Gluten-free

Any of the SPD families out there successfully implement a gluten-free diet for their chiild? I know "success" is relative but I guess what I mean is that you saw a definite change and improvement in your child.

Any one have any insight on SPD and the gluten-free diet? How and where do I even begin? There's so much info on the internet that I'm lost! Help please...And it sounds like a lot of work and effort so I want to make sure that it's worth the energy and time.

Really?? We walk in a restaurant (any place really that has a lot of random unorganized noise) and it's too loud for him. It's really not all that loud but too loud for him nonetheless. He looks funny, still cute tho (Thank you Lord for such a cute face!). But hey I'm not complaining, especially when it keeps him still and focused on what's in front of him. I mean really...funky head accessory or a spazzed out Enzo??

Yes, I choose the funky fashion too. =)

Mummy or Butterfly?

Enzo craves being snuggled, squished and rolled...some days more than others. So when he asked to be rolled up in this crazy soft blanket, it was a welcomed request on this particular morning. Yes, our day had barely started and we were more than ready to be squished. He has his pj's on to prove it! Oh what a day! =) Btw, his choice of pj's is another post for another day.

So he was telling us a story as I rolled him up. He said he was like a caterpillar in a cocoon - spinning and spinning. Then one day struggle to come out as a butterfly. Although half way through his story he remembered a story we listened to for history (Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer). King Tut was carefully wrapped with cloth and 'smell good stuff' - his mummy. But in the end he decided he was a butterfly because King Tut didn't come out of his mummy cloth.

He can tell me his story any way he  pleases as long as he comes out ready to start his day! ;)

An Appeal

Dear Confused Florida Weather,

The chill in the air you are so graciously providing is turning my Enzo into a sensory mess. Please make up your mind - cold or warm?

Better yet, how about leaving us with consistently beautiful, yet breezy, spring weather...one that will leave Enzo focusing his sensory energies elsewhere. =)

Love,
Me

PS. Please reconsider your cold wet days too. The sound of your raindrops, along with the chill in the air, keeps the yoga ball occupied...A LOT! I'm sure Mr. Yoga Ball would appreciate a break, as would my arms and back. Feel free to use the picture below as inspiration for your decision. Thanks.

Sensational Crafting

I really need to make Enzo a couple of things for his sensory stuff.  I know definitely I need to get at least one of them figured out and finished before Thanksgiving. Aaarrrggghhhh! I know what I need to do and what I want it to look like, but I need to figure out how to get it all together...*thinking thinking thinking*

Oh yeah and Enzo needs either a Pilgrim or a Native American costume for his class Thanksgiving party on Tuesday.  I guess its a problem if I don't know how to make sleeves...oh where is Mama Belen when we need her! Too bad she doesn't live close by...

Oh and I did make Enzo something for his SPD last year.  One of his therapists is encouraging me to make more because she has several SPD patients who need it, but they aren't available locally...SPD stuff is super pricey too!

Alright I'll have to brain storm this and hopefully I'll get at least one thing made by Turkey Day!