Christmas Sensory Bin Ideas

Liam still has sensory issues at 3 years 4 months.

We've worked very hard with him to work through these issues,

and hard work is the only reason he's doing as well as he is.

For the majority of his Liam's life,

he hated textures.

If it wasn't super soft he refused to hold it.

He hated the feel of playdoh,

sand,

uncooked rice and noodles.

We worked past this by playing with these things over and over again.

We still have a lot of work to do.

Sensory bins are awesome.

I love how there is so much in such a small area.

It's meant to stretch their ability to be handle the stimulation with each passing use.

With Christmas coming up I thought to do a Christmas themed sensory bin.

In my Google search I found many I like.

This winter themed sensory bin is so simple and cheap.

Everything in it came from the Dollar store and added up to $5!!

I adore it. I found this at Snails and Puppy Dog Tails Blog.

She has several amazing sensory bins that I am looking forward to making for Liam.

This snowy sensory bin looks like so much fun!

We found this gem at Blog Me Mom

I feel like this is a two for one deal.

Not only so the kids get the sensory aspect out of filling the ornaments,

but when they are done,

you get some great ornaments for your tree.

I love that they used beads as well as sand to fill these up.

It gives me a great idea to use other materials as well.

I found this AMAZING idea over at Little Bins For Little Hands.

Love this sensory bin.

It has some of Liam's favorite things.

Found at Four Little Piglets

We are already so excited for Christmas!

Can't wait till closer to Christmas to do some crafts with the kids.

Sunday Surprise

Today we surprised the kids with a swing set daddy worked really hard on building. We also to the sand table up to help Liam with his texture issues. At first he refused to touch it because he didn't like it but after about an hour of using sand tools he started putting his hands in the sand just feeling it. That's pretty amazing and such improvement! 

We had a great Sunday!!

Liam is still fighting his tube feeds. He runs away when it's feed time and scream the entire time. They don't hurt he just doesn't like them and would rather eat by mouth. Problem is he's not eating enough by mouth yet to stop day time feeds. He is however gaining weight finally. He's actually getting chubby. His legs, belly and face. His arms are still skinny. I've seen many CDH survivors and all have skinny arms. A lot have little upper body strength as well. I'm thinking it could be a CDH traight. Most have messed up ribs like Liam and are skinny most their life's. Even adult survivors I have seen. His legs seem to have lots of muscle in them. We've been doing diaphragm exercises to help strengthen his. He's been trying to blow whistles and he's actually making good noises. He can't blow bubbles yet but we're working on it. It helps that his big sister tries to teach him all kinds of stuff by just playing with him. She's so good with him. He would follow her to the end of the earth and back he loves her so much. I'm so glad they get along so well.