Friday, January 20, 2012

A Bouncy House

I do hate the weeks "off" of OT, while it is much easier on the pocketbook; it makes for a child who bounces all over my furniture...not that we have the nicest of things, but still. And while I can deal with it most days, it also makes for a child who bounces off other people's furniture.  And a child who manages to hurt himself because with that SPD diagnosis is also a lack of  'grace', otherwise known as clumsiness. 

Now the good SPD momma would set up some sort of OT like things at home, and most days I do-but sometimes I get tired of doing it, and there is a mini trampoline in the basement-he didn't want to use today :(  Some days I want to sit on the couch when it snows and read a book, or take a nap. Of course those are the days I pay for it, in the form of a hyper sensory seeking child who ends up breaking something or hurting himself and me grumpy :( I also don't like rigid schedules, but thinking I need to get better about one for the time that he is home. Which is yet another reason that homeschooling doesn't appeal to me at this point. Let someone else set the schedule for him.

2 comments:

  1. I can relate - although I am homeschooling. There are days I just want to snuggle in and if my children do so, I happily let it happen - only to realize later that I should have done more sensory diet activities. Ups and downs. All a learning process. Hang in there!

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  2. I think homeschooling is great, and I am not opposed to the idea. I just know it won't work with where we are at this point. Kudos to you for homeschooling! I have a deep respect for those who do!

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