Life with a child with a Sensory Processing Disorder. Helping them to be who they are. Learning as we go, hoping to support and inform others.
It’s half term week for us. Some families have already had their half term break, some families are still waiting for theirs to start. We are facing ours. When I say facing, it sounds negative. School holidays, for us and me are a mix of pleasure, and frankly pain. We have a little boy who […]
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So, if you are a regular reader of our blog or follow us on our social media, you will know that we have had our ups and downs with sleep, over the past few years and sleep issues with our small boy. Thankfully those have improved, but we are now working on getting a solid […]
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I hadn’t intended to write a post about sleep or SPD, because right now, things are pretty smooth. My lovely boy is sleeping at night, thanks to having had his tonsils and adenoids removed and no longer waking in the night. It has made a huge difference to him physically and emotionally. He is coping […]
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So if you read our blog or follow us on social media, you will know that three weeks ago, we made the decision to have our small boy’s adenoids and tonsils removed. This meant surgery. An adenoidtonsillectomy as the procedure is know, is not something that is done regularly now. It used to be common […]
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I have always said that Mum instinct is very rarely wrong and that if you feel that something is amiss with your kid(s) you should act on it. I have been proven right before, twice, with health issues with my children, once when I put my foot down and pushed past a whole host of […]
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Our son takes medication to help him sleep. Melatonin, in fact. We have shared about our sleep issues on the blog and our social media a number of times, but I don’t talk about one of the solutions we found that mostly has helped. You may have heard of it, you may have even tried […]
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There’s a noise, I can hear it. It’s a low humming sound. It’s sometimes constant and determined, or it’s sporadic and patchy. It can be heard over other noise, and will often compete with louder noises and it’s also in the background, making itself known but not as obvious. To me, it sounds like a […]
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Matthew and I have a secret code, something I taught him (and actually his sister too) for when he is really struggling. When life with SPD is getting to him, or he is somewhere he is finding hard. I tell him to squeeze my hand, as hard as he can, and then I know, that […]
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This is my series on parenting a child with a higher set of needs than his peers. Our beautiful boy, has a diagnosis of sensory processing disorder, mainly auditory, with some emotional/behavioural issues. We don’t know if this is because of the earlier ear/infection/hearing issues he had, or if he will “grow out of” his […]
READ MOREThis is my series on parenting a child with a higher set of needs than his peers. Our beautiful boy, has a diagnosis of sensory processing disorder, mainly auditory, with some emotional/behavioural issues. We don’t know if this is because of the earlier ear/infection/hearing issues he had, or if he will “grow out of” his […]
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