to Lake View cemetery where President Garfield is entombed. Now that’s something to see! The Rockefeller's are also there. I am an unashamed cemetery fan.

Besides the gruesome stuff, there are tons of stuff to see and go. West Side Market, ride on the Rapid Transit, etc. I love my at-heart home!

 

[SilentPrincess]

Whale as the rest of you fine Tattlers are saying...who goes to Portillos and gets a hotdog?
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They are famous for their Italian Beef.
I wonder if Big P got the Big Beef dipped! I will admit it is YUMMY and HUGE!!!
Man Whims and I each get one and then we have 3 days' worth of meals each!!
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Speaking of Big P...
It looks like she has food in her teeth again and that disappearing/reappearing space between her front teeth is back!!!
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Her skin is so starting to match the colour of her leather bag, and looking more like meat instead of skin too.

Is it me, or is the line on her snout looking more pronounced in this picture.

 

[MaidenX]

Ya know.... I wonder....

You guys remember all the weird "trucks" or beauty hacks. Maybe P constantly cramming her hand into her nose, shoging it up, is a habit she developed because someone told her it would give her a perky nose. Or she read it in cosmo right after the article "how to get knocked up and trap a man."

 

[What the ....]

HOW bleeping HARD IS IT TO PUTTING bleeping SUNSCREEN ON ABBIE?
That witch can fry her leathery spam skin all she wants but ABBIE DOESN'T GET A CHOICE.

 

[lillibb]

Her skin is so starting to match the colour of her leather bag, and looking more like meat instead of skin too.

Is it me, or is the line on her snout looking more pronounced in this picture.

It sure looks like a scar. She cut off her nose to spite her face and they made her sew it back on, picked her nose one too many times, sniffed too many bicycle seats, the monkey bit it, it was that thumb trick but they put it back on, tell me gals, what do you think happened to it? A natural crease?

 

[therealamylynn]

HOW bleeping HARD IS IT TO PUTTING bleeping SUNSCREEN ON ABBIE?
That witch can fry her leathery spam skin all she wants but ABBIE DOESN'T GET A CHOICE.
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Someone on her facebook commented that Abbie looked burned and she countered saying it was the heat.

 

[SilentPrincess]

It sure looks like a scar. She cut off her nose to spite her face and they made her sew it back on, picked her nose one too many times, sniffed too many bicycle seats, the monkey bit it, it was that thumb trick but they put it back on, tell me gals, what do you think happened to it? A natural crease?

A truffle hunting accident?

 

[What the ....]

 

[KateK]

Have you all seen her facebook live? It took them 2 hours to get into Chicago.. but they are having the BEST TIME!!!! Their trip is SO MUCH FUN!!!!! They already know what they will be eating... Abbie wants Chipotle..lol.

The poor dogs probably locked up all day.

 

[Appalled watcher from Eng]

I still cant get over Pigs reaction to Fat Boy saying that Abbie has a stye. Oh it'll go away soon. Couldn't be arsed to even have a look. She is a Grade 1 witch.

And as for Pig in those hideous shorts - I cant believe how huge she has become. Why the hell doesnt she buy some nice loose fitting black linen trousers that would hide the enormity of her fat arse and gunt. Can anyone do a comparison of her now and 18 months ago? She has obviously outfatted a lot of her old wardrobe.

 

[lillibb]

A truffle hunting accident?

Still laughing, best answer ever!!!