Are you in a time of waiting? Waiting for answers? Waiting for God to move? We've all been there. But I think it is especially hard when the waiting involves our children. Today I invite you to a story of interrupted expectations, unknown answers, and waiting. I asked Cindy to share her journey as I know that many of you will ...
Sensory Processing Disorder
Ways to Serve Parents of Children with Special Needs
Throughout life's challenges, we have had people tell us "Let us know if you need help." I have learned that people either say this to make themselves feel better - like offering to help takes them off the hook - or they say it because they really don't know what to do. One area of my life that I have received many blank stares is coming along ...
Creating a {Do Not} Worry Book for Children and Adults
The outward appearances are different but the internal feelings are the same. Fear. Anxiety. Worry. For Bubs, it manifests itself in him tensing his body and opening his eyes very wide. In Peanut and my niece, their fingers go to the mouth. For me, worry results in tense muscles and a pounding headache. All signs of worry about a present ...
When Your Children Don’t Match Your Parenting Dreams
When Your Children Don't Match Your Parenting Dreams Giveaway: Out of 157 entries, the randomly chosen winner of the Galaxy Buck DVD is: Monica M (email monicamil...@) Monica, please contact me within 48 hours using the winning email address and be sure to include your mailing address. Thank you to everyone who entered ...
How to Successfully Parent a “Tough” Kiddo
credit Last week I shared a past post from this blog on the Our Out-of-Sync Life Facebook page. And boy did the comments come in. Questions. Excitement. All surrounding the idea of teaching a child first time obedience. Today, I want to answer some of those questions and provide you with further resources on this topic. 1. ...
How To Know If Your Child Has a Disability
One question that I frequently receive is "How did you know that there was something 'wrong' with Bubs?" One friend specifically wanted to know if we discovered the issues after having other children and if it was something that others saw. Good questions! Bubs developed on or ahead of schedule as a baby. There wasn't anything that concerned us at ...
The Straw that Broke the Camel’s Back
The question was odd. But Bubs asks a lot of strange questions so it didn't hit me at the time the level of "weird." "Why is it bad to be the straw that breaks the camel's back?" I had about 4.7 seconds to ponder how I would answer the question and why he would ask such a random question before another mini-crisis hit our home needing immediate ...
Shaving Cream Learning
Have you played in shaving cream today? If you haven't, you are missing out in a fun activity which is great for sensory and motor development. One that can make your house smell great too! Shaving cream finger painting it part of the 2 Year ABCJesusLovesMe Curriculum. In the lesson plans I suggested placing shaving cream and finger paint in a ...
Backpack Time: Help for Kids with Sensory Issues
Therapists have found that barring weight helps children who are sensory sensitive or have been diagnosed with ADHD or Autism. Bubs throws a 5 lb ball 40x at therapy. Some children wear weighted vests or use weighted blankets at night. We use a rice bag across Little Man's waist to help during meal time. All weight barring modifications to ...
What is Sensory Processing Disorder?
credit On Wednesday, I explained my desire to come around those who are raising children with disabilities as well as train others how to love on these families. Today is the first post in this series. If you have read many posts on this blog, you have seen the term "Sensory Processing" several times. But, what exactly is it? What does ...