Blog Entries tagged 'autism'

Personalize a Snugfits Tee for Tots Contest!

brett@snugfits.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Life around here isn't crazy enough, what the heck, let's do a onesie contest! Sara is busy updating this website to a newer, improved version while nursing a finicky 4 month old. Bodie has been so fussy lately during the day, Sara can hardly put him down. He spends most of his time in her lap on the Boppy pillow, cuddled up to the mammaries. Life is good for him.

I spend most of my free time, which is usually from 3:30 to 6 AM, stocking up for the [...]

Signing for Babies

brett@snugfits.com — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Signing Time came to Gavin's school! Rachel and her daughter Leah of the awesome PBS program Signing Time put on a show for all the kids last week. Their story is pretty amazing and inspiring. You should read about them on her website: SigningTime.com. Sara has been a fan of Rachel's blog since she started it. Now Rachel's made videos to teach babies how to sign. Some babies can start signing as [...]

A Day at the Beach

brett@snugfits.com — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:00:00 +0100

As always, Surfers Healing was awesome this year. It was huge turnout, bigger than ever! Gavin even had his own little fan club there to "Ooh and Aah" over him! It was an unforgettable day, especially since Sara was starting to go into labor with Bodie! We knew from the previous two births that she labors slowly and methodically, so we felt it best to spend the beginning stages of labor at the beach [...]

A New Word: Summertime!

brett@snugfits.com — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:00:00 +0100

It's funny how children learn words sometimes. It's hard to teach some words to Gavin that aren't tangible objects. Especially abstract words like "summertime".

His first impression of that word came as we were leaving the local Jungle Rapids amusement park. The water park section was closed, and he saw the huge slides with colorful flags at the top and said "Flags!" [...]

Stress Free Disney

brett@snugfits.com — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Disney World was a magical place for this family to visit. It really was extraordinary. These boys were just as high as a kite for the whole week. The plane rides were fantastic! Waiting at the terminal for the gate to open was a bit tumultuous, as is anything to do with waiting for a child with autism and an unruly two year old. It was about 5:45 a.m. at the airport in Raleigh, and these boys were running roughshod over the entire Terminal A. We just pretty much let them go at a full t [...]

Natural Stain Removal for Baby Clothes

sara@snugfits.com — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:00:00 +0100

As the parent of a newborn baby, its natural to feel apprehensive about all the chemicals contained in laundry detergents and stain removers these days. You've got good reason to be worried. Those chemicals can cause bad rashes and skin irritations on your little one's sensitive skin. It seems like every other week there's another warning about the harmful chemicals in baby items. The focus here is on laundry, something I'm terribly familiar with as the mother of two boys, aged 4 and 2. My [...]

Preparing a Child with Autism for a Trip

brett@snugfits.com — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Getting a child with autism ready for a big trip is essential to the trip's success, I think. We haven't ever really tried it yet. We're going to Disney World, and these kids couldn't be more excited. All that Gavin talks about now is Disney World. Every day, he thinks we are going to go there immediately. He understands that we have to take an airplane, but I think he [...]

Toddler Modeling

brett@snugfits.com — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:00:00 +0100

My son is a model in a calendar! He's Mr. October! Sara entered him (Gavin 4yrs) into a contest for the National Autism Association annual calendar and he was picked! I just thought I'd use this little platform to brag a bit. We always knew he was a handsome devil, but wow. And now he's also on their advertisement for the big spring sale email. We had no idea they did that until it just popped in [...]

Embarrassed

brett@snugfits.com — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Gavin was embarrassed today! For the first time ever, I saw Gavin get red in the face and look very self conscious. He's nearly four (next week!) and he has Autism, so it is kind of a big deal to me. I feel like he's really healing when he shows tangible signs of a unique personality like that.

Here is what happened: We were at Fit for Fun, a cool little place downtown for toddlers and babies to hang out and play together. It's a great place. It's kind of a Saturday morn [...]

Potty Training Tips (needed)

brett@snugfits.com — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:00:00 +0100

On the subject of potty training, I am really mystified. Gavin was using the toilet for about a week. He loved it! It was his favorite thing to do.

"Gavin, do you have to pee pee in the potty? Yes or no?" I'd ask.

"Yes!" he would shout with great enthusiasm.

Now, when I ask him the same question, he pretends not to hear, or runs away. What' [...]

The sea was angry...

brett@snugfits.com — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:00:00 +0100

My name's Brett, but around here they call me daddy or dada. If you read Sara's blog you already know a little bit about our family. What I wanted to write about today is the Surfers Healing camp that comes to our town every summer. Gavin has been twice, and loved it both times. The first summer he was a 2 year old, and it was a stormy, wind whipped beach that day. The [...]

Hello World

sara@snugfits.com — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:00:00 +0100

Welcome to our blog! We have just launched our new website for Snugfits™ and could not be more excited about it! After all of our hard work - we finally have something to show for it. We worked for years perfecting our product and now we get to share it with the world instead of just our town. Not to say that we don't appreciate our loyal local customers, because we do... very much. They have given us the confidence to take our business to the next level.

Both my husband and [...]