"Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peach of mind." ~Christian Larson
It has been quite a while since I have posted something on the blog. I think we have become overwhelmed in the chaos of the school year now that everyone is settled in to their work. All I know is I am exhausted!
Where to start with where we are at...
I am intensely dreading this Halloween season. I feel horrible forbidding the eating of chocolate in the house, but I know (and boy realizes too) what milk does to him and it is just impossible for him to function with milk in his system. I do let him "cheat" sometimes on the weekend, but we definitely pay for it after. It still amazes me what milk does to him. I think the things that he misses the most are mac-n-cheese and pizza. I have been searching for shredded milk-free cheese and cannot find it. I mentioned this to the sensory therapist and she suggested I buy the block of milk free cheese and....wait for it....shred it myself! DUH?! Seriously, why did I not think of that myself? Oh yeah, that's right because half the time I can't even remember my name or what day of the week it is.
Anxiety levels are very high lately and we are trying different ways of tracking that for him so his therapist can work through it with him, but he has anxiety over having to mark the anxiety chart that he has anxiety...this is my life. Today we played outside in the leaves and the kids next door were taking our leaves to their yards....anxiety ensued...
The sensory therapy is the best thing we have EVER done...ever...period. His OT is so amazingly kind and understanding and she really knows how to get through to him. She has been working on his handwriting, coordination, fine motor skills and I believe we are seeing some pretty good results. We really need to slow down his handwriting and coloring so we are working with Callirobtics, which is writing in patterns to classical music, to the beat of the classical music. The problem is that he tenses up when writing, looks really closely at the paper and moves quickly for fear of not being able to finish quickly enough. Gotta slow him down a few beats.
Friendships are still difficult for him. It breaks my heart to see him so stuck in his ways.
So, overall we have not had much progress to report on, but we are still working hard.
Newest obsession to report on -- School House Rock. This one is an obsession from about two years ago that is now making its way back around town. He listens to it nonstop and sings all of the song. I am a pretty huge fan of SHR so I'm happy to hear the music and dance to it while cleaning the house...in about a week I will be pulling my hair out to "I'm just a Bill", can't wait.
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I feel you on the whole Halloween thing. We've moved on to eliminating corn syrup as well as milk and everything else, so now there is nothing left for her to eat! Not to mention the start of the costume obsession two months early. Its cowgirl this year, and shes been wearing her cowboy hat, and some old dress up things that are 5 sizes too small for about a month already.
ReplyDelete...and i'm sitting here on Capitol hill.. Dang it!!!