Behavioral Regression-He missed his meds 

Until someone has walked a mile in your shoes... No one knows what’s best for Kaidale except you. We see a tiny bit of who he is, you know everything about him. Trust your gut and don’t be bothered with the “know it alls.”

You my dear are the BEST MOM for Mr. Kaidale, We all have "forgetful" days, its ok, now, it'll NEVER happen again.... I remember Kaidale before meds, it really makes a huge difference and its best for him and ofcourse for you!! Love you guys 💖

Stop beating yourself up. Mistakes happen and this shows you that he needs them. He is growing as well so keep an eye on it. You got this mom ! My hero !

Everyone makes mistakes. There are times that i forget my meds too. Thats why i make a checklist everyday morning and night. Life is about learning from ur mistakes. Dont blame ur self.

I'm on several psychiatric meds (as well as meds for physical issues). If I miss my meds, I definitely feel it and notice a difference. I'm so happy that the Prozac is working for Kaidale. Take it easy on yourself Kaitlin, it can happen to anyone ❤️

I feel bad for Kaidale. I know it must be really hard for him when he can't control his emotions. I'm glad you figured out what was wrong and got him back to his sweet lovable self. Sending loads of love to both of you💙❤

My Grandson loves his Cirkul also! Water is no longer an issue❤ P.S. we all forget sometimes. Remember to forgive yourself😘

Kaidale’s smile brings a smile to my face ❤️

I'm sorry that Kaidale had a rough day. You as well Kaitlyn. Don't beat yourself up over missing his Rx. You are doing an amazing job with him. Better days ahead. 👍👍

Lesson learned and you are back on track with his med schedule. I am so glad the water company sent you bottles. It is hard to drink plain water when you are used to sugary drinks. Great you are trying.

Show yourself grace as you show others. You are wonderful 💜

Been there with my 9 year old ID girl! Emotional, behaviors and self hate. It’s a reminder that yeah these meds do help her!

Please don't listen to the haters that say he needs discipline. And feel bad for the meds, if someone has PTSD and has anxiety they have meds like him how is his anxiety any different, he's a kid he can't tell you when he needs meds and when his anxiety is bad. Don't beat yourself up we all forget things and we all give our kids medication when they need the to feel better and he's no different. And it's not a regression you and he are still nailing it each and every day. Oh and I love that you were wearing the penguin t-shirt I bought. I soooo thought you'd only wear that at SeaWorld and with Kaidale. Love it 💙❤️💙❤️

Maybe try setting a alarm on your phone when its time for his meds.

i absolutely love the interactions between you an Kaidale. I wish i had the videos and pics like that. ALSO my daughter has been having the same behavioral things with her staff...

I totally understand why you made medication The Last Resort. I did that too with myself and I have mental illnesses. Without medication I cannot function properly. With medication my life is totally different. So would I always like to use natural remedies? yes, but do those work all the time? no. About the water I don't know what kind of water you were giving him before but I noticed there's a filter in the sports bottle he got. And that right there will make the water tastes so much better even before you put the flavoring in I'm sure. I'm so glad he's drinking water that's so awesome. Thank you again for your candidness and openness to talking about what autism can look like with or without meds. Have a wonderful day.

As a caregiver, you are always in a state of high alert. Watch out for this, remember that, don’t lose control yourself, and on and on . . . . We are not perfect and the occasional slip-up is inevitable. Your way of living and your outlook becomes different from that of people who do not have the same challenges. You and parents/caregivers like you are the angels among us. If you never made a mistake, there would be something wrong with you 😊.

Kaitlyn you are a sweet mom you’re doing the best you can being single mom with your parents and all his therapies don’t beat yourself up over a mistake of forgetting meds yeah meds are important obviously they really sure when they’re missed but I mean we all forget meds so I mean don’t beat yourself up you’re a beautiful mother you’re amazing mama and kiddo loves his mama and he loves his people around him because of all the therapies you have made sure he got you are beautiful kiddo is beautiful and handsome and well well socialize.

Hello Kaitlin and kaidale🤗❤😘🥰 You are not alone my friend, you are an amazing mom you got this. Kaidale is blessed to have you as a mom and you are so blessed to have him as your son. You guys are a great Duo.❤❤❤🥰😘🤗🙏🙏🙏 Love you guys.🙏🤗😘🥰❤

Kaitlin you are a wonderful mom, mistakes happen we all make them.

You are doing a great job on raisin him keep your head up high

I love watching your vlog. I noticed when you were driving that Kaidale was not wearing his seat belt. Please make sure he wears it at all times. Stay safe!!!❤️

Thank you for sharing your videos.

Just now watching the full video of this

You are a wonderful mom.

Kaitlyn, you’re doing an amazing job. Life happens sometimes. But you figured it out. And its something you can “fix”. I think we can all see Kaidale is such a sweet happy boy. I certainly can. It’s not for any of us to judge or “offer suggestions” for discipline. The day was a win overall. He drank an entire bottle of water!

Don't give yourself a hard time you are a wonderful momma. There is a major difference between a bratty child that lacks discipline and then there's situations where the child cannot help it, I have never seen kaidale as a child that is bad or that lacks discipline. He is a wonderful boy.

Oh Kaitlin, don't you dare beat yourself up over Kaidale's meds for too long. You are an amazing momma, mistakes happen, and your little boy is so lucky to have you. Take care❤

you are doing Amazing Kaitlin! sending my love and hugs❤️

Goodness me, I get the discipline comments to from my own family. Don’t listen to those that aren’t there or walking in your shoes.

Bless your heart and Kaidale's for what you all had to go thru, but I REALLY HOPE you can quickly forgive yourself & move on, as it could happen to anyone. We are all human, sometimes there are SO MANY things to remember and sometimes changes can throw us off. The important thing is you put your mind to work on what was going on, & caught and corrected it & I'm pretty sure Kaidale will get back to where he was in no time. Quite the learning experience and sometimes we need things like that to happen to remind us of how far things have come, improved, whatever. So, please, from this moment forward, give yourself grace and mercy and continue being the very best mom you can be and always are😉💞HUGS💞

These things will happen Kaitlyn it’s simply crossed wires & a lesson learned .......maybe add this to your white board list of things that need to be done for the smooth running of your day....( when your doing everything as a single parent whilst working etc it’s easy to slip your mind) no Mom fail...just a hiccup....hugs...❤️❤️❤️

We can tell by the look on your face that your beating yourself up over this. Kaitlyn your human we all forget for whatever reason, the important thing is that you figured it out and you gave him his medicine as soon as you realized what was wrong. YOUR ONE AWESOME MOM.

Wow that’s wonderful getting your hydration bottles for you & Kaidale what an awesome company to send them out to you & Kaidale....❤️❤️

Use it as a learning experience and now knowing what he would be like without the medications. You are able to stress the importance of them to his caregivers if they need to remember to give them to him and also if they are forgotten or missed/ need to be skipped again for some reason you know what to expect.

You are a great mom, don’t beat yourself up for this, it happens, your sweet boy is still your sweet boy. I’m on clonazepam and remeron for anxiety and depression, it has helped me so much with my autism, if I miss a day it’s really hard for me, I can only imagine what he was going through, hugs and sending you both so much love❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

My oldest son had ADHD and we pursued medication as a last resort as well. The best thing that we ever did was get him into special classes at school. Don't beat yourself up over forgetting the medication...things happen.

Try hint water as well. My son is 5 and also on the spectrum and he would not drink water and he loves hint and they have so many flavors.

Stop with the mum guilt, like you said its a bump but its a learning time too. Yes a morning or day can be different but idea before leaving the house run through check list of things that needed to be done. Eg staying at mums do i have my uniform packed, do I enough snack for a long car journey, medication, vitamins etc. From another vlog you said you wanted to be more organised, when I felt like that I got myself a white board and before bed, I would write what I need to do the next day then cross through them when done to feel proud of doing them. ( helps with my anxiety) I understand im on my own so very different to a single mum ( which you are amazing) but thought I would share things that work for me and maybe could help you. Thank you for being so open with the world sharing your life. X

I’m sure he felt withdrawals on top of the emotions, that’s rough.

I have and use the cikul Love it Have had it for some time

I am so glad that you said you can't discipline anxiety out of someone😊

Maybe you have already tried this, but my son drinks this and I actually like it too. I guess it’s just a flavored water or sparkling water I don’t know, but it’s called ICE. I love the black cherry and it comes in several flavors it’s not real expensive and it’s pretty tasty because I ordinarily do not like a flavored water but this just taste like a juice and I believe it has 0 cal. Just a thought. When you buy it it doesn’t even look like a water I don’t even know if it’s in the water section. But it sure is tasty.

As an adult diagnosed w/ ADD, when I forget to take my medicine....I won’t necessarily notice BUT my husband can spot it immediately. The first time it happened, I thought he was attempting to use my ADD as a weapon & way to “win” until I checked my weekly med box and noticed I had missed three days worth😳! When a chemical imbalance is noted & medication properly prescribed the difference in behaviors is night and day.

I'm unstoppable I'm a Porsche with no brakes I'm invincible Yeah, I win every single game I'm so powerful I don't need batteries to play I'm so confident Yeah, I'm unstoppable today.. This is written for you my sweet friend..

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Don’t worry you’ll never do it again, he will be his happy self in no time! I have a question about his school, do they enroll based on skills/abilities or other factors? I am considering an autism school versus a public school placement for my toddler. I am really leaning towards a autism school even though they are considered “restricted environment”. Can you please make a video talking about the issues regarding school and why you chose Kaidale’s school environment?

We all make mistakes, your a great mom

I feel this so much! My son loved water as a tiny guy! But then it all abruptly stopped out of no where! He's getting better as he gets older but he still will NOT take his meds with water! It has to be ANYTHING BUT water!😝 and don't get down on yourself. I've forgotten meds plenty of times in 8yrs of him taking them! It makes for VERY rough days or nights. But it happens and you just struggle through! I'm sure it won't be the last time either!😬🤷😂

I am normal and if i miss my depression meds i get all sad

I have Cirkul and absolutely love it. I even got my friends on it and they love it

I was not found of wathet until i got soda stream but i bubble up wather with lemon or other thing the fizzy water did taste mutch better and i have startet to drink much more wather

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Do you have a certain music playlist you listen to when your running??

I am exactely the opposite hahaa I hate flavored haha I lovr just plain water, it's the best ^^ I love your videos

Your human ❤️❤️