Cloud Dough Recipe for sensory play

Posted on 15th February 202217th February 2022 by CatsKidsChaos

Cloud dough is another form of sensory play dough that you can buy but also make at home. I prefer to make cloud dough, and it’s actually very easy, cheap and effective and I think better than most of the bought brands you can get. It’s a great alternative to play-dough that you don’t have […]

Water beads for sensory and tactile play

Posted on 25th May 202111th August 2023 by CatsKidsChaos

We are huge fans of water beads for both home sensory play and work, at the groups I run with families of young children. They are a reasonably easy to set up and offer a messy/sensory play activity that’s great for children. Sensory play is very important for children and part of how they learn […]

Masking – What is it and why it happens?

Posted on 5th May 20215th May 2021 by CatsKidsChaos

Masking is something that is becoming more talking about and not just a random term used by children and adult mental health care providers and experts. Masking is something that means a large number of children fall through the net of mental health care and educational needs. Masking means children are not getting the help […]

Push Poppers – strangely addictive

Posted on 31st March 20212nd April 2024 by CatsKidsChaos

*This is a review post. We were kindly sent some Push Poppers to try* If you are someone who loves bubble wrap and popping it, then you will love Push Poppers. Made of soft silicone and designed in eye catching and bright colours, they are fun to play with and very cathartic and calming without […]

Things that wind me up as a parent of a child with SPD

Posted on 13th December 201913th December 2019 by CatsKidsChaos

I try to take motherhood and being a parent in my stride, and I admit that I take it as it comes and learn as I go, but sometimes there are things that wind me up. As the parent of a child with SPD (sensory processing disorder), there are a few things that get my […]

Trying out weighted blankets with Snoozzzy

Posted on 25th August 201919th April 2020 by CatsKidsChaos

*This is a review post. We have been working with Snoozzzy trying out their weighted sleep blankets* Our small boy has struggled hard with sleep and we have fought to find ways to help him. We have tried weighted blankets to see if that would help him, as recommended by his Occupational Therapist, but he […]

SPD – what does it stand for?

Posted on 8th July 201823rd October 2019 by CatsKidsChaos

Our son has SPD. SPD stands for Sensory Processing Disorder. What does sensory processing disorder mean? Sensory processing (originally called “sensory integration dysfunction” or SID) refers to the way the nervous system receives messages from the senses and turns them into appropriate motor and behavioral responses. Whether you are biting into a sandwich, riding a […]

Sensory Processing Disorder is a funny beast

Posted on 6th June 201823rd October 2019 by CatsKidsChaos

Sensory processing disorder is a funny old beast. It can seem calm and relatively easy to manage and you think you have FINALLY got a handle on it, and then out of the blue you hit a rough patch and everything you thought you knew and had figured out just seems to evaporate and you […]

I’m not a bad parent because my kid doesn’t sleep.

Posted on 19th May 20185th March 2020 by

My kid doesn’t sleep. There, I said it. Ok, he does, but he doesn’t sleep well sometimes and we still have nights where he wakes once, if not more than once, sometimes up to three times. He needs help to go back to sleep and he often wakes early (and I mean early, before 6am) […]

He doesn’t need to “get better” from Sensory Processing Disorder.

Posted on 16th May 201824th October 2019 by CatsKidsChaos

There are two things not to say to a parent of a child with sensory processing disorder or any other invisible issue that doesn’t manifest in a way that can be seen “physically”… “He looks fine, though” & “so when will he get better?” Both have been said to me recently. Both were well meant […]