Well for a Monday our day has gone well. We began our day at 5 AM and we were off and running. My DH had a job interview and we needed to be there at 7:30 AM. Then after a 2 hour interview/wait we were off to occupational Therapy.

OT was a new adventure yet again. We discussed the Brushing and compressions we have been doing. I think they are helpful in some ways and in others they are not so helpful. My DG gets very hyper when we brush her. Like she will do circles and she is not able to focus on any one thing. She also does not seen to be very happy while I do her brushing. Then it is about 45 minutes of hectic crazy and she will then just calm. It works good for bedtime. I like that and I like that we are able to see the improvement even with the not so good. Joint Compression's are going OK. She laughs at them but I have been trying to make them fun for her.

We also discussed and are currently trying a compression vest with her. She seems to like that. She will calm right down as soon as we have her all snug in it.  She likes it. We had it on her when we put her into her car seat and she was content to ride with it on. She fell asleep almost right away. I am looking forward to seeing how it works through the week.

Toady the Head Start Teacher also came. We did lots of talking about the sensory stuff today. She was going to see if there is any way to find some assistance for getting our Sensory stuff with some help. She wants us to work on Animal sounds and sensory bins. She is impressed by my Binder system too. I keep everything in binders so when I need to info I know right where it all is.

I finished the Bayley Scales for Toddler Development questionnaire too. It was strange one to do as it is not just for my DG's age group. It covers ages one to three. So lots of stuff not real clear for her, I am also wondering what parents do allow their children to do some of the things on the questions.

Tomorrow will be another day of stuff to do. Special Education will be coming to our place to finish the Evaluation on her. Then I am hoping they will figure out a schedule for home visits. I am not sure what all they are going to look at and work on with her but the more help we can get now, hopefully will reduce the stuff we need to do later on in her life.

We have had a very busy couple of days.

On Friday I took my DG to her first Occupational Therapy session. I think it went good. My MIL went with us and she got to hear first hand how my DG's SPD is making things hard for her, and she was glad she went with I think. We are now Brushing and doing joint compressions every 90 minutes when DG is awake. I am not seeing a whole lot of diffrence so far, but we are just begining to do these things. I have noticed that she likes to be brushed at times and at others she is not terribly happy to be kind of "pinned" down and she wants to run. I am hoping that she will balence out.

On Saturday we spent the morning playing with our Niece and nephue. I have been trying to explain to them about the stuff going on with our DG but it seems to be falling on Deaf ears, both the kid's and on thier parents. I had to break down and tell them all that if they were unable to respect our wishes for our daughter then we would not come around to visit anymore. It is to much for all of us. Saturday Afternoon we went to the Pinewood Derby for our nephue's Boy Scout Troop. OVERWHELMED is just not enough to cover it all. Our DG was so anxious and unhappy, at one point she took a nap to escape from it all. She handled it really well however.

We attended church with my MIL and FIL before we had a nice dinner with them at Denny's. It is so rare that they get time away from the other grandkids to visit with Alyson. She had a ton of fun playing and having fun with them. We spent the night to avoid driving home in the snow and dark.

We strted the day off getting up and leaving to go eat Breakfast with the KoC's at the Dayton Church and we had a good time. We then drove home and we had a pleasent afternoon hanging out together just the three of us. We finished the day playing and watching the Super Bowl!

Starting another week tomorrow. Occupational Therapy and an Interview for Daddy to hopefully get a new job!