Archives
Archives by Month:
Archives by Subject:
Archives by Title:
- “Accidents and Bed Wetting”
- “Adventures at Target without the leash.”
- “All Kids Do That” – Safety
- “An ER Trip Equals Autism Awareness?”
- “Are You Sure He’s Autistic?” And Other Such Nonsense
- “Can you recommend a shoe store?”
- “I can ride a bike too!”
- “I don’t see parrots.”
- “I’m hungry.”
- “Mommy, I Did It!”
- “Superwoman is having a Meltdown!”
- “Well” Visits
- “You are entering a world of pain”
- “You’re Stupid”
- ‘Twas the Night Before an SPD Christmas
- . . . and all I got was this t-shirt
- …And Footed Pajamas
- 1 10 minute conversation
- 1, 2, Oh What to Do?
- 10 Things I Want Everyone to Know About My Boys!
- 10 Ways we are Breaking all of the Rules, and Loving it!
- 12 Days of Christmas – SPD Style
- 12 Ways to be a Better Parent
- 1st Dental Visit..Check! Meltdown…Check!
- 28 Minutes
- 813 Mile Car Trip
- 9 Ways to Boost Your Child’s Social Skills
- 9 Year Old Caleb’s Speech: Educating about Aspergers and Speaking Out Against Bullying
- A Baker’s Dozen (Gifts from My Son)
- A Balancing Act
- A beginning
- A bit overwhelming
- A Blessing, Not a Curse!
- A Concerted Effort
- A Contest Just For You!
- A Discussion With This Boy’s Parents Was Necessary…
- A Familiar Dance
- A Focused God on an Unfocused Child
- A Glimpse into my Kids’ Lives
- A Happy Boy
- A is for Anxiety…..
- A Lesson in Meltdowns from my SPD Preschooler.
- A love letter to myself
- A Mirage of Normal in SPD
- A Model of stillness, calm and focus!
- A Not-So-Distant Future (2012)
- A Partial Proprioceptive Plan
- A Pea Problem? No Way!
- A Peek in his Mind
- A poem for sensory awareness month:
- A Seeker in his Natural Habitat
- A Sensory Social Story for Holiday Travel
- A Stress-Free Thanksgiving (Woo-Hoo!)
- A Tender Squash
- A Very Touchy Day
- A Visit to the ER
- A Walk In The Park…
- A Weighty Matter
- A Year..
- Absolutely Uncertain
- Adapting
- Adjusting to the “new normal”
- Advice for Special Grandparents
- Affordable Weighted Blanket Review and Giveaway
- After the Storm, there is Calm…
- Against all odds
- Ah, Nature…
- Airport Anxiety No More!
- All Are Welcome
- All because of a story….
- All Showers Lead to Australia
- All Things are Possible
- Allowing for Dreams
- Almost True
- Am I taking it too far?
- Amen
- An Alternative SPD Lexicon
- An Aubservant Autist
- An Education
- An Engine named Engine
- An Important Lesson We Need To Teach Our Children
- An Interview with A Dad
- An introduction to our tired journey down the same road…
- An SPD Analogy
- An SPD Christmas is Still About Jesus
- Anatomy of a classroom desk.
- Anatomy of a Field Trip
- Anatomy of an OT room.
- And the Oscar Goes To…
- And The Winners Are…
- Angry, Vindicating, Game Changing Birds
- Another Morning
- Another School year !!
- Answering the Question “Why Does He Do That?”
- Answers Only Lead To More Questions
- Anticipating Parenting
- Anxiety Rising
- Anxious Optimism
- Apples to Apples
- ASD or SPD … that’s the question
- Asking for Help
- Assistance Dogs, Magic and Autism
- At a loss….
- At the Pool
- Auld Lang Syne
- Autism disrupted: A Mother’s Journey of Hope Review/Giveaway
- Autism is Like a Bubble
- Autism Rocks American Idol!
- Autism, Meltdowns and Sherlock Holmes
- Back to School Again…
- Back To School!
- Back to School?
- Bad Mommy
- Balancing Act
- Bathtime battles
- Bathtub Therapy
- Battling Worthless
- Bedtime Routines: A Hug, A Kiss and a Squish
- Believe in Yourself
- Best Day of Summer…..Ever!
- Best Friends
- Best Piece of SPD Advice
- Beyond the Back Pack
- Birthday Party Success
- Birthdays, Holidays and Other Misadventures
- Bittersweet
- BlogHer ’11 San Diego
- Boy Cannot Live on Chicken Nuggets Alone
- Bracing for Winter Break
- Breakdowns and Repairs
- Bridging the Gap
- Brilliant Snowflake
- By My Side
- Calling All Perfectionists!
- Car-seat Driver
- Carol Kranowitz Needs You!
- Celebrate the Peaks
- Charming Mr. Chaos…
- Chewelry Review and Giveaway
- Chocolate
- Clueless and feeling overwhelmed
- Combat Stress
- Coming to a realization….
- Coming to believe
- Comparison
- Concerned my son may have SPD
- Confessions of a Preschooler
- Control Freak
- Cosmetic Fix
- Cost Analysis of an At-home Haircut, SPD style
- Could it be SPD?
- Could it be?
- crash into me – not just a dave matthews song; a realization about my son!
- Creating Relentless Armor
- Creative? Who, Me?
- Crying in the Health Food Store
- Curse You Automatic Toilets!
- Curve balls
- Daddy’s Boy
- Dancer
- Dangerous Assumptions
- Date Night
- Day by Day
- Day of Deliverance
- Daycare Dilemma
- Dear Kindergarten: My Stuff
- Dear Lady at WalMart
- Dear McDonald’s Workers,
- Dear New SPD mom,
- Dear Teacher
- December. *Sigh*
- Defeated
- Dentist
- Desperately Seeking Suggestions
- Diagnosing the world
- Different
- Different Times: School Sensory Input Memories
- Dinosaurs go HERE
- Discord and Harmony
- Discovering we were Sensational
- Do Animals Have Aspergers?
- Do Superheroes Have Sensory Processing Disorder??
- Do you ever have days……
- Do you know?
- Do’s and Dont’s for Holidays and Family Gatherings
- Dodgeball
- Doing the Back-to-School Jitterbug
- Don’t Assume
- Don’t Judge a Book…
- Don’t Kick My Child Out! (or Tips For Helping Your Child Succeed in Day Care!)
- Don’t Laugh At Me
- Don’t Speak
- DreamCatcher Weighted Blanket Giveaway!
- Duckery
- Dwelling in the victories
- Earth Day Inspired Sensory Diet
- Earth Day Inspired Sensory Diet
- Easter Egg Hunt SPD style!
- Educating Others About SPD is Important: Even Individuals You Think Would Be Well Informed
- Education
- Ella Will Be Ella
- Embracing the Diagnosis
- Erin Condren Life Planner Review & Giveaway
- Escaping reality…
- Evaluation Time
- Everyday Activity = Sensory Activity
- Evolution
- Experts
- Explanatory Fictions, Behavior, and Sensory Processing
- Extended School Year: Interrupted
- Extra Needs
- extreme candyland – a “sensational” way to play the classic board game
- fair
- Fall out? What fall out?
- Falling into the Hole
- Family Cuts
- Fathering is Not Mothering
- Favorite Summer Pastime
- Fear and Feeding
- Fearless
- Fed up
- Feeding for a Lifetime
- Feeding Sensitivities: Part 1
- Feeding Sensitivities: Part 2
- Feeding Sensitivities: Part 3
- Feeling Alright
- Feeling Lost
- Feeling the Music
- Fighting Against the Force
- Finally Confirmed SPD
- Finally, I can STOP Beating Myself Up
- Finding Routine in the Chaos of Summer
- Finding Santa
- Finding the Right Support
- Finding the Right Word
- First Day of School
- Firsts
- Firsts
- Fitting In..our path
- Flashback: Haircuts
- Flying
- Food For Thought
- FOOD….it is always an issue…
- Forget Concerts!
- Freelance Father
- From Meltdown to Mean Mommy Strategy Working: Recalling a Lunch I Would Rather Forget
- From Out of the Dark
- Funny Signs: A Tale of our Dinner Out with the Kids
- Geocaching, Fun for the Whole Family
- Getting better?
- Getting Ready for School
- Getting the Diagnosis
- Getting To The Issue
- Getting Up
- Giveaway! Autistic-Like: Graham’s Story
- Golden Slumbers
- Good Days, Bad Days
- Good times.
- Grace as I See My Gift
- Grandparent’s Concert a success!
- Gravity
- Great Expectations
- Guess How I Feel? Game Review and Giveaway!
- Guilt
- Guilt-Free Grieving
- Halloween
- Halloween, by Comparison
- Happiness With A Side of Autism
- Happy Birthday to US!
- Happy Hindsight
- Hard
- Having a Special Needs Child is Like Shooting Craps!
- He is NOT his Diagnosis
- He let me trim his fingernails
- He Screams At Goofy…
- He’s not ‘Bad’ – He’s Awesome!
- He’s Not Just Quirky.
- Helicopter Parenting
- Help
- Help the SPD Foundation WIN $250,000!
- Help, I need somebody
- Hercules
- Here Comes Summer
- Hindsight is 20/20
- Hiring a Special Needs Babysitter
- Home Sweet Home
- Homework Battles
- Hooray for Another Appointment!
- How Did You Know It Wasn’t ‘Just’ SPD?
- How do you thank someone who has given you and your child everything?
- How I Almost Got Kicked Out of the North Pole
- How I Feel the World
- How SPD has made me a better mom
- How to feel when the school fails you?
- How to Help Siblings Cope
- How to Tell Your Child He Has SPD
- How we managed the Big Kid Event
- How We Survive Haircuts
- Hugs and Kisses and Mommy’s Wishes
- I Actually Hit the Send Button: The Email I’ve Been Dreading
- I am a mother.
- I am not alone
- I Am Superman and I Can Feel Anything
- I CAN Be A Parent!
- I don’t normally like surprises, but….
- I Don’t Want To Be SuperMom
- I Hate Myself.
- I have a dream!
- I Have A Little Dreidel (An SPD Hanukkah 2012)
- I Have A Little Dreidel (for an SPD Hanukkah)
- I Know My Days
- I Know You
- I like this dental occasion: How we prepped for the dentist
- I Love My Autistic Son (Even Though I Hate Autism)
- I Need Ice
- I ran into Almira Gulch today, the Wicked Witch and we had a talk about Autism….
- I tried to warn them!
- I wanna hold your hand
- I WONDER…
- I’ll Take Today
- I’m Here To Stay! {Hopefully…}
- I’m not a doctor, but I play one at bath time
- I’ve Stopped Being Afraid Of My Kid in Public
- Identity Crisis
- If I Could Keep You Home
- If I had a quarter
- If I had only known back then…
- If Only It Came Naturally…
- If you give an SPD kid a pancake…
- Ignored
- Inching Forward
- Incident At The Water Slide
- Interview and Giveaway With Carol Kranowitz and Joye Newman on ‘Growing An In-Sync Child’
- Invisible Illness
- iPad App Review: Little Lilly’s Touch Book
- Is it enabling, or simply making life bearable (for all of us?)
- Is It Just SPD?
- Is it Sensory or Behavior?
- it all began with the lion king
- It Isn’t Regression!
- It Isn’t Regression!
- It never gets easier….
- It really is okay, right?
- It’s All a Matter of Perspective…
- It’s back to school time!
- It’s been an interesting ride so far…
- It’s My Party and I’ll Cry if I want to…
- It’s October why should the White House be thinking about their annual Easter Egg hunt right now?
- It’s the little steps.
- It’s the way I was made
- It’s Time
- It’s What You Don’t See
- Juggling Act
- Just a Swingin’
- Just breathe…
- Just call me the Poop Doula
- Just Eat It
- Just Keep Swimming
- Just Love
- Just One Day
- Just One Thing
- Just Right Challenge
- Just Take A Chill Pill
- Just The Way She Is
- Keeping All Students Safe Act – An Open Letter
- Keeping Calm on Christmas
- Kids Today {Now with 23% more Autism!}
- Kindergarten Woes
- Launch Day!
- Laundry is a Metaphor….
- Learn to Fly
- Learning Curve
- Learning from the Past to appreciate today
- Learning Self-Control
- Learning to Live with Sensory Processing Disorder
- Lessons from Fireworks
- Lessons in Water Fountains
- Let’s Go Swimming!
- Let’s Talk About It
- Letter to Myself as A New-ish Mom
- Letter to Oprah
- Letter to Teacher: Little Man 101
- Letter Writing Campaign to Oprah
- Letters to Kindergarten: All Things New
- Letters to Kindergarten: I Saw You
- Letters to Kindergarten: Who are You?
- Letting Go
- Letting Go and Adapting
- Life Before a Diagnosis
- Life is Like a Box of Chaos
- Life Outside of the Bubble
- Life Uphill
- Life’s A Beach…Sometimes.
- Little Zen Master
- Living in “Las Vegas”
- Living in “Interesting” Times
- Living with SPD-told through pictures
- Llama Llama Holidrama…
- Loving School, or Not. It’s Okay.
- Lupus and Sensory Processing Disorder Don’t Mix!
- Mad Elephant Syndrome
- Make It Count
- Making a Splash
- Mama Bear & the Dentist Chair
- Mama Bear Fights Back
- Managing Two Kids and One Husband
- Marla Roth-Fisch Interview and Book Giveaway
- Marriage Advice Special Needs Moms Don’t Want to Hear
- Me and My Martyr Syndrome
- Mean People Suck
- Measures of Success
- Meet The SPDBN Team!
- Meet Y’vonne!
- Meltdowns and Dollars: The Price of Awareness
- Meltdowns at School and Home……
- Meltdowns Happen
- Memories of SPD
- Men are From Mars: Sensational Marriage
- Mental Preparation
- Mini-Sensory Based Activities
- Mom’s Got High Hopes
- MoMster Meltdown
- Mostly Excited
- Mother knows best…
- Mother’s Intuition
- Mrs. Stick-in-the-Mud or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bounce House
- Ms. Snark, meet Mama Bear.
- Munchkin Joins the Four-Eyes Club
- Murphy’s Law of Special Needs Parenting
- My “Out-of-Sync” Child
- My 2012 Goal: Help my daughter and find answers.
- My Child is an Orchid
- My Daughter, My Hero
- My Favorite Things, Autism-Style
- My first IEP meeting… and I cried like a baby
- My Heart Skipped A Beat!
- My Kids just Happen to have SPD
- My Mother’s Eyes
- My new reality
- My Pillow Beat Me Up
- My positive post
- My SENSATIONAL little girl
- My Son Has A Hidden Disability, And The Work of Giving Up Denying it.
- My Son’s Angel
- My Worlds Collide
- Name That Octopus Contest
- Nervousness Never Fades
- Never Give Up
- Never Lose Hope
- New Foods and Lunchtime
- New To Navigating HS
- New Tools for the Holidays.
- New Year, New Crazyness, Round 1
- Newly diagnosed
- Night and Day
- Ninja skills and Raisin Bran
- No food for Us
- no more than a hiccup
- No Off Switch
- No Shots Today
- Noah and the Park
- NoNetz Boys’ Swim Suit Giveaway Winner!
- NoNetz Boys’ Swim Suits Review & Giveaway
- Not Alone
- not diagnosed yet, but does she have SPD I’m wondering
- Not Mean
- Not Your Average Mall Santa
- Note to Self: Open Your Eyes
- Nothing to Fear but Fear itself
- Numb
- Numb: A Follow Up
- Numbers
- occupational therapy – what it looks like
- October is…
- Octopus’s Garden
- Oddest Autist Audibles
- oh the holly daze!
- Oh, So That Is Stimming… Now What?
- Oh, the Crazy, Hazy, Lazy Days of Summer… emphasis on Crazy.
- Oh, the Places we go! Oh, the Things we do!
- On Father’s Day…
- On main stream schools
- On the Right Track
- On the Road to Self-Regulation: Ideas for Proprioceptive and Vestibular Input
- one fish, two fish…
- One large breakfast, autism on the side. Hold the sanity
- One Moment In Time
- One of those nights
- One Pool, Two Pool, Old Pool, New Pool
- One shoe on, One shoe off…
- One Singular Sensation
- One Thousand Cranes
- One Year
- One year ago
- Open Letter to All the Haters
- Operation Mallrat
- Ouch Pouch Review and Giveaway
- our evaluation experience
- Our Favorite Sensory Diet Activities
- Our Kindy Journey with SPD
- Our life with autism vs. everyone who has no idea what that means
- Our melatonin mishap
- Our own brand of “Animal Therapy”
- Our reading rainbow might be in grayscale
- Our sensational family
- Our Sensational Sandy Holiday
- Our Sensory Friendly Fourth Of July
- Our Sensory Life
- Out of the mouths of babes
- Outsiders: Including Those on the Inside
- Overload Once, Overload Again and Again
- OVERLOAD! The Walmart Puzzle Piece!
- Overwhelmed
- Paper Towels and Other Small Victories…
- patience
- Patience is Not My Virtue; Focus on Your Strengths
- Patterns
- Paying it forward
- Peace on Earth
- Peace Weighted Blanket Review and Giveaway
- Perfect
- Perfectionism
- Permission to Parent
- Perspective
- Photo Shoot
- Photounrealistic Expectations
- Picture People
- Planning the Great American Road Trip
- Please do not disturb.
- Please Don’t Stare
- Please forgive me
- Polaroid Moments
- Potty Training
- Potty Training and the Sensory-Defensive Preschooler
- Praise the Progress
- Preemie Beginings…Sensational Future
- Preparation
- Preschool = Stressed-out Mom
- Preschool and Discovering SPD
- Preschool Ponderings
- Pretty Pink Headphones
- Prince’s Sensory Delights Review and Giveaway!
- Princess and the Pea
- Progress
- Progress report
- Proprioception and Calming Techniques
- Pudding and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
- Pulling on Your Heart Strings
- Put Yourself In My Shoes
- Puttin’ on My Big-Girl Panties
- Putting the special in Olympics
- Quit Feeding the Guilt Monster
- Raise Your Glass
- Raising Awareness
- Raising Sensational Twins
- Reasons To Be Hopeful
- Reduced Stress Easter
- Reduced Stress Easter
- Regression…..
- Relaxing with Our Toes in the Sand…. Or Not.
- Respite Requirement
- Restoring the Faith in Humanity (or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Enjoy Santa)
- Return to Blogging
- Revealing the Elephant in the Room
- Rhythm Running
- Ripping off the Band-aide
- Robyn Takes Flight
- Roller Coaster
- Rough Patch
- Round and Round…
- Rules are made to be broken
- Running Away
- Safety In Numbers
- Sample Sensory Diet for School
- Say You, Say Me
- Saying Goodbye
- Saying my sorries, so we can move on
- School Decisions
- Score One for Our Team
- Screaming for Control
- Seeing Play Through My Eyes
- Seeing the green flash
- Seeking a diagnosis
- Senory seeker? Or mad genius?
- Sensational achievements equal sensational moments
- Sensational Fun: Bean Box
- Sensational Siblings
- Sensational Solutions: Dinner with a fidgety, fussy eater
- Sensational Soup!
- Sensational Summer Giveaway from Soft Clothing and SPDBN
- sensory bin – winter theme change-up
- Sensory Breaks At School
- Sensory Diet Tools
- Sensory Disruption
- Sensory Friendly 4th of July
- Sensory Friendly Classrooms with Dr. Roya Ostovar
- Sensory Friendly Fourth of July
- Sensory Friendly Halloween
- Sensory Friendly Halloween 2012
- Sensory Fun in the Snow
- Sensory Gallery Weighted Platypus Winner
- Sensory Issues and the School System
- Sensory Issues in a Musician
- Sensory Modulation Disorder: Sensory Seekers and Sensory Avoiders
- Sensory Overload Saturday
- Sensory Processing Disorder Awareness Month
- Sensory Sentimentality
- Sensory Tubs
- Sensory UNDERload
- Settling Is For the Dogs
- She needs a break
- Shooting Stars
- Shopping for My Special Needs Child
- Shout out to the men of SPD!
- Showers and Bedtime and Meltdowns Oh My!
- Siblings
- Signs you may have a kid with eating issues
- Sissy Love
- Sitting At The Crossroads
- Sitting Still
- Six Special Ideas for Special Families for the Holidays.
- Sleep Tight
- Sleeping arrangements
- Snow Days
- Snow Sculptures with Figurines
- So Much Stuff!
- So Then, What Should I Do?
- Soccer Goalie-Guest Post from my Husband
- Socks
- Solvitur ambulando
- Some Day
- Some Days You Break
- Some feeding issues to chew on…
- Some of the less spoken challenges – Motor planning/Coordination skills
- Some People Suck
- Somedays…Somedays I Cry
- Something I Never Thought We’d Do
- Sometimes all I know to do is…
- Sometimes I’m Jealous
- Sometimes It’s Worth It
- Sometimes you just gotta laugh…
- Sound of a Sunset
- Space Invaders
- SPD – the realisation
- SPD and lack of empathy?
- SPD Awareness
- SPD DIY: Big Girl Panties
- SPD DIY: Fun With Pasta
- SPD DIY: Geoboards
- SPD DIY: How To Make Your Own Weighted Blanket
- SPD DIY: Making Colored Pasta
- SPD DIY: Making Peek-A-Boo Bottles!
- SPD DIY: Ribbon Rings
- SPD DIY: Stained Glass Tissue Suncatchers
- SPD DIY: Tactile Bead Sort Activity
- SPD DIY: There’s No Day Like A Snow Day
- SPD in the Preschool Classroom
- SPD Winter Wonder’s
- SPD With Friends
- SPD, motor memory, and the “F” word
- SPD… beginning our journey
- SPD: Does it Get Better for Teenagers
- Special Interests
- Special Needs, from the Other Side
- Speechless
- Spin Board Redesign
- Splish, Splash
- Sports!
- Spreading the Word
- Spring Rushes In
- Spring Sensory Giveaway from Soft and SPDBN!
- Stamania
- Stamina- A Special Needs Mom’s Perspective
- Staring down the path; our journey before the diagnosis
- Starting to Make Sense
- Starting: A Part of Every Day Life
- Sticks and Stones
- Stopping to Smell the Roses…My Sensory Seeker
- Strategies for Sensational Travel
- Stressed Kiddo? Help Him Become a Blow Hard!
- Stromboli Wars
- Stuck In A Moment
- Summer Schedule
- Surprising Mama Bear
- Sweet Moments
- Sweet Successes!
- Swimming up the Mainstream
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game
- Taking It Slow
- Taking Off the Armor
- Taking the kids to the Zoo {Which cage do you want them in!?!}
- Tales of a 2 Year Old Terror
- Taming the Anxiety Monster
- Tantrums, tantrums, and even more tantrums….is it the sugar?
- teaching a child to play
- Teaching a Sensory Swimmer
- Teaching Molasses to Sprint Down the Hill
- Teeter Water
- Telling it Like it Is
- Teres Kids Clothing Review and Giveaway
- Thank You for Being a Friend
- Thank you to the SPDBN sponsors!
- Thank you!
- Thanksgiving Table Manners
- Thanksgiving Table Manners 2012
- That Non-Disorder Disorder
- That’s My Boy
- That’s Not Math
- The “Church Story”
- The “Not-So-Autism-Friendly” Autism Walk
- The A Word
- The Advocacy Never Ends
- The Anger Within….
- The Apple Doesn’t Fall Too Far
- The Autistic Couch
- The Beginning
- The Birthday Debacle
- The Birthday Party
- The Boy In The Moon
- The Bus
- The Call From School That I Have Been Dreading…
- The Cold, the Hot and the Crunchy
- The Cost of Progress
- The Death of Santa
- The Difficult Decision of NOT Medicating my Child
- The Dilemma
- The Dinner Meltdown-MINE!
- the donut shop
- The Elf on the Shelf
- The End of Innocence
- The Endless Cycle
- The Faces of Fear
- The first steps in diagnosis
- The haircut
- The Hamster Debacle
- The honest truth
- The I.E.P(hew!) Meeting
- The Kid-Harness: Caution or Cruelty?
- The Kiss that Blew Me Away
- The Language Barrier
- The Little Apple Didn’t Fall Far From the Tree
- The Little Engine That Could(n’t)…Slow Down
- The Look
- The Magic of a Water Bottle
- The magic of mufflers
- The Magic Weighted Blanket Review and Giveaway
- the magic word
- The Mouth.
- The Music Speaks to Him
- The Octopus’ Name is….
- The Past Always Looks Closer
- The Penny Pony
- The Poop on Interoception
- The Preschool Open House
- The Respite Requirement
- The Road Not Taken
- The Schedule is King
- The Search for an Autistic Church
- The Search for Cinnamon Schoolbook Cookies
- The Silver Lining
- The softer side of SPD
- The Sweet Sound of Victory
- The Track Meet
- The trouble with boys
- The Upside
- The Vacation Letdown…..
- The Waiting Game
- The Well Child Visit goes very well
- The Working Mom; Balancing Your Children’s Needs
- The Worry
- Therapy at home
- There are days we are beating this and days we don’t – Our lessons learned!
- There is a light at the end of the tunnel
- There will be blood
- There will be more blood. And x-rays, too.
- Things Not to Say to a Parent of a Child with Special Needs
- Things They are a Changin’
- Thinking differently
- this child’o’mine.
- This Is My Life … This Is Our Life!
- This is the face of Sensory Processing Disorder
- This is the Life
- This Too Shall Pass…Or Not.
- Thoughts on being four years old
- Three Sides of the Same Coin
- Through JC’s Eyes: a Day in the Life of a Child with SPD
- Time for the 2012 SPD Blogger Network Awards!
- Time Out (for mom)
- Time Out for Time Out
- Timeouts
- Tips for a Road Trip with a Sensory Seeker
- Tips for Making Morning Routine Easier
- Tips for the IEP meeting
- Tips to Help ‘Sensational’ Dads
- Tis the Season
- To Be Accepted and Loved
- To Feel No Pain
- To label or not to label?
- To Tell, Or Not To Tell…
- To the Freshman Class of Special Needs Dads:
- To Walk or Not to Walk
- Today Autism WON, but Tomorrow is a new game!
- Today I failed my daughter….
- Toddler EEG and MRI
- Toddler Tantrums With an SPD Twist
- Tonight before bed
- Transition Objects
- Transitions and Temperament
- Trip Prep
- Trying to be a Superhero
- Tubes and Pipes, a Summer Activity
- Turning Around
- Two Good Days
- Two of a Kind
- Uncomfortable
- Unfit Mother
- Upside-Down Baby
- Visual Schedules, For the Win!
- Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
- Waves
- Way Down In Crown Point, In Indiana…
- We Had a Tough Day…
- We Have A Weighted Blanket Winner!
- We have an “Ouch Pouch” Winner!
- We have come so far…yet…..another obstacle
- We now live in an (cheap, small, DIY) OT gym
- We’re Hiring for a Review Editor! Join Us!
- We’re On Pinterest!
- We’re Six Months Old!
- Weathered Hands
- Weighted Playtpus Giveaway
- Welcome to Switzerland
- Welcome To Walmart
- Welcome!
- What do people see?
- What do you do on a birthday?
- What do you do when you feel like all you can do is wait?
- What does “normal” feel like?
- What I know for sure – Autism has not ruined my life!
- What is iLs? Interview with Dr. Ronald Minson
- What is it about those 3 little letters?
- What Makes Father’s Day Special for Me?
- What Sensory Processing Means to Us
- What SPD means to our family…..
- What SPD Means to Us.
- What to do when things go _____
- What worked once, can work again…
- What You May Have Missed…April 2011
- What You May Have Missed…August 2011
- What You May Have Missed…February 2011
- What You May Have Missed…July 2011
- What You May Have Missed…June 2011
- What You May Have Missed…March 2011
- What You May Have Missed…May 2011
- When All the Interventions Work
- When an SPD Child Gets Sick
- When Emotions Run High
- When Nothing Works
- When Ocean Waves Become Your Nemesis
- When T Gets Sick
- When the Lights Go Down in the City
- When the Pieces Don’t Match…
- When Two Turns Three
- When You Find What Works…..
- When You Know Something is Up, Even When No One Else Does
- Where to begin?
- Who Is Afraid of Life…..Them or Me????
- Who Knew it was Sensory?
- Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Dentist?
- Why do I constantly second guess my decisions?
- Why dont they just RESPECT it???
- Why I cannot buy you marbles…..
- Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights? An SPD Passover
- Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights? Passover, SPD Style
- Why it matters
- Why Spring is not my Favorite Season
- Will you sing with me?
- Will You?
- winter themed sensory bin
- Wishing and hoping
- Woe is me?
- Work to Do
- Working on a better me, marriage, & mommy
- Worry about your log and leave me and my speck be
- Wow, what a break can do
- Writing it all down
- Yes I admit I was wrong with a capital W!
- Yet another fat lip
- You Are A Super Hero
- You Can Dress Him Up
- You can quote me on that!
- You Can’t Always Get What You Want
- You Know You’re Teaching a Kid with SPD When…
- {new school, new beginning}
- “We’re Getting a Divorce”
- “You have too much time on your hands”
