I’m 37 and learning how I stim and that it’s okay to stim saved my life. I spent my life being misdiagnosed and thrown around to different doctors, I was hospitalized in a psych hospital 5 times as an adult because of self injury to the point of needing stitches every time and suicidal ideation. I knew I felt different and that I felt bad and that so many things that other people did easily made no sense to me and that nothing they suggested or medicated me with made it any better. I was even coerced into getting ECT at one point which ended up traumatizing me beyond belief, When I turned 29 I was finally diagnosed correctly as Autism Spectrum Disorder 2 and C-PTSD. I found stimming and was able to get out all of my bad feelings and overwhelming feelings through a variety of physical and vocal stims . I finally started to get the help I needed so badly. I use a speech tablet for when I become overwhelmed and cannot communicate whereas before I would just agree with whatever someone was saying so they would leave me alone. Thanks to stimming I have not injured myself in 7 years. I now have many outlets to control my feelings and find balance in the world. I love that you support Braylee in her stimming because it is so so very important. ❤️❤️

I hope that Carlos is ok and pray that he has a fast recovery💖 love you guys

Braylee broke my heart when Stacey said Carlos has to get his knees fixed and she looked so sad. Praying all goes well with Carlos. Please keep us updated as to how Carlos is doing. Love the Wee Family💖.

That just broke my heart when Carlos was sitting by his bowl waiting to get fed. He is so sweet. I hope he did well with his surgery and got something really special to eat afterwards. Have you had Carlos since he was a puppy?

I stim when I’m mad or just really excited. I feel like it helps me calm down when I’m just really excited

This video was very educational.Now I know what stimming is.You are truly great parents.I’m also praying for your dog Carlos that the surgery on his knees is a complete success.God bless✝️.

I constantly rock back and forth,always have and probably always will.

Thank you for explaining how important stimming is for sensory needs! 💙

I love that you folks are supportive of Braylee’s stimming! For me stimming is really important. If I’m upset or overwhelmed it can help me to be calm and process stuff. Like if I’m angry it can help me cope with that emotion and be able to figure out what’s wrong and how to deal with it. It helps me not get so overwhelmed by the world in general. It also helps me to focus on schoolwork. My favourite thing about stimming is that it makes me happy, and when I’m already happy it makes me even happier!

Lots of love & blessings to your precious family!!{{Big hugs}}❤🤗🤟

Love how you support Braylee. She is a sweet little girl. Praying for you, your family and Carlos. 😀🙏🙏🙏🙏

Thank you for creating a channel that is not only welcoming to parents, teachers, and therapists, but also welcoming to individuals on the spectrum 🥰 I pace when I think, rock back and forth when trying to memorize something, and flap my hands when excited. Simple, repetitive motions are calming to me, like watching the waves of the ocean flow and ebb over and over again 🌊🙂

You are phenomenal parents. I find your philosophy about stemming, wonderful. Having been an assistant teacher for many years in the Autism department, I wish I could go back and do it again, using many of the methods you use. I also wish we could have had more parents like you. You approach her life and disability with foresight, common sense, and most of all Love 💕 Bravo. Can’t wait to see Carlos when he comes home.

Her hair looks cute in the french braid pigtails.

it makes me so happy to see kids like braylee grow up with parents who are so adamantly positive about stimming. as someone who grew up being told it was annoying, and still gets that comment on the regular, it just warms my heart to see kids just... not deal with that. and the way yall handle it too is just above and beyond what should be expected of you. you go out of your way to wait for her to finish any quirky habits, compulsions, stims, etc. and just move on with your day. its so refreshing to see parents like this. also, i feel yalls reaction to dropping off carl. i SOBBED when i dropped my dog off for the same surgery, even tho i knew it was low risk and everything. i was alright until she started yelping and fighting the vet to get back to me... then i lost it. i just cant handle seeing her freak out like that. she was so scared and all i wanted to do was explain to her what was going on :(

Braylee is growing up so fast. She is so precious 😍 💖. Prayers for Carlos. I hope his new knee will be better for him. My ex and I had a fur baby same breed she lived 16 years. Stacey watching you after David took Carlos in made me tear 😢 up. Hope he is doing okay now. Much love to all of you❤💜💙

Braylee going down the stairs was a whole ceremony...a musical procession as is worthy of young miss Braylee ;-) Aw poor Carlos waiting by his empty food dish... Me *looks at empty cupboards the day before shopping day * "solidarity little doggo"

Aww Carlos I feel for you them eyes saying feed me please hope his surgery goes ok bless him

Poor little Carlos. I hope he gets to feeling better soon. Bless his precious little heart.💞🐕💞

Sweet Carlos! Hope all goes well 💜

It's so great that you don't try to keep Braylee from stimming. So many parents try to rush their children and are impatient with them. All children need to stim to some extent. Prayers for Carlos 🙏❣️

Love watching y’all! B is so sweet and smart! I send a message on Facebook!

Hi David! Hi Stacey! I love your dog Carlos!! I hope he recovers really fast!!❤️❤️

I'm sure Carlos will get through surgery just fine and heal quickly. Today my 15 yr old chihuahua is having what teeth he has left pulled due to them being rotten. Little dogs have such a long life span.

Lol aww Carlos he gave that side eye look to David praying for Carlos for a fast recovery poor thing 🙏🏽.....stim on braylee 🙌🏽

Hi guys👨👧🙆🐕🐈😼 So sorry to see Carlos having to go for surgery 😢 We just had Kingston in for surgery on the 16th, then the next day Kaia had diarrhea so we wondered if Kingston brought a virus home....had her to the vet again today for testing and had to leave her 1.5 hours .She turned and looked out the window at me with the saddest face as the vet assistant took her and I cried as she left so sad and confused 😢 Now she's on antibiotics plus prebiotics plus we are waiting for bloodwork results to come back....scary! So I can so relate to you all feeling sad about having to leave Carlos.I'm praying that he has a speedy recovery 🙏I've said it before and I'll say it again ....I believe Braylee's receptive language is much higher than many people may think it is.I see a brilliant little mind there.Many times I don't think our kids show all that they know or can do during testing, so the doctors can only speculate.They can guess potential outcomes for people with ASD , but no one will truly know someone's future potential until it actually unfolds, day by week by month by year😀Braylee has a lot of skills that many kids I've worked with on the spectrum do not .Has anyone suggested the possibility of selective mutism ? It's a very real thing that many people struggle with and I've known several individuals who had ASD with apraxia and anxiety and it took many years for specialists to realize that selective mutism was a large part of the non verbal component .Braylee seems so very bright and appears to be a deep thinker, but can't express all of her thoughts , feelings, anxiety as she might want to. And she showed empathy for her doggie having an ouchie.What a sweet, beautiful soul 💖 The other night I actually had a long dream about her and she was around 9 or 10.She was typing long, complex sentences into a communication device and everyone was astounded by the things she was typing as they showed such high intelligence by the vocabulary and sentence structure she typed .I was saying in the dream " I'm not at all surprised! I KNEW she was a little genius all along!"😂

Is so emotional watching how empathic Braylee feel when talking about Carlos surgery

Awwwwwww Carlos, I hope you are doing well. Don't worry, you will be eating again soon.. When I had to leave my cat overnight for a surgery, I cried until I got to bring her home. Fur babies are precious.

My furbaby will do the "side eye" look too! Soo funny!! Praying for a speedy recovery! Aww... him sitting beside the empty bowl.... how's he doing with the diet?? And then you made the cliff hanger being Carlos!?! Okay, just going to say an extra prayer for the ol boy!!!

Sweet Braylee was sad about Carlos. I hope Carlos came through the surgery with flying colors and will have a complete recovery.

my "normal" stims were forbidden to do for me in my youth and things spiralled way out of control for me stim wise. I am glad to see how you accept your daughters stims and guide her. It will make a world of a difference in her future life.

I've ALWAYS thought lil Carlos is ADORABLE!! An he's jus sooo SWEET!! It has been a full year THIS month that our fam lost our 15 yr old dog Bare, he passed frm old age. It makes my eye's tear jus thinking about him but U knw how it is, their NOT JUS dog's their our BEST friend's and family 💖💯 Bare was soo very smart an naturally stayed with my daughter no matter where an what she was doing. My daughter was 5 when Bare came on the scene an it was at a time my daughter NEEDED him the most. Bare was a mixed breed Rottweiler/ Pittbull so he was a good 80 lb dog. But 1 of the smartest gentelest an most watchful dog I have EVER knwn. My daughter will be 22 in August an SHE STILL is bothered by Bare NOT being here still. He passed mid July an I jus Thank God I was the 1 who found him that afternoon. Like I said HE was 1 of the BEST and he was my daughter's 1st best friend 💖 today we still have MY boy Payton Lee and yes he is named after Payton Manning lol seems he was born the last time Payton took Denver to the Superbowl an WON!! Lol Payton is a 120+ lb dog an looks dead on his Daddy he is gonna be 7 this yr but he REALLY helps with missing Bare cuz even THO Payton is alot bigger they had ALOT of similarities even the very SAME color 💖 I pray Carlos has a good speedy recovery an that he is able to continue to run an play with his B 💖💖💯💯 much love frm FL!! An being is Florida where it's hotter then H**l out I HOPE UR RITE DAVE AN THAT SUMMER IS ALMOST OVER!! WE LIVE FOR DEC- MARCH HERE!! Lol cuz IF WE do get a break in the hot humid weather it'll be during THOSE month's!! I hope U all have a great Friday!! It's weekend EVE as we say in our house!! Lol and our fav day of the week!! 💖💖🌴🌴💖💖

When B was sitting at the bottom of the steps, I recognized the shirt! My daughter has the same one 😁

With ADHD emotions tend to be big. When you suddenly feel so happy that it almost hurts being able to flap your hands and giggle helps release some of that emotion. It's like how talking about something and getting it out there can help you feel better. And sometimes it's just nice to click your tongue or squeeze your hands.

Stimming is very important, I always stimed and still do, when I was a kid I was always stopped from doing it, I would loose it, I would throw myself on the floor face down and just screamed, I still remember how frustrating it was for me and my mom just didn’t know how to handle it, so she would just walk away. I can’t be hard on her because at that time there was no autism awareness at all, all the doctor told my mom was that I would outgrow it. I’m so happy your little girl is allowed to stim, I feel it’s a part of who she is just the way it’s a part of me, and that is ok. I also have twin boys on the spectrum and have sensory processing disorder, ocd and anxiety. Love you guys, you both are awesome parents👍👍👍👍

I love you guys ❤️

Braylee is so sweet and cute when she Stims and sing. I bet that when you interview with Chris Ulmer of Special Books By Special Kids about Braylee, then Braylee’ll be sweet.🥰🥰❤️❤️🥰🥰❤️❤️🥰🥰And BTW, I like that video last night of when you took Braylee to the lakes. Braylee really has a good time at the Lakes. Boy, I just love seeing Braylee sings, Stims and staying safe. 🥰🥰🥰💙💙💙 oh, and 1 more thing, prayers and love to your dog

I love your view on stimming! We believe the same, we want our son to stim to help regulate himself

We have same problem with our Chi, and he looks exactly the same as Carlos only mine is 8 years old. Our little darling is going to have a surgery too , to at least help with the pain and discomfort. He can't walk as much now. It is a common problem with this breed. Hope everything goes well and rock on stimming 👍

Feel better Carlos

Stimming helps me cope when i get overwelmed and also has prevented me from havind a meltdown on several occasions. When you said that you will start to get him back to his old shape Carlos just looked and glaired at you

My thoughts and prayers have been with Carols! I feel like in some ways everyone stims but it's just more visible in people on the Autism spectrum. It's a way to calm yourself or help you be more alert. I agree 100% with not surpressing stims unless harmful to themselves or others. Braylee is so precious!

I'm saying good luck to Carlos!

Hi. You are one of my favourite channels! I am autistic myself and have been trying to stim more especially in public and stop masking but its hard sometimes. I love seeing braylee stim. Stimming helps regulate the senses, helps 'revent my meltdowns as well as sensory overload and allows me to express my emotions without speaking and also its calming and comforting especially when I'm stressed. Also sometimes it just feels good. I'm so glad you encourage braylee to stim. Autistic people need to stim for their mental and physical health and wellbeing as well everyone stims even neurotypicals and people who are not autistic but are neurodivergent in other ways. Autistic people just tend to stim more obviously but again thats individual. Stimming is an incredibly personal experience so when you see her stimming know your getting a glimpse into one of the most intimate parts of her life. The fact that she so happily shares that with you is so fantastic! So happy to see this video. Hope Carlos does okay, he is in my thoughts. Be well, and stay safe ❤❤❤💕💕💕💕👍😍😍😍👍👍👍😊😊😊😊🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

Carlos is way too cute❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤🙏❤

Carlos your in my thoughts sweetie Hugs 🤗 and kisses 😘

Stimming is very important to me and if i didnt do it id probably go crazy... It helps me feel less anxious but ive been told not to do it so i really avoid doing it in public but now that im older ive been trying to open up to that more because it helps with my mental health

Owie, my heart is feeling owie till the update. Soon i hope .God bless. That's probably why she was stimmming. Like when you were sad too and couldnt feed the dog before surgery😒

How has Carlos been since his surgery? I saw another video where u were talking about him having to get it. He looks identical to my dog's mommy.

I embrace n encourage my daughter's stims. She has a lot of repetitive behaviors n she yells n runs around almost constantly. Lately she's started closing one eye (winking), putting her arm in front of her face when looking at certain things n she used to clap, flail her arms n squint. The only ones I discourage are chewing on/biting her hair n sometimes when she yells really loud for a while I ask her to quiet down some just for a minute if someone's speaking, when her teacher is talking on virtual class n our microphone is on or sometimes at the store. Usually only if they're extremely disruptive or possibly harmful to herself or others. Like when she used to bite herself or pick at cuts,scabs n bug bites.

It’s important to release pent up energy and help relieve anxiety of change. Routine helps and stims may block flow for some but help others through. Stims can be tic like and not control. As get older work on making stims help but I try to blend them in as much as possible so I don’t get stares and make myself feel self conscience for something I need to do. As I got older I can not cognitively hold them to more appropriate locations and times like in a bathroom stall or car ...

I am 24 years old and I have high functioning autism. I stim a lot. When I am at the stope with my mom I hum because of the sounds and the crowds in the store. It helps me out a ton. Stimming is the for me to calm myself down.

Awwwww Carlos made me tear up.. Prayers for Carlos. I'm not crying your crying. Really Carlos toy 😭 now I'm really crying

I drum my fingers or let my leg shake, didn't know why I was as a kid but makes more since now x

Last year I got diagnosed at 52. My main one when I'm nervous or severe anxiety I rock back and forth. For many years before my diagnosis my Mom ( who I believe is on the Spectrum) would say, You don't have a baby in your arms. Stop rocking. And another stim is shaking my legs. I get told to stop. Now I understand why I'm so angry. Because they stopped my stim. Thank you for teaching me more about me. Prayers for Carlos. Big Hugs for Stacey.

We have a senior dog surgery tomorrow 😢 Hope everything went smoothly for Carlos! It's always scary.

If I don't stim it makes my body very uncomfortable. Stimming helps keep my mood in a good place! It helps me focus too.

after being told at the start of this year i probably have autism and i'm now waiting for a diagnosis, i am learning to stim, i have always wiggled my leg and rocked, i stim at home more than anywhere and it has really helped my anxiety, if i wake up feeling anxious i now stim and then sleep through the night, i am scared to stim in public and a few times i have got overwhelmed and ended up so depressed and crying when i got back to the car, i am working on being ok to stim in public but it's hard because i sometimes feel this overwhelming pressure to fit in and not be noticed and that makes me really depressed and unhappy because i know i need to stim and i know it helps me but i'm so scared of being judged or people looking at me

I stim but coz I didn't now I had asd and spd till I was an adult I supressed them for years, when the world gets too loud (and not just actual volume) it helps to stim to refocus your brain and get it pointing in the right place. The best way I can describe it is something things are overwhelming but the worst is then things are too bright and really busy environments make my brain itch. Let your angel stim. ❤️🧡❤️🧡

I had a chihuahua. The best thing I could tell you, is that they're amazing dogs had if I can have another Chihuahua I would be so happy. My chihuahua was really smart, unfortunately I had to give her away because I had to move and couldn't keep her. She was only 3 years old when I had to let her go. She was able to pee and poop on command, she jumped what I asked, she barked when I asked her to talk because she normally was really quiet, of course she knew sit and lay down, she was also bilingual and she knew English and Russian. She got a lot of exercise because she loved to run. She was socialized with other dogs and cats and people and was a big Chihuahua though, she wasn't fat like yours, but was big she was 8 lb. Her dad was 3lb and the mom was 12 lb. So I guess it's good that she's somewhere in the middle. I always monitored and measured out her food, I did give her treats for doing things I want her to do. A lot of people are scared of chihuahuas, they just don't understand how amazing they are. One of my favorite things about her is that she always cuddled with me at night under the blankets. They're so affectionate and love to snuggle their owners.

I stim a lot when I''m stressed and if I don't I can get really overwhelmed and panicky

Yes, stimming is Important, for the young this is their "Special interest", this is their safe place, what we do to calm ourselves, relaxing actions, etc. Later on when we grow, this turns into our special interest, obsessions, etc. so when we do them its NOT a MELTDOWN, this is a safe thing, we need a quiet place, and SPACE we are overloaded and this is how we show others we need to calm down because we are BECOMING overloaded, not there yet, but close enough to worry us. even as adults, in a chair or bar stool, we may kick our legs, etc, this is a similar thing, moving to music ( hands, clapping, slapping a table, etc.), humming, MUSIC is also a form of 'Pattern following' this is a routine, we know songs, what's coming from the first couple of notes, also the melody calms us, and is a regulator of our emotions, how we prepare for bed, etc.

My heart is breaking for Carlos....he’s so hungry.

Kenzlee stims when she’s excited or overly stimulated. We don’t ever stop any of the kids from stimming. Sometimes Kenzlee will hold her breath while stimming so that is the only exception.

Poor Carlos! Please let us know how he did.

Where did u get that toothbrush!!??

If I didn't follow you on your other social media, that ending would make me think that something bad had happened to Carlos 😢

Oh yes-dog's definitely know when they're going to the vet. And then they look at u like"u betrayed me" when u get there, even if u told them where they were going because of course they don't understand what exactly you're saying but they do associate certain words with activities, items,places,etc.

Hey. I stim to help sooth myself. Sometimes, it's not so much something I want to do but something I need to do. I'll repeat words because I need to feel them in my mouth.

Good vlog today wee family what did he need surgery for I have a question how can I get my name at the end of the video

Please understand until recently - you have gone into vet w/him & this time you didn't - so he doesn't know why. 🙏🙏 for Carlos

Is Carlos okay?

For me, stimming is incredibly important, as it keeps me closer to my default in terms of mood. It helps me if I'm overstimulated to distract me, it helps me if I'm understimulated to fill the uncomfortable absence of visual, auditory and just sensory stimuli. And it helps me if I'm feeling anxious, to reduce my levels and help me function better and prevent shutdowns and meltdowns.