Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Today is M's FIRST Valentine's. I don't go crazy w/this holiday, both the kids just got something small, N got a toy camera that he keeps playing w/at the check out at Walmart, and M got a little purse/tote that I found at Targets $1 bins. The kids both got Daddy a card (and Mommy got Daddy a card too), N picked out his card to Daddy, he was excited about it had an alligator on it. He had a great day at school today, in fact I don't think he was ready to come home cuz he gave me a dirty look when I came to get him. Really I think it's cuz of this girl at school. Yesterday when I went to get him he was sitting on this little couch w/this little girl and he would look at me then the girl, than back at me like, but mommy! and today they were standing by each other playing w/these heart beads they got and he did the same thing it's so cute.

On other news....M had OT again today. OT is going much slower than PT. She made a little improvement, but not much. The therapist made a comment about how she may have some sensory "issues" w/her hands, cuz she really doesn't like you to touch her arms and hands, she'll pull back. I told her how she is when I'm trying to get her shirts on(she pulls back) this is when I found out that our OT has dealt w/sensory a lot so she helped me w/my BIG question. I think I made a comment about this before, but M HATES to be on her back on hard surfaces, she'll freak out and get all tense. She's even started getting a little bad on the carpet too so I now change her w/her laying on her boppy. I had her try it on our tile floor so she could see what I mean. She goes "does she like swings?" I told her NO, I tried it once outside and she started crying w/the first swing. So she told me a bunch of things to do to try and help her. She put it to me like this if you just fell out of space and couldn't see anything and you didn't know where you were, or if you were going to hit something, that's how M feels when we lay her down, or touch her hands she feels like she's losing control. She gave me a bunch of things to help her "deal" w/the issues. One of the things was that Daddy needs to rough house w/her-I thought this was a little funny since she's a girl, but it makes sense since when you rough house he would flip her and stuff. Another was pull her around the room on a blanket or towel. Pretty much everything she gave me was play stuff that would push her limits so she feels more comfortable doing the things that are affecting her. For now till she learns it's ok, I'll be changing her in the stroller when we are out. One other thing which I found interesting, she wants M to wear her shoes around the house a few hours a day. This is cuz M curles her toes(this is also another sensory issue) when she stands which isn't helping the muscles they are suppose to, her shoes will forces her to keep her toes flat helping her feel more safe, inturn helping the muscles. I know ALOT from one session and we even had to cut it short cuz I had to get N from school. If she's still progressing at the same speed next meeting(in 3weeks) then we are going to go to once every 2 weeks.
Well, I'm off to work on some needlepointing I hope everyone had a great Valentines Day!