Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
The Rubber Ducky hide and Seek is is my favorite! I love it!
Each 7x7 bag has 30 miniature items in it and comes with a card to find each item. TOOOOO cute!
I do not have this product! I am only going by whats on the site and the review at MommyLand but, I thought the item was so adorable that I wanted to share it with our viewers :)
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Monday, September 6, 2010
(I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPENSATION OR INCENTIVE FOR THIS REVIEW. THIS REVIEW IS BASED ON MY OPINION OF THE ITEM BEING REVIEWED.)
There aren't too many items that got me as excited to buy as this little Harness Buddy from GoldBug.
The one pictured here is the doggy harness buddy.
A friendly way to keep kids close and safe in crowds, or during family outings. This harness also doubles as a backpack. A great solution for difficult, everyday challenges and an ideal way to keep kids safe.
Package information:
- 2-in-1 harness functions as both a backpack and harness
- Adjustable straps and buckles for easy on and off, zipper back pocket, and a removable tether strap
- Made out of a unique, extra soft fabric for comfort
- 100% polyester
- Machine washable
- For children 18 months and up
- Tether is approximately 4 feet in length
- Item dimensions: 12" x 6" x 4.5"
One of the amazing gifts that I received from Lucas's therapists is the ability to see the therapy usage in any product! As soon as I saw the monkey harness I knew that I had to purchase this for Lucas! This harness is an amazing help for any child but I speak for myself when I say this is completely AMAZING for Lucas's SPD issues! I knew that this would make taking Lucas on outings so much easier for me.
It wasn't until I got home and opened the package when I realized just how incredible this was going to be for us!
I love it because I am able to have one hand free when Lucas has this on! It has a detachable strap, and a little pocket in the back. My immediate thought was OMG, I can put his wrist/ankle weights in here! Sure enough they fit right in and we are able to use this for therapy for him!
This harness gives Lucas the snug fit that he needs to make him feel like he is getting deep pressure when he needs it. He also feels like he is being hugged by the monkey from the back which is another form of therapy we use with him. When he is really out of control we put the harness on him for about 15 minutes at a time with the wrist weights inside the pocket and it calms him down almost immediately! This can also be used as a 1st backpack and I thought this would be perfect to help him with adjusting when he has to go to school later on this year.
He has NO sense of danger or limits at all so having the strap on the back is such a blessing to us. We are able to give him his space and keep him close and safe at the same time. We used this for the first time this week in church and I can't tell you what a relief it was on my arms by the end of mass! Lucas is a FIGHTER! He does not like to be held so when he needs to stay put for any length of time, its fight or flight! This gives him the feeling that he has his freedom and doesn't have to fight anyone off. It also gave me such a break on my arms!
The most important thing that I noticed with Lucas was the bond that he has with this monkey. You have to realize, Lucas has not bonded with much of anything in his life! He just doesn't care! He LOVES this monkey. He walks around with his monkey like it's his best friend. He hugs and kisses him. Takes him to bed with him. This is the first time he has ever had any type of bond with any of his toys!
My overall impression was that this harness was just a good product all around. So much so that I felt the need to tell someone at this company how grateful I was to have it and how much it helped us with Lucas's SPD issues!I wrote to Goldbug and asked if I could do a review on this product because of how much I loved this product.
I wanted to share our experience with other parents who may need something like this for their child who may have similar problems that Lucas has.They were so happy to hear about our results with their product and were happy to have us review this product for them. They also gave me one to share this with our viewers so they can try it for themselves! Thank you Goldbug and thank you for making such a great product!
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Monday, August 9, 2010
I wanted to share and post some pictures of some craft/learning tools that we use with Lucas. I hope it can help you as much as its helped us! : )
COLORATIONS WHEAT FREE DOUGH
You have to know that only a short few months ago the near sight of Play dough would send Lucas into an all out meltdown and he would gag and vomit just to touch it. This is the colorations dough that we used in the review we did a few weeks ago for Discount School Supply
We made Pizza! Lucas LOVED it. Pizza is his favorite thing. The colors in this set are perfect for it! He helped Mommy roll the dough and the sauce, squeeze tiny little pieces off for cheese, Scrunched up some green brocolli, and squashed up some tiny pieces of pepperoni :) All things to get his little sensory hands working in that dough! LOL
You can only purchase this Wheat and Gluten free dough from Discount School Supply
SCHEDULE
Our WONDERFUL therapist Margot made this chart up for Lucas because he just has such a hard time going from one task to another. This has helped us SO much!We went through his normal everyday activities and added some pictures of things he may do on occastion just in case we needed them. They have velcro on the back of each picture so we can move them around if we need too. Every time Lucas is done with a task we go to the schedule, pull off the activity, and put it in the cup. We then say "Bye Bye" to that activity and point the next and say something like "HELLO lunch", walk away and MAKE SURE that you are ready for that task. The consistancy with him is what helps him be alright and adapt to change. It really helps him know what to expect from his day.
WEIGHTED EXPLORATION GADGET
I posted a paragraph explaining this on About.com a few weeks ago. Lucas really loves this thing! - I used a dry gallon water bottle.
- Filled it with some of his favorite small toys.
- Added at least 5-7 lbs of rice.
I taped and glued the top REALLY well to make sure that the rice didn't spill out, because it WILL. These kids are rough and even though its heavy Lucas would through this thing around like a ball. You can see how dented it is.
I can't tell you how much input Lucas got from this thing. He is able to do his heavy lifting, roll the bottle around to have his favorite toys POP out at him, and just explore. Awesome home made therapy tool for next to NOTHING.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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Today is the last day of school for my older son Charlie! Our whole dynamics in the house is going to change after today! We have yet another therapist starting next week for Lucas. That brings his total therapy for the week to 6 hours! Two behavior therapists two times per week each, one OT, and one speech for one hour per visit.
As Charlie's school year ends I can't help but think that in a few short months my little bug, Lucas will be going to school. I can't believe that at only 3 he will be starting his first day of school, getting on his own little bus : ( I know that he needs it desperately but it doesn't make it any easier to think about. Ok, I'm having panic attacks now so I'll stop thinking about it. LOL
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Saturday, June 5, 2010
OMG! This site is so awesome! I can't believe that I found this! This store is a Sensory parents dream! They have everything, you have to check it out.
I even found colored pasta here! We use pasta for Lucas's therapy but this is so awesome! Awesome Colored Noodles and Rice set
I've just posted a description of SPD under our "What is SPD?" tab and wanted to share it with everyone. Please click on this link http://lucasjourneyspd.blogspot.com/p/what-is-spd.html to check it out. I thought it was such a good description I added it to our site. Very detailed and informative.
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The Journey continues..........................
Our pool opened last weekend and Lucas is like a new man since he's been able to go swimming! I'm blessed that he loves the water because I know a lot of our sensory children don't. I get it and realize how lucky we are.
He was taking commands today which is a HUGE issue for us. We were playing together with a new Lego set and I told him to get the caterpillar part that was on the floor in the next room. I said it loud, clear, and slow, "Lucas, look (pointing to the lego piece), go get your caterpillar and bring it to Mommy!" He looked right at it, walked over to it, picked it up, and brought it to me! Most parents who don't have sensory kids can never understand just how huge this is! That moment told me "HE GETS IT!" For that moment, he was in a place, to really understand what I was saying, process what I asked him to do, and was able to perform the task at hand from beginning to end.
Lucas also told us "doughnut mouth" today, as he pointed to his mouth! OMG! He was saying that he wanted a doughnut in his mouth! We all stopped what we were doing and stood with our mouths opened in shock!
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