A Blog About a Bloke-Living with WHS

Do you like my diagram? I drew it myself. Ha! Not really. I just liked it really because it shows how many sensory points there are within our bodies. My Occupational Therapist friends will probably yell at me for posting a stupid diagram.  But I really want to somehow show people how Ryley's body seems to be at the moment. He is so ticklish at the moment, that changing him and dressing is even more difficult than it was before. He is seeking out deep pressure and wants to wrestle and roll over me as soon as he gets home from school. Partly, I think that is him unwinding himself from a busy day (most of us just prefer to sit and stare at the TV, go for a walk, or have a stiff drink (or is that one just me?). And partly I think his body is changing a bit. He seems to be able to feel things more at the moment. For example if he slightly bumps himself, he screws his face up as if to say "that hurt". He seems to have more awareness of his body and how it works too. He watches...

At the moment the weather is freeeezing here. Winter has well and truly set in. So has boredom. Luckily, Braeden absolutely loves cutting and pasting and drawing. So, therefore, Ryley does too. Yesterday arvo we sat down and pasted for well over an hour. Ryley is exceptionally good at putting glue EVERYWHERE. Braeden is good at sticking stuff to the glue. I, of course, had to help Ryley with his sticking stuff. But they both loved it. David even got some reno work done..woohoo!