Having scored two weeks off work over Easter this year, my husband and I decided to take our two boys 3 and 5 on a ten day holiday to Kings Beach, Caloundra. A lovely friend had put us on to a fantastic apartment block right on the water…we could walk to the beach, the park, restaurants, shops….awesome location.

Both the boys were very excited about going to our Holiday House. Our older son with SPD has a fantastic memory, and as we have taken him on similar holidays he talked non stop the whole couple of hours drive there…remember this, remember that….

We were blessed with perfect weather the whole time. After a not so hot and quite wet summer, we were being treated with heavenly Autumn weather! Unfortunately holidays also spell changes to routine, new sensations, strange places.

Our first trip to the beach – all of a minutes walk away – started off well enough. As soon as we hit the sand off came his thongs, he didn’t like the sensation of the sand rubbing between his feet and the rubber. No problem though, walking on the sand in bare feet suited him fine. Both he and his little brother love the water, and “wave jumping” became our new sport. All went well until A’s long board shorts started to irritate his legs, “my legs are itching!” he was yelling out in distress. Trying to placate him I said “it’s ok, its just the sand and the water, your legs are okay”. He got more and more upset, to the point where I asked him if he wanted to get out….”NOOOOO….I’m still wave jumping!” …continue reading