I had happened to mention to the OT that Jason is not particularly happy about picking up finger foods. He'll pick up some, namely puffs.

We had pudding on his highchair and he was refusing to touch, so the OT gently guided his finger into the muck and he freaked!! Starting crying, shaking...didn't even want to try to eat the pudding with a spoon!! Flat out refused to have anything to do with it.

So now, in addition to working on his hyperness, noise issues ... we will also be working with him on textures. It really irks me how his mother is allowed to keep breeding (the twins are children 8 and 9) and putting children into the system and exposing them in utero to drugs and alcohol....something is not right!!! She is MIA and these little ones are the ones suffering.....not to mention, since we committed to adopt, we will be the ones working with him on his issues.

It is so weird though, how Emma has the medical issues and Jason the sensory issues.....

Teach him to use utensils, Jane. That way, he won't have to touch his food. I know that doesn't help overcome the sensory issues, but it does prevent them from interfering with meals. Catherine immediately embraced a spoon and fork and became quite adept at using them probably by 18 months. She uses utensils to eat just about everything (what little she eats), and little Miss Priss now has to have tiny silver sets so she can be like the big people. No plasticware for that girl!

Great idea Lesley, I 've noticed Connor will sometimes eat things off a spoon that he would never think about touching.

Thanks for the idea. I'll try to set them out for him although I'm not sure how well he'll handle them. It seems that his coordination is not what it should be.

I knew something was with him and the sensory stuff....he wouldn't pick up certain foods with his hands, but would eat them off the fork sitting on my husband's lap.

All this is so new to me and I'm still in the process of reading The Out of Sync Child....I don't know what I would do if it weren't for some of you ladies!!

I'm still in the process of reading The Out of Sync Child....
That is what I was going to suggest, or maybe I already did? LOL Great book.


It really irks me how his mother is allowed to keep breeding (the twins are children 8 and 9) and putting children into the system and exposing them in utero to drugs and alcohol....something is not right!!!

I didn't really get what you are saying here. But I know a mom that is into drugs and left her three young daughters it is so sad. Thankfully, the daughters are with their grandma. Gosh, at my age I don't think I would have the energy to take on a couple little ones.

:notworth: You are one awesome lady.

I didn't really get what you are saying here. But I know a mom that is into drugs and left her three young daughters it is so sad. Thankfully, the daughters are with their grandma. Gosh, at my age I don't think I would have the energy to take on a couple little ones.

:notworth: You are one awesome lady.

A slight rant, but their mom had 7 other children taken into the system 6 years ago for abuse and neglect (not to mention she had an extensive file prior to the removal). One died in her care. Sterilization is against "civil rights" for people that are on public aid. I think that considering how many children she has put into the system and how much govt money she has wasted...and then to bring the twins into the world with drugs in their system (meaning she did drugs while pregnant)....it just really irks me, I guess. Not to mention that when they were 2 days old, she just up and left them in the hospital and to this day, they cannot find her anywhere. It's like she just disappeared!!