Here We Go Again

Yep, Ayden Jane is back to her cycle of sensory seeking and spurting. It is exhausting. We have had a couple of days lately where she is just out of control of her own body. Swimming seems to calm everything quite well, but I think she is honestly at the point where she is more comfortable in the water than out! It seems if we swim one day, the next she is fine, but the day after 'it' hits. We did not swim yesterday so today was crazy, but it was good because Jen (PT) got to really see it first hand and so did Gary.

So what does it look like this time? She is trying to do everything too fast. This causes her to fall a bit, run into things and get frustrated if she cannot do it fast. She becomes bothered by clothes, quick to get angry or cry, yells, falls, is more difficult to understand and has a 2 second attention span. Jen totally saw her going too fast and losing quality during therapy. At the same time there are some really cool gains going on, just that she is 'out of control of her body'. I have seen the difference swimming brings but Gary has not really witnessed it. Tonight he was called off work so we took the kids and went to subway for supper (woo hoo). I nearly had to leave with Ayden Jane because she was crying... (luckily she pulled it together) I then took Kayla to shop for school supplies and Gary took Mckenna and Ayden Jane to the pool. He had not been swimming with her in a while and was amazed at how great she is in the water. He also commented on how different her behavior was after about 20 min. and how happy she was the rest of the evening. Even a friend he ran into at the pool noticed. Prior to swimming, she could not even keep her shirt on without it really bothering her. After swimming she could wear anything...

Jen is going to bring back out the weighted vests and moon shoes to see if we can get Ayden Jane back under control of herself on land. I just hope I do not need to go back to the brushing protocol. Anyway, she was stepping up onto a stool going sideways today. She was even getting the hang of hitting a ball off a tee. New skills she could not even begin to do a month ago.

As a parent it sort of reminds me of changes Noah would go through as young boy. He would have a spurt in strength and then the next thing ya knew, he was hurting Kayla when they played. He was just suddenly so rough and had no idea how strong he was...