SPD

SPD-Sensory Processing Disorder. You never realize how much your Brain and your senses do and coordinate together until they don't. My Zenny has always been a more difficult child. He is very stubborn. Over this last year, he developed some unusual habits that concerned me. He starting having more tantrums and about really silly stuff (like turning left in the car instead of right). Well, come to find out he has SPD. Essentially, this can mean several things; for Zenny- he is Hyposensitve to touch which means he is sensory seeking, or in other words constantly touching different surfaces and textures, jumping (especially on the couch and beds), purposely running into things, and playing outside in the dirt. However some things he is Hypersensitive with. Some examples are: having his hair washed, his ears being touched, the radio on in the car. A frustrating thing too is that SPD is not consistant. So some days are better than others. He also has a Gluten Intolerance which makes the SPD worse. So, he is on a Gluten-Free diet which has done wonders to his behavior. He is a sweet boy most days. He also gets Occupational Therapy twice a week and Speech 4 times a week for his articulation errors. He can be a handful but with Nathan is school all day, I get to spend lots of time with him and we have a lot of fun together.