Articles Tagged motor planning

Praise the Progress

July 7, 2012 by in Anxiety, Inspiration, SPD with 2 Comments

Have you ever been in a situation so long that it is difficult for you to keep perspective, where you are constantly focusing on what still needs to be done that you forget about all you have accomplished? That’s where I’ve been finding myself lately. While I know that our life is far from perfect, I have decided to become aware of how far we have come in the past four years. So…

This is from a collection of posts in which I focused on milestones, while looking for the positives and honoring the advancements O has made on his journey as a boy with sensational needs.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein

Sand…More Sand
I love the beach. My husband loves the beach! My girls love the beach! So, it only makes sense that O would love the beach, too. Right?
Unfortunately, O showed an extreme dislike for the beach! At 13 months old, during his first real trip to the beach, O didn’t stop screaming. We had taken him before, as an infant, but he spent those trips cradled in someone’s arms, most likely sleeping or being fed, not experiencing the sights, sounds, and textures of the beach.
For a long time after that trip, 2 years to be exact, we avoided the beach. After all, it was not very fun, when two active girls, who love the water and the sand, had to cut their playtime short because their brother wouldn’t stop screaming. But, we missed the beach. …continue reading

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The Kiss that Blew Me Away

October 10, 2011 by in Anxiety, Autism, Inspiration, SPD, Victories with 9 Comments

He looked at me as his bus pulled away this morning, and before I even got to do it, he blew me a kiss.  And I started crying.

I cried because with that kiss, eight years of  heartbreak and desperate attempts came rushing back, completely overwhelming me.  Eight years of blowing kisses when I said goodbye, only to receive a blank stare back.   Eight years of thinking that  maybe tomorrow will be the day he does it.  Eight years of silently begging him to put his hand to his mouth and blow on it.

Eight years of knowing that a blown kiss means nothing, yet means everything.

When James was a baby, we tried to get him to play peek-a-boo and blow kisses when “that book” said he would be able to do so.  He never did.  I just thought he was disinterested, but as he grew, I noticed other things he didn’t do.  Play patty-cake, blow bubbles, roll down a hill, and jump from the lowest step.

And he wasn’t reacting to the world around him like he should have been.  I watched my husband’s face light up every night when he walked in the door, and then immediately become sad, every night, when the  excited “Daddy’s home!” rush into his waiting arms never came. …continue reading

“I can ride a bike too!”

September 3, 2011 in Advice, SPD, Summer with 8 Comments

“Michael can ride a bike?” Riding back from the bakery. There he was, pedaling his bike, like any other kid, except that his smile was much bigger. “How’d you do it?” asked my sister. “What

Tales of a 2 Year Old Terror

I’m writing this post from the bathroom, yes the bathroom. I’m sick, sickest I’ve been in over a year and I just need to rest. Putting the 2 yr old in the bathtub is the

Some of the less spoken challenges – Motor planning/Coordination skills

April 14, 2011 in Advice, Therapy with 12 Comments

I’ve heard/seen a lot of stories about many of our sensory avoiders and sensory seekers. Those are our children that fall into the Type 1 (Sensory Modulation Disorder) or Type 3 (Sensory Discrimination Disorder) categories.

Dancer

March 7, 2011 in Inspiration, Siblings with 5 Comments

I watch my daughter in her ballet class.  She is so tiny next to the other girls–lean, muscular, but so skinny and a head shorter than most of them.  I watch her concentrate hard on

Sensational Fun: Bean Box

February 22, 2011 in Avoiders, Seekers, Sensory Diet with 11 Comments

Spend some fun time indoors this winter with a simple inexpensive sensory tool. This post shows you how to put together your own bean box, discusses some of the benefits and shares a few fun activities to get your started on a sensational afternoon of fun for any age!

Snow Sculptures with Figurines

February 6, 2011 in Sensory Diet with 7 Comments

The other day, we had a nor-easter yesterday, which meant plenty of nature-based sensory input awaited us out the front door in the form of shoveling, building snowmen, scaling snow banks and attempting to sled

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