My Little Valentines

Justin stayed home from work with the the boys so that I could go into the nursery. When I came home, they had surprised me with this:

What wonderful little valentines I have.

On another note Tyler had his occupational therapist (OT) initial evaluation for sensory issues today. You may remember from this post that this was just a precautionary thing. So much for that thought. The therapist seems to think that he may have Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD). While this is not an official diagnosis, she thinks he has enough signs that we will be doing therapy once a week just to work on these issues. The biggest concerns are his high threshold of pain (which is something we always knew, just never thought of a problem) and that he is under sensitive, which means that he doesn't feel senses as much as others. For example when he bites, he does not sense how hard he is biting. We will also be working on how oral he is and trying to limit that somewhat. Justin and I now see things he did early on as signs for SPD that we never thought of before. For example, after he learned to crawl he quickly learned to start cruising. The only time he would crawl was to get to some place to cruise on. Also when he crawled he would crawl a lot on his hands and feet rather than his knees (we always assumed this was from watching the dog). The therapist said that he may not have liked the feel of the carpet or floor on his knees. So he would limit that feeling as much as possible - aka cruising early. I am very eager to learn more about this and how we can help Tyler thru this. The biggest problem with SPD is that it can be distracting and limit their learning ability. Also SPD kids can get to a point were they can't handle all the senses bothering them anymore so they can act out in means ways, or become frustrated very easily (we have seen this in Tyler). Because of this kids will either isolate themselves from others, or be isolated from others because of their behavior. Something we don't want for Tyler. His next appointment with the OT is next week.