Happy Little Bento

So I tend to be hypervigilant in looking for potential problems and pitfalls. Although born without fetal alcohol syndrome, I have been concerned that he may be affected by another of the spectrum of alcohol induced issues. FAE has a tendancy to surface around kindergarten age, so I was looking at that when I came across SPD.

It’s just tough to know if he is just behind a bit, and his behaviors are normal, just more pronounced for now, or if there really is a problem.

Aside from the writing and fine motor issues, we see other problems as well.

Some of the issues are emotional. He seems much younger than the other children in his class because he is excessively impulsive, easily frustrated, has difficulty with transitions and changes in routine, and emotional outbursts are not uncommon. He avoids eye contact, and in general has a lot of trouble relating to his peers. He tries hard, but isn’t well accepted and doesn’t really have a good friend.

Physically, there just seems to be a disconnect with what he should know and how he acts — like he knows his baby sister is right there, but he will fling himself around and flop and I worry all the time that he’s going to smack into her; just not spatially aware. He is excessively fidgity, a bit of a “spaz”, and is always knocking things over, very clumsy, and doesn’t seem to have very good control of his gross motor at times.

My son has SPD, and writing can be one of the indicators. I am curious to know what else is going on with Kidlet to make you think SPD is the issue…my son has SPD and we had him diagnosed at 4–a year before Kindergarten–and his handwriting is still a struggle at 8.5.

I am going to copy your gift idea for next confrences–our school does a full snack bar for the teachers in their lounge, but I LOVE the idea of giving them tylenol! LOL

Thanks for sharing,
Hartley
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