OT Visit Today
Tuesday, dreaded Tuesday. I have a love/hate thing going on with our weekly OT sessions. Love that we have professionals working with him and helping him along; hate that he has such a tough time. Much crying ensues. And after last week’s HELLACIOUS setback, I thought today’s session was going to suck. So I am VERY happy to report that we had a GREAT session today!
Hunter huddled and hid on my lap at first. He protested when we put him in the high chair. But hey, I’ll take protest over the full-on scream fest we had last week. I fed him bites of fruit, black beans, ham, dehydrated corn and peas, steamed broccoli and carrots, fruit cereal bar, and yogurt as a reward in between. He took all his bites and barely fussed.
Basically, he made a liar out of me. I had been emailing Jessica (his OT) and started the session off showing her a video of just how awful it was last week. And then he proceeded to have one of his best sessions ever.
To top it off, Jessica had asked for Liz, the social worker to sit in and give us tips on how to handle his regressive behavior. And lo and behold! He behaved great. Thank goodness I had the Flip video so I could prove I wasn’t a crazy lady. 
Liz did give me some other behavioral tips and told me that they should have done a better job of informing me of the ebbs and flows of therapy. Two steps forward, one step back (OK, one mile back last week).
After the OT, we went to Buster Brown (there’s an old Buster Brown shoe store at Lenox Square; Buster Brown shoes don’t exist any more but the guy opened the store way back in the day and just kept the name). Marcel, the 86-year old sales woman, measured my son’s foot and he now has his first properly-fitting pair of shoes! And now Mommy knows what size to look for online on sale.
Great morning.
–Sherean
I didn’t know about this store! Buster Brown shoes, where I got my black patent leather shoes ever Easter. WOW!
Nordy’s doesn’t have a cool, 86 year old professional shoe sales woman, but they do a good job at doing the proper sizing, as well.
Congratulations on the GREAT OT Tuesday! Hurray to Hunter!
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Eeek! I got new black patent leather shoes every Easter, too, at Buster Brown. Thanks for the Nordy’s tip. Will keep that in mind for future shoe outings – especially since they carry my size, too!
2Oh, yes, the saleswoman at Buster Brown couldn’t be any sweeter or knowledgeable….. She’s a throwback to the days when customer service actually meant something.
Glad to hear OT went well. I often wonder if I really need to be going that route with my little Nathaniel who is an enormously finicky eater (and whose most reliable meal of choice is a yogurt drink)….
Would like to come visit with you, in your new home!!!, soon. Still have you & Hunter’s birthday gifts which I’ve been carting around in my trunk since February. Let’s just say the wrapping paper has seen better days.
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