Pace is our second son and child. He is 6 years old. Pace started his Sensory issues about the age of 2. Didn't like loud noises, certain clothes felt funny on him. He would throw big fits when I would leave his side and be crying so hard that he would almost pass out and flail on the ground. I was always worried that he would crack his head open when he did it. One time when he was 3 I told him to get his shoes on so we could leave and I left to start the car, and he had followed me out and flailed on the cement almost passed out, because he didn't want me to leave. He has always kept us on our toes his whole life. Very active from the time he could walk. He climbed on everything at a young age and was always into everything. Which comes to his ADHD. He is always going but he also has been very obsessive with toys. He loved Thomas and trains and pretty much nothing else. So when he likes something he loves it. Right now he loves the Broncos, he will be content by wearing his jersey and throwing his ball up in the air and catching it. He will do this for hours up and down our hallway. Its just how he is, and when he is in the zone its hard to pull him away from it. Technology is great but a nightmare at the same time, because he throws a fit when he has to let it go. I learned not to do afternoon school because it was hard to pull him away from things at home to go to school. I would have to get him dressed just as early as his brother or it was like pulling teeth just to get him dressed. Sometimes I wish that I had some sort of warning for what I needed to do for him or pointers, but we are still learning new things. Another thing we learned is that he has Anxiety and got nervous to go to his Kindergarten Program. I had to pull him in. We still have mornings that I need help from his teacher to come get him to go to school. If he gets out of schedule, its hard to get him back to there again. When his little sister and brother cry, Pace is right there crying and throwing a bigger fit with them. We have tried so many things to help him out and we still haven't and maybe we wont till he grows out of it. It can get very frustrating for him and for us as well. I wish I knew what he was hearing, so I could be a little more understanding. But when you have two kids crying at the same time, you lose patience quite easily. I talk about making him a sound proof room to run to so he can't hear it. Pace is such a loving boy though so he makes up for it. He is such a smart boy with a photogenic memory and excels in school other than the staying in his seat part. His first grade teacher told us that he corrects her some times when she is wrong. And she always has to have extra work for him to do, because he does it a lot faster than his classmates. Trying to keep him busy and focused :) He is a very creative boy and is constantly drawing and talking about football. He loves football and can tell you anything if you asked about NFL. His memory is Amazing, and soaks up everything.
I am writing this blog to help me out and hopefully to help out other Mom's that have a kid similar to Pace. If you have any suggestions please comment below, thanks!
