Sensory Processing Disorder

What is it about ALDI?

May 13, 2012

Just recently we had cause to go to ALDI – I wanted to get some inexpensive frozen meals for mothers’ day so hubby could just pop everything into the oven and ta-da delicious mothers’ day dinner with minimal clean up after. I walked out with a screaming headache after 15 minutes in the store. Husband [...]

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I am that mum.

May 4, 2012
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I am that mum. The one whose daughter went to school in a short sleeved summer dress on a chilly autumn, almost winter day (11C at 3pm). I am that mum. The one whose daughter wears long winter weight leggings all year round. Even on 40C summer days. I am that mum. The one whose [...]

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Stuff With Thing to ‘I Wish I Didn’t Have Aspergers: #AutismPositivity2012

April 30, 2012
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You may remember Annie’s post about how nervited she was about the concert at Federation Square. I want to say thank  you to all the supportive and helpful comments on that post, it really helped Annie make it through the lead up the day itself without falling apart. (making music with the salt, pepper and [...]

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A visit to the coffee shop

April 11, 2012

Soy warm chocolate, about 5 minutes in, doing great 10 minutes in drink finished, starting to notice the noise, feeling a little uncertain. 15 minutes in lying down beside me, “dis muzics is too noisy”. 20 minutes in, Mummy has finished her coffee, we are paying the bill and going before I push her limits [...]

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Sensory Play – Painting at the Park

April 10, 2012
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My girls love to create, to make and do. Recently the girls and our friend A have been busy at our local park building teepee style cubbies out of fallen branches. On one visit the girls wanted to make paintings to go in their cubbies, they had found some old pieces of chipboard and took [...]

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Sea World on Gold Coast

January 13, 2012

My Dad was lucky enough to be given vouchers for Sea World as a Christmas gift and he very generously shared them with us during our recent trip to the Gold Coast. One of the first things we did was go to see the Dora the Explorer stage show and Heidi was lucky enough to [...]

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Chews and Sox

January 12, 2012
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I sit Heidi on the side of her bed and kneel down to put her socks on, I tickle her toes and say our little rhyme “one foot, two foot, red foot, blue foot, left foot, right foot”, she kicks, I dodge.. most days I dodge. It is a ritual, one of many.   Days, [...]

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Sunday Selections – Our Gold Coast Holiday

January 8, 2012
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We took off to the Gold Coast for Christmas with my family, I thought I’d recap our time away with some photos for Sunday Selections… Christmas Eve The apartments were so pretty all decorated for Christmas, I tried to get a photo of the Christmas lights on people’s balconies: The lights stayed up for a [...]

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Cool Gelmat is Cool

December 13, 2011
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I’ve been having lots of chats with other Autism mums recently about the challenge of helping our children through the change of season, as the weather gets warmer my girls seem to struggle more and more. They struggle with the warmth, trying to cool down, the noise of fans and airconditioners – this last especially [...]

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The Knot Genie – It Makes Sense – Giveaway!

December 6, 2011
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I recently saw The Knot Genie reviewed on Nathalies blog and thought it was the best idea ever. We have a lot of trouble with Heidi’s hair, it is cut short to minimise the knots, which helps – but washing her hair is at best challenging, at worst a screaming nightmare. Brushing her hair is [...]

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