Therapy For Everyone!

Because, why not! 
Sensory Processing is a bitch and I have been down that road of questions. I'd rather just work on the answers. 

Sweetie Pie started OT last week for "sensory processing difficulties & delayed self-care". Yup. Vague. 

But I know it can't hurt and might help, so here we go! 

Mom-Centric Advocacy

I  know I am missing some supports/ providers from this list. What am I missing??? 

Also, is it just me, or does the support focus 98% on the child in question, not supports for the caregivers? 

*sigh*

Project 52 - Week 6 "hands"

I don't know if it is is trying to get attention by acting out or if he just feeling attached to the little things he keeps "finding", but my kindergartner has turned to stealing...

His hands get him in trouble a lot, with his impulsiveness. He throws things, hits, pushes, hugs and loves on pets and people without concern about how appropriate it might be.

Its just like a compulsion. He gets consequences for these actions but doesn't seem to have the self control to recall the social "rules" about these things before the does them.

Just like lots of kids struggling to learn the rules, but a little harder.

So here he is, attaching special meaning to a trivial little object and tucking it away...

~

Project 52 / Childhood Memories

Playing in the backyard with the siblings, I did a lot of this as a child growing up in the country and my kids do it all the time. Just making up games and entertaining each other. We rarely have play dates, but with kids 7,5 and 3 years old, they love to play together. Its a blessing!

Sometimes Our Children...

Project 52 - Week 1 - Self Portrait

I just started doing a Project 52 with some ladies from a Clickin Moms class I just finished. I figured "why not" and I was right, because the challenge of this week (self - portrait) was hard.

I took an opportunity to try out the window light and had to move the chair a few times to get closer to right.

This is my youngest and I on the first day back to school for the "bigs". We didn't brush our hair or teeth and I thought about brushing my hair but thought "well, this is how I am most of the time so what the hell."

I love how she is looking out like into the world and I am looking at the camera like this is my life. I never show up in photos so this is rare.

Happy New Year and Cheers to new beginnings!!!

Raising Einstein

“Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.” - Albert Einstein


I found this quote the other day and instantly found consolation.

We've been struggling with Wild Man's kindergarten experience. Its been a daily challenge to adjust and modify and advocate changes just to see if things will get better. Never knowing exactly what will do the trick. Just learning as we go. There is no other way to figure it out because there has NEVER been another him.

We have had hard days and better days, never easy days.

But this quote reminds me of how worthwhile our efforts are. I am reminded that even though every thing is HARDER for him (and us), it actually is a gift to raise one of the "few". We call our [special needs] kids "special" or "exceptional" for a reason. They really are.

Amazingly special and astoundingly unique. Einstein's mother went through it.

Whenever people try to console me about living with aspergers, they always go to the famous aspies "bill gates has aspergers and look how amazing he did, Einstein too!" and all I can ever think about is how on earth did their mothers survive, how did they cope, what resources did they have??? 

Because,

seriously...

 raising Einstein couldn't have been easy! 

Sweetie Pie Rocks the House

I made this a few months back, but it was my first storyboard ever and since I take too many photos, storyboards are a nice solution for sharing them...

This night was just Sweetie Pie and I... having some overdue quality time together. She reminds me daily of how amazing life can be, even when I am not always in control and  never knowing what surprises wait around the corner...

Even hard times can be blessings... She is living proof!

Later today when she is melting down because we are out of her favorite juice and then poops in her underwear...

I will still be grateful.