More calm

The last three days have been much better. Morgan has been more calm and less agitated. She does still have some hyper moments,but manageable. On Wednesday, I was very nervous about my parents taking her to therapy because of the screaming she had been doing while in the car. However, she was pretty calm, according to my parents' report and even slept some of the way. We have been incorporating some of the sensory integration tactics learned in therapy, which have seemed to help. My sister, who is a pediatric OT had also given me some ideas. She said Morgan's little system was just overwhelmed and can't handle alot of stimulation right now. Crowds, loud noises, etc. can overload her system. This most likely explains the screaming and agitation I had called a temper tantrum. Her therapists also explained that her brain is changing and will continue to change for awhile and is adapting to everything. All this is easier to handle when we understand what is going on and why she is acting this way. So we will keep the sensory integration therapy going at home. Morgans nurse is so wonderful to assist with this as well. The therapists were very pleased with Morgans performance in therapy on Wednesday. They continue to be amazed at her progress. The speech therapist made us a notebook of pictures for communicating at home. As I have said before, we are learning as we go. Another thing I have learned about Morgan this week is how to get her to relax before bedtime. She goes for her run every evening and gets good exercise and sensory input. Then, we put her in her stroller to get her to wind down before putting her in bed. She usually goes to bed before Will so we turn on a sound machine to drown out the noise of him getting ready for bed( she gets fussy when she hears him up because she wants to be up too). This may be boring information, but it is good for me to write it down and remember what works. We have had many, many challenging bedtimes before, and right now it is going smoothly. So thankful for that and praying that it stays that way!