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Does it get better?

Mum of 4

My son is 2. He has undergone assessment since 13 months old as he still couldn’t sit unaided. 
he a completely non verbal apart from using echolelia (I know that’s spelt wrong apologies)  and he doesn’t understand communication. He has a sensory processing disorder and he can’t regulate his emotions meaning he’s overwhelmed very easily. We have a lot of appointments with different specialists and he’s been referred to a special needs nursery as he wouldn’t cope mainstream. Does managing him day to day become easier? I feel confused sometimes by his issues like I should no what’s upsetting him like are the lights to bright or is the tv to noisy. I just feel upset for him and ignorant to his needs. 

  • in reply to Mum of 4

    Awww. LOL

    I think you can learn to develop becoming in tune / intuitive with your senses. You might not feel overloaded like he would, but it would help you to better help him to be alert to these things. There are techniques used for theatre students to be able to become more 'sensory' experienced. One is to simply stop for 5 minutes in the morning and 5 minutes in the evening and practice listening. Then write down everything you hear. At night, I can hear cars, my ears ringing, various appliances, the house creaking and noticeably no birds. You can practice this with any sense - smell, taste (fun to do with wine or chocolate), scent, touch. If you practice a little each day, eventually you'll be skilled enough to be a little more in tune with him! Just a fun experiment if you're interested :) 

  • He has a development delay he is aged at around 9 months old developmentally it isn’t so much noise he doesn’t like two or more different noises. His occupational therapist and speech and language therapist are amazing and I guess in time I’ll learn the skills and techniques to help him it’s just overwhelming. I can’t even hug him as he doesn’t like being touched which is hard because he’s adorable haha

  • Lights and sound can be fixed quite easily! I have incandescents or halogen in most of the house. Then I also have these Himalayan salt night lights around with LEDs inside, they're absolutely soothing because the salt breaks up the light rather than it being piercing. Noise is also controllable as household members can watch on their computers if they have them or headphones can be used.  If you have the finances, a good valve pre-amp and speakers are incredibly helpful as it's the physics of sound it seems we're attune to, not just how loud/soft it is. 

    Most sensory issues are the easy part & there's many people here who can help if that's something you're concerned about. It sounds like he needs the kind of committed attention you'd give a newborn?