White Shirts and Mud Puddles

After school today, John came home for his two hour rest time in the monkey suite. Of course, mommy took a quick snooze. One hour later, no nap he was ready to go. I am pulling on the words of OC Therapist, he is craving input. This concept was a little to understand, so she gave me a very good book this week to read. I would recommend everyone reading just for understanding the concept. The weighted vest that John is wearing is working wonders at school and at home. At first, we were all like "NO" please do make him stronger but that is not the purpose or the case.

Today, I put on his vest and loaded him up to go to the field and let him run. It reminded me of when I was a child and played soccer in the mud filled fields. You know the kind of puddles that splash you in the face. There was nothing better than playing soccer in the mud and getting filthy, it was my favorite childhood past time. Been a long time though and I am now a princess with new tennis shoes.

We walked towards the mud and puddle and John looked at it like usual does not like to get different feels on him until he is sure of it. I decided let's do it, took me a few moments to forget myself and run. Lou Ann wanted sensory input here we go. My new tennis shoes and white shirt I ran through the mud puddles splashing and jumping and he was laying on his face forgetting all of his issues. This went on for 45 minutes.

This is the part that really got me. Forgetting what people think and that I am an adult, we were having a blast. Every car that went by stopped or slowed down to look at me. They were picking there children up at the daycare. I was thinking to myself, go ahead and look I am having a blast and so is John. Is was more the look like "Oh, my GOD, what is she letting him do". You do have to understand we were soaked head to toe in mud and I thought it was great. Mission accomplished. I managed to give MONKEY some sensory input and make a few people think why do I spend $20 for a movie when I can jump in the mud for free. LOL

We made it to the pavement and John fell to the floor and sat down on the cement. He then realized that his feet were wet, his body was soaked, he was exhausted from running with a weighted vest and had that look like...."Mamma, you tricked me, I am tired let's eat and get a drink".

Today turned out to be a great day just had to remember it does not matter what people think, you don't have to pay to have fun, and it does not matter if I am out of shape the only way to get in shape is PLAY PLAY PLAY........................

Did he break anything?

I am not a doctor, but I feel like it because I am on call. Yesterday, the school called and John just had enough. Yes, he was tired, he was banging his head, he was ready to go. Why? Who knows, since this is the kids that never sleeps. I got in the car and rushed two minutes to bring him home. All of my good work, down the drain in three hours and now reason why. I let him fight himself for a while by banging his head and then finally he went to sleep on the floor.

Today, I dropped John off at school at 9:00 in hopes of some work time. The teacher requested the weighted vest, since it seems to help John stay focused and not so out of control. I am still not sure how this is helpful except making him stronger and even more difficult to handle. It seems to be working, so we will go with it. It is very helpful during the transition times from the playground to the class room.

So, in attempts to get two solid hours, I left the school went and got the vest and returned to the school. Able to sit down and work on some accounts receivables, just when I was ready to focus RING> RING>..

I don't even say hello anymore, my response is did he break anything? At that moment, I realized to any other person this might sound bad, but I truly want him to learn the threshhold of pain and that won't happen with a mommy who comes running.

They noticed that he had broken skin and a good bite out of his face, but they were not sure when or how it happened on the playground. Basically, it boils down to the same issue we have been having, he does not and barely feels pain. He did not cry, stop playing, or even acknowledge there was a bite, until Amy cleaned it and kissed it. So, this is where the concern still comes in and hopefully, this vest and the brushing techniques to include heavy work, per lou ann, will be helpful.

Either way next month I am calling to see what type of evaluations we can do to learn more about this high threshold, so he does not hurt himself or others.

Leaving to pick him up for Speech Therapy