Blog Newbie, Here! Hello!

Wow! Blogging! What a fabulous idea! I wish I had thought of blogging two years ago when my son was first diagnosed.

He was about 27 months old then, and my husband and I had NO IDEA. (I guess I have at least 2 years' worth of blog material saved up though). We had both been late talkers, not speaking until about age 2. So, when we took Wyatt in to our local Regional Center in hopes of getting some free Speech Therapy, we were completely unprepared. Autism? No way! My husband was stunned, I was crying my eyes out. I was sure they were WRONG. After all, we hadn't even vaccinated our child after reading about that theory. We had even had a home birth, all natural all the way. We were were absolutely positive that our child would NOT be autistic despite the alarming statitistics that I was vaguely aware of. I mean, I had enrolled us in Musical Spanish for Toddlers!

So how could our child have autism??? How ironic.

Thanks in advance for stopping by to read this. I am looking forward to posting more about my experiences with autism and 4 yr. old Wyatt.