Today, my nearly 7 year old caught a tennis ball 10 times in a row!! Prior to that, he'd catch one maybe 1 time. He was on a balance board and the therapist was throwing balls to him gently and I saw a light go on in his eyes and he said "I have to watch the ball." and he did it!

I'm not sure everyone would understand, but I know people here will. I was so happy, I nearly cried. I have known for years something was not quite right with Samuel's development. And now I'm getting answers.

And even better, this OT/PT/Speech therapy place deals with sensory issues and I didn't even know that when I took him there. When I mentioned SPD the therapist didn't blink, and after the session when we were talking, she was explaining to me why Samuel was doing better at throwing and catching while on a balance board. She said that people with sensory issues often do better because they have to concentrate..... I didn't have to explain my son to her.

The hard part for me is to think back to all the little things that I didn't realize were all part of the same issue... his extreme fussiness/neediness as a baby, his not eating solids til he was over a year old, and many other little things. I wish it wouldn't have taken me so long to figure out where to go for help.