Now that we are getting closer and closer to the mask mandates being lifted, lots more people are getting out and about. One of my family’s favorite pastimes is to go to baseball games! This year, it’s going to be a bit different. They have spent the last 18 months cooped up with not a...
Toddlers are known for bumping into things, falling over and getting back up, bouncing off walls and moving onward. Preschoolers are a little more refined. Most preschoolers can figure out how to move their bodies to accomplish tasks after a few opportunities of practice or after they watch someone else do it. They know what...
What is Interoception and how does it related to toileting? Interoception is a sense within our bodies that allows us to notice internal sensations or internal body signals. (our heart pounding when we are upset, our grumbling stomach when we’re hungry, shaky muscles when working out or a full bladder when we need to relieve...
There was a point, when my kids were little, when their mere touch made me cringe. Don’t get me wrong, I loved to snuggle them, kiss them and hug on them….on my own conditions. When I decided.
Just a gentle reminder today to throw your kids outside!! I have been a pediatric occupational therapist for over 25 years and a homeschool mom. For the past year I have been living the dream. I stopped working in a clinic, I didn’t work in a school. I brought my therapy to people’s backyards around...
When my daughter was little, she was a wiggle bug! I remember trying to get her through her spelling words or math facts and she would be jumping up and down, laying on the floor, standing up or sitting on the floor.
I had a really great question the other day from a parent who asked me if her child had difficulty with talking could occupational therapy help?
For decades Occupational Therapists who specialize in sensory processing have known that all people, everywhere have to be able to process sensation in order to make sense of the world. We know that as sensory information comes into our bodies, our nervous system has to make sense of it so that we understand what to...
