On the Road to Success
This week I hunkered down and focused on two things at home, Forest’s brushing and Logan’s potty training. And I’m happy to say that we are making great headway with both.
Forest is wearing clothes that he hasn’t worn in months and gets into the car seat without any upsets. The car [...]
Is It Possible?
We started “brushing” Forest on Wednesday for his Tactile Defensiveness, today is Saturday. That’s what, three days? Yesterday I noticed that he didn’t fret about getting into his car seat and we had no trouble when he put on his pjs. Things that normally can leave us both in tears. This [...]
Tactile Defensiveness Occupational Therapy Begins
Wednesday’s occupational therapy appointment was pretty straight forward. She did some basic tests to figure out where Forest is developmentally (kid is super smart, in case you were wondering) and then I changed his shirt so that she could see how he reacts. She showed me how to use this small medical brush [...]
OT Bound
Last week the pediatrician confirmed my thoughts that Forest may have tactile defensiveness and gave me a diagnoses of “sensory integration disorder” so now we are off to schedule him for an evaluation with an Occupational Therapist.
On Tuesday I’m going to sit in on one of the boys’ tumbling class and take some [...]
Struggles and Solutions
I don’t remember when or how it started but it crept up over time and has become such a major part of our lives. Every single day we struggle with getting Forest dressed. His clothes hurt him, he says. Sometimes it’s a full on mini tantrum, other times it’s a few moments [...]
Pacifier? What pacifier?
Forest has been a pacifier junkie since birth. Before having kids I had a very strong dislike of pacifiers but was willing to let it slide for bedtimes. Logan gave his up at five months but we hit 3 years old with Forest and I was so ready to say goodbye to that [...]
Forest
This is Forest.
From Feb 09
He is so smart that this age is an extra challenge to me. He wants to do everything on his own. So I’ve learned to let him try first and wait for him to ask for help if he needs it. He has a strong will and is [...]
Hands
I just love to watch the boys little hands do big kid stuff. Spreading peanut butter on a piece of bread with a little knife. Washing their hands. Putting on their shoes. Dusting the entertainment center. Their little hands are so small and beautiful to me and symbolize so much. [...]
Working on the Train Gang
I love watching the boys “figure things out.” Here was a perfect visual example that I was lucky enough to catch and save.
Train set in pieces, trying to put it back together again:
Logan tries this one:
Forest has a suggestion:
Still not exactly it but great ideas!:
Missing you
I started using the word “miss” often to the boys to talk about missing grandparents and their daddies. We’d use the pretend phones to call them and I’d say “now tell Nana you miss her” and Forest started to do it. He tends to freeze up on real phone calls though but I’ve [...]
