Autistic Meltdowns for Thanksgiving
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Жыл бұрынIt's Thanksgiving time, and that means time with family... extended family. Our five kids are excited to see their cousins, but a new place with lots of people can mean new challenges as well, especially for our youngest two boys. They each have full-blown meltdowns, and we try to help them label their feelings and communicate what they want. Happy Thanksgiving!
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@7Aheadfamily 2 ай бұрын
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@seanwalsh5717 7 ай бұрын
2:27 I'm so proud of Ezra for managing his own sensory system so well by finding a quiet, dark, enclosed place to get vestibular input. That is huge.
@7Aheadfamily 7 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing! ❤️❤️
@catharineedgar9011 Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate you showing how to help Ezra and Simon when they have a hard time. Ezra’s seemed like a sensory overload, while Simon’s was a lack of communication. Neither of the boys were scolded for their behaviors, but were taught what was happening and what they could choose to do to feel better. Love it so much.
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
Thank you Catherine. ❤️ I appreciate your kind words. You are very right! These precious boys would not learn anything if we gave them punishments for their outbursts. They experience the world differently than I do and I feel as their mother I need to help them communicate effectively, and feel heard and understood as best I can. They live in a very complicated world. I want to try to make it less complicated for them- Holly 😊.
@littlejonathorn6860 Жыл бұрын
@@7Aheadfamily Holly: You and Adam don’t just speak for your kids, you also speak for ALL of us and for everyone who is going through challenges of their own. Your mentors, leaders/guides, advocates and you both give the voiceless power, grit, determination and so much more. Furthermore, like the Lorax who speaks for the trees or any historical figure or character that comes to mind. Really appreciate all you do for this community and truly blessed.
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
@@littlejonathorn6860 You are so kind. ❤ Thank you so much, that means a lot. Appreciate you watching and commenting. ❤
@JonBrase 8 ай бұрын
I think Ezra started by throwing a fit and pushed himself into a sensory meltdown. Simon threw a fit but had enough margin not to melt down. I myself have never had an actual meltdown that I can recall: all my fits in childhood were me behaving badly and choosing to carry on. I've had panic attacks in adulthood that were close to meltdowns, but they still generally resolve if the triggering issue is dealt with, as opposed to me being completely along for the ride until they resolve on their own.
@7Aheadfamily 8 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story. That must be very difficult to deal with.
@sarakeith5480 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your Thanksgiving!! We had a very quiet one, sadly everyone was sick with the flu, except our son who cooked and delivered our meals!!
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
I hope you guys feel better soon! What an amazing son!
@littlejonathorn6860 Жыл бұрын
Uncle/Brother Ryan of 7-Ahead Fam. did an excellent job taking control of the situations and staying calm.
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
Agreed! He is awesome. 😊
@littlejonathorn6860 Жыл бұрын
@@7Aheadfamily and forgot, keeping both Simon and Ezra calm.
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
Yes, we need to get him hired full-time. 😊
@littlejonathorn6860 Жыл бұрын
@@7Aheadfamily ❤️
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
😀
@seanwalsh5717 7 ай бұрын
5:00 My ASD child would totally have a meltdown in this situation. Plenty of new stressors, tired from travel, lots of noises, bright lights, people everywhere. Ezra is doing a good job IMHO. He just needs a quiet dark place to calm that brain down. A place without too many people might help. The compressions help too. In general, every ASD kid I've spoken too says not to talk to someone who is having a meltdown. It is too much input to process when one's brain is on fire.
@7Aheadfamily 7 ай бұрын
Yeah. Thank you so much for sharing.
@lil_crash_out Жыл бұрын
Happy thanks giving
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
You too!
@LikeSomeDude Жыл бұрын
It may be none of my business, but I suspect that Granddad needs to be TICKLED!!! LOL all my love guys!
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
😂 So true. 😊 He often looks that way, but he is a really nice guy.
@SarahMcMullin Жыл бұрын
So good to have you!
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
Thank you guys so much!! It was such a wonderful thanksgiving!
@investinyourchild9166 Жыл бұрын
it was a adventure
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
👌
@Gree263 Жыл бұрын
You have 5 amazing kids! That girl of yours, she's special, a little mama & cheerleader. We are just now trying to figure out how to deal with meltdowns vs tantrums. New behaviors. So hard. This channel will be very helpful, thank you for sharing with us.♡♡♡
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
Thank your so much, that is so kind of you to share that. ❤️ We are honored to have you join us on this journey together. Much Love.
@booksinmyart 9 ай бұрын
Your brother is amazing with the boys.
@7Aheadfamily 9 ай бұрын
So true!
@Mandy-dw6ds Жыл бұрын
What an angel of a sister they have...sooo sweet
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
Yes. Marie is a sweet heart
@josevladimiraustria2736 Жыл бұрын
There’s a lot of things to be thankful, one of which is being with your family, that is something money can’t buy. Hoping for your channel to grow more, it may take time. As they say, the journey is as important as the destination. We don’t celebrate thanksgiving here in the east but Happy thanksgiving 🦃 .
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Very true.
@lil_crash_out Жыл бұрын
I feel soo bad 😔 for him
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
He sometimes has a hard time, and it breaks my heart. But I know he had so much fun in that new swing!
@lil_crash_out Жыл бұрын
That's me making happy
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
@@lil_crash_out Indeed!
@darkchipz3016 Жыл бұрын
Happy Thanksgiving!
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
Same to you! Have a blessed weekend. :-)
@tamaraanderson7260 Жыл бұрын
So fun to see your Thanksgiving Day with family. I bet Ezra will love his new swing!
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
Yea! He loves it!
@ImagineAsylo Жыл бұрын
Your brother is such a fun guy! I love his little sensory set up too ❤️
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
He’s awesome. We don’t visit him enough.
@nathanjw940 Жыл бұрын
From my experience when I am in burnout which probably happened here with all the people at Thanksgiving or home too much it's like dry grass at only takes a spark and you get a full force meltdown. Yes as an adult they suck.
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
I bet it was difficult for our kids during Thanksgiving because so much was new. We had so much going on and so many people that they weren’t used to. But I am glad they had some fun times too with their cousins. Thank you for sharing. I like your analogy about the dry grass. I’ll try to help keep my kids’ grass wet.
@nathanjw940 Жыл бұрын
@@7Aheadfamily it's great for 4 hours but after that picturing my own space for a while
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
@@nathanjw940 Very good Councle. :) Thanks Nathan!
@marianweinstein2823 Жыл бұрын
Maybe because Ezra had to deal with having something taken away from him ( some of the cords) this game where he was in control of giving something and taking it away helped him to deal with the situation.
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
I like that thought. He was able to share and have others touch his light but he had power over it.
@TentoesMe 10 ай бұрын
Hehe I would have had trouble just dealing with sockies. Sockies off!
@7Aheadfamily 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the advice!!
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
😀 it was fun.
@kalegolas 8 ай бұрын
The lantern thing was probably Ezras version of sharing that he likes it. He have noticed that others shows than they like something and tryes to do the same, but it gets a bit weird because he dosent do it so natural. The fact that neurotypical shares things they like have I totally missed until you guys told me through a video, but Ezra seems to have noticed it.
@7Aheadfamily 8 ай бұрын
That makes sense. Thank you for sharing. I bet you’re right.
@rawandrealautismmom Жыл бұрын
Happy Thanksgiving😂
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
✌️
@AdamAndersonP Жыл бұрын
cool cake
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
✌️👍
@DeDeSmith32 Жыл бұрын
Wow! Your brother was awesome with the boys. So cool! ❤
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
Right. 😀 He actually does that for a living. He works at a high school with special needs kids. so he’s really good at it. :-)
@jerrolinstarlin7090 11 ай бұрын
Thats really cool that he works at a high school with special needs
@7Aheadfamily 11 ай бұрын
Yeah! ❤️❤️❤️
@DBK415 Жыл бұрын
Ezra loves cables. What age did Ezra start liking cables? Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
Yes he does. :-) That’s a good question. I think he started when he was around 2 if I remember right. Before that he was more into wrappers. Then, chip wrappers were the thing. 😃
@DBK415 Жыл бұрын
I see that Ezra likes his uncle's basement. Lots of cables I bet.
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
@@DBK415 Yes indeed. :)
@jerrolinstarlin7090 11 ай бұрын
He probably wanted to be silly with the lantern
@7Aheadfamily 11 ай бұрын
yeah. He was probably just playing his own game, having everyone touch the lantern.
@jerrolinstarlin7090 11 ай бұрын
Yes
@7Aheadfamily 11 ай бұрын
😁
@annaiovesfries4270 Жыл бұрын
Simon wasn’t happy but when he saw the car he stoped crying so fast he is a car lover that’s for sure
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
He is! Yes, we are probably going to do a movie on that soon. 😊
@annaiovesfries4270 Жыл бұрын
@@7Aheadfamily I bet he talked you guys into it he was like please car movie
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
😅 Yeah, hopefully soon he will be able to talk that much. 😊 but he will point in whine. :-)
@jerrolinstarlin7090 11 ай бұрын
How long has Simon liked cars
@annaiovesfries4270 11 ай бұрын
@@jerrolinstarlin7090 I actually don’t know
@adamanderson9887 Жыл бұрын
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@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
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@theupsidedowngame9194 Жыл бұрын
Not first?!
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
what do you mean by that?
@ralph4720 Жыл бұрын
The twins were born on thanks 🍯 giving 🍯 ❤
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@ralph4720 Жыл бұрын
@@7Aheadfamily It was the best family function we ever had afterwards. It was so calm and peaceful. Everyone loved doing so much. I've been kept on pooping. His pants like he does now. But I have something to say about myself. I wasn't training until I was to go to the party. Until I've 70 years old. Till I was 7 years old. I just do not want to sit on the toilet and that's where ivan is
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
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@vannahgraceful4079 9 ай бұрын
I’m also autistic
@7Aheadfamily 9 ай бұрын
So glad to have you here! Thank you for sharing ❤️
@andersonfamilyadventures4552 Жыл бұрын
😀
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
❤️👌
@militarychase864 11 ай бұрын
I had my headphones turned down all the way over my hood and it was too loud idk why they aren't that good their prety bad
@7Aheadfamily 11 ай бұрын
Sorry about that
@militarychase864 11 ай бұрын
@@7Aheadfamily don't need to be sorry I think I might have sensitive hearing love your videos I think their interesting I like the ones when you looked after ian connor and Alistair from the autism family I also watch them and I find their videos interesting too learning about autism (I don't have autism)
@7Aheadfamily 11 ай бұрын
I see. Thanks for sharing. We love the Autism Family too
@7Aheadfamily 11 ай бұрын
Cool. There videos are fun. Thank you for sharing.
@laurawalles5855 Жыл бұрын
Ur two kids need a brain scan to find out what is going with the brain
@7Aheadfamily Жыл бұрын
What would the brain scan tell us?
@tetra3ne56scur3 5 ай бұрын
0:01 kids should not be in construction sites @sevenaheadfamily Property sometimes cannot be replaced without costing an arm and a leg of money
@7Aheadfamily 5 ай бұрын
I’m not sure I’d call their basement a construction site. There wasn’t any dangerous tools or materials down there that I remember. ❤️
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