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There is nothing more beautiful than the moment when you hold your child in your arms for the first time. When I held my daughter I felt blessed beyond words. Months later when she was still crying and not letting me hold her close and I was having to put her in her crib to cry her self to sleep because I could not comfort her I felt like a failure as a mother. I talked to the pediatrician who told me not to worry. She had back to back ear infections that later required ear tubes which I thought was why she was so fussy. My husband was active duty Navy at the time and we moved when my daughter was two years old. She had a three word vocabulary and began speech therapy.The speech therapist suggested an occupational therapist because my daughter could not sit still through the speech sessions. The occupational therapist uncovered a sensory integration disorder. Sensory integration disorder is when the nervous system is either under stimulated by sensory input or overstimulated by sensory...