Adventures in Occupational Therapy: Body Brushing

My last couple posts have been about the start of our occupational therapy journey with my older son.  For the last three years I have questioned some of my sons’ behaviors only to be told that they were normal and that he would grow out of them.  Fast forward and we now know that my…

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Occupational Therapy

In my post last week (read it HERE) I talked about my older sons’ recent sensory processing diagnosis.  Now that we know the root cause of many of my sons’ behaviors we are working on how to change some of them for the better.  To that end, my son is now receiving occupational therapy –…

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Sensory Processing

In the past year I’ve posted a few times about what it’s like to have a difficult toddler and to manage problematic behaviors.  I’ve often wondered if his behaviors were my fault or if something else was at play but time and time again I’ve been told that “boys will be boys” and that he’s…

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Life with a Threenager

If you follow my posts, you might remember that my toddler just turned three in June.  In the last three years I have heard time and time again that three is a difficult age but I never really paid any attention, after all, every age is difficult in its own way.  That said, nothing prepared…

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Toddler Parenting Struggles

People who aren’t close friends often ask me how I have so much great advice and tell me how I seem to really have it together.  Well, prepare to have you mind blown, I really don’t!  The truth is that I am a total hot mess 99% of the time.  I struggle with self-doubt, I’m…

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