What is ADHD?
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If you are a parent who is struggling to figure out what to do with your child you are in the right place.
Read MoreBack to School is a time of transition. This means that our neurodivergent children are going to be going through A LOT and bringing home A LOT! During times of transition, you can guarantee big emotions and undesirable behavior. There are definitely ways that you can help support them through this and make everyone’s day a little bit smoother.
Read MoreMoms learn best from other moms. They learn from other moms who are walking a similar path or who have walked the path that they're on. So I bring to you, real-life tips, from real-life moms, navigating the world with neurodivergent children...all while trying to maintain their sanity! You will be able to walk away with tips, tricks, and resources for this crazy journey called parenthood.
Parenting a neuro-different child can be challenging. That’s why I am going to break down the ‘how to's’ on developing more patience and creating consistency in your home for your child.
Read MoreDealing with the undesirable behavior of a neurodivergent child can be absolutely exhausting. It can leave parents feeling overwhelmed, stressed, and frustrated. I compiled a list of three actionable and practical steps you can take as a parent to help you maintain your sanity and manage your child’s behavior.
Read MoreRaising tiny human creatures is the most overly exhausting, underappreciated job. Raising tiny human creatures with neurodiverse struggles (ADHD, Anxiety, Sensory Processing Disorder…) is a whole other ball game. A ball game 99% of mom’s never asked to participate in.
If you're a momma to a neurodiverse child the odds are that your energy and ‘me time’ dissipate into thin air, only to be reabsorbed by everyone else around you.
Time is like Diamonds.
‘Me time’, or ‘You time”, as a parent is more precious, it’s Gold.
Here are four everyday tips to help you reclaim the ‘you’, prior to parenting a high-demand child.
Read MoreThere’s something about being a momma to a high-needs kiddo that leaves you feeling a little unsatisfied. If you're saying “yes!” to this, then we should chat.
Here's the sweet spot. You don't need to walk away from those “could have” or “should-haves” forever. You are still the mom looking for perfection for your little one, you just need to readjust what “perfection” looks like at the moment.
Read MoreMy sweetest childhood memories are the moments gathering with friends around a table, the glow of candles welcoming the birthday child as they prepare for another trip around the sun. What fun childhood is!
These memories are filled with excitement, joy, anticipation, laughter, and enthusiasm. But they are also filled with purple flowery cakes, red and orange candies, rainbow sprinkled cookies, bright orange chips, blue, red, and yellow colored drinks.
Beyond the commonalities of celebrating something wonderful, these events also share the commonality of food. Not just food, but foods playing a hidden dangerous game to our little one’s bodies
Read MoreWe have a thief in our house. I bet you do too.
He comes regularly and out of the blue. He steals time and energy leaving behind exhaustion and strong emotions.
He steals strength, self-assurance, acceptance, confidence, and even air.
He takes what he wants when you have no more to give.
Anxiety!
When I say “clean your room,” she will walk in there and stare. Stare at what she sees as tactful actions of fun. Stare at Dragon Parties, pictures coming to life with color, and Lego paths. She sees nothing that must be cleaned up.
…But I was going to help her find a way through it, a way to bring her room back to some functionality without harassing, persisting or demanding she “Clean Her Room.”
Read MoreSquirming is learning.
“Stop moving”, “Sit still”, “Stop touching everything”. Parents and teachers repeat these words until they are blue in the face, followed up with “how can I help this child stop squirming”….
There is a time when squirming is actually beneficial for a child, and adult intervention can hinder a child's growth and
Read MoreWhether you are sheltering in place or choosing to stay home, the world today has created many more opportunities for inside activities, screen time, and less physical movement. It’s also created many more struggle bus moments for parents trying to get their kids outdoors and breathe in the fresh air.
The best well-known secret to living a mentally healthy life is fresh air. That might seem obvious but that’s not to say it’s easy to accomplish. But there are some tricks to help get your children outside.
Read MoreSocial media has become an optimal place for mothers, and strangers, to vent to each other about children they classify as ‘instigators’, without taking their concerns directly to the parent.
There is always more to the story…
A letter to the unspoken mother; your judgment holds validity but is soar.
Moms we need to stop judging. No fluffy words or fancy sentences needed. We must stop judging. Samuel L. Jackson once said, “Judgment is forced upon us by experience.”
Read MoreLiving with a child diagnosed with Sensory Processing Disorder adds challenges to everyday life events. Some challenges you can prepare for, such as overstimulation at a concert. Others you can’t, such as a large crowd at the store on a day when most people usually don’t shop.
Here are 5 tips to help make your say easier living with a sensory child.
Read MoreThis working relationship, teacher and parent, has shifted my child's understanding of his actions and reactions while at school and at home. When things begin to escalate and seem unmanageable I like to ask my son “what would his teacher say or do”? Much of the time, this will make him stop and think. He responds to my question matter of factually, and either continues on his rant or shifts his energy to something less destructive and more realistic. It’s OK if he continues, but you see, by asking him what his teacher would do he understands that I too will be doing that.
Read MoreClarification to the title: This post is not going to tell you how to manage your kids. I’m going to leave that alone with a 10-foot pole. This post is going to share with you tips to parenting a child who is the manager of their own selves. As in, you, the highly educated, 30+ year old parent, are not qualified to be their manager, therefore they must take management into their own hands.
Read MoreHere's the thing, as a mom you really hope you never see your child’s school number pop up on the screen of your phone. Day or night, it’s normally not the number that gets you all excited and full of hope.
It’s not going to be easy to accept that call, but if you can gather the chaos in your head, and calm the profuse sweating, you just might find some thought provoking information from the mouth of a 5-year-old.
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