The joys of 6am

Amazingly enough, it is 6am and I am on the computer writting my first blog! My name is Jennifer, and I am the mother of 2 boys, 4 and 5, born 1 year and 2 weeks apart. As if having "Irish Twins" was not enough, both of my boys have PDD- Pervasive Developemental Delays. I have been looking for a long time on the internet for a place where mom's of PDD kids could get together and share not just medical questions, but ideas as well as stories of good times and bad times. You do not have to have a low functioning Autistic child to know that any type of disability (Apraxia, Aspergers, speech delays, physical delays etc...) have just as large an effect on you as a mother, and your family and marriage. I consider myself one of the lucky one's, I have a wonderful husband named Jay, and what I consider to be a happy marriage! Hopefully he considers it happy too! I also consider myself lucky because over the past three years- my son Danny (5)has been diagnosed with Autism, Seizure disorder, Asthma, Neurofibromatosis type 1, had a tumor removed, been through special ed. preschool, had his Autism diagnosis reversed, diagnosed with Apraxia (full body-not just verbal) and amazingly enough somehow he has been mainstreamed into a regular Kindergarten. My son Zachary (4), has Verbal Apraxia, the docs think he might have a seizure disorder and my mothers intuition tell's me something else is going on (sensory? maybe?). My husband has type 1 diabetes and has had it since he was a young boy. Last summer he passed out in the shower and after I woke him up he walked up to me and started blowing rasberries at me before passing out face down on the bed! Crazily enough, all I could think of was "I better get some underwear on him before the ambulance gets here, or else he will be soooooo mad!" As all mom's know, your health ends up coming last. I have just had a weird couple years... I have had a breast cancer scare, brain surgery and anything else "strange" you could throw at me. I am a survivor, or just crazy... not sure which one? The biggest lesson I have learned from all this is: take things in stride and try not to complain, it can only get better. By the way... Diapers on the dashboard was my brother Matt's idea. One day at my mom's house I was changing my son Zachy on the front seat of my car, my brother walked up behind me as I had left a poopy diaper on the dashboard. Luckily he reminded me it was there or else we would have had quite a surprise when we all went to left! Well, welcome to my blog and please let me and other mom's know about your adventures in MOTHERHOOD!