Yes, another confession, that call I had, that was a friend. And yes we went out for a beer and with that went my app set up promise…

In the following days I had another great excuse: I wanted a dedicated email for this and I couldn’t find the super long time it takes to open a new gmail account. Well that was done last week and yet I had to go through another embarrassing OT session avoiding eye contact when asked why we still haven’t setup our app for our own daughter. Unbelievable!

It’s not like we are not doing sensory work. I mean we do live by it. The Sensory Habit trick really gets a lot of stuff in there without having to work at it. I don’t open doors – she does, I carry much less for her, I always give extra strong hugs, we focus on hard food, and more. But this is not enough. Sensory Habits are probably good for about half the sensory activities we fit into a normal day. But what of the second half? And what of abnormal days? And anybody with a sensory kids knows these are quite often…

No, we definitely need a more structured program on top of the sensory habits. So after going to a parental coaching session I decided that was it. I ran out of excuses. I have a dedicated email, I have a written program and I have the app. I also delayed writing this blog until I got this accomplished (avoiding yet another confession…). 

So, just now while sitting on the bed of my baby girl waiting for her to fall asleep was the right time! I set up the program on the app. Started with 7:30am deep pressure activities, on to oral activities before lunch that her pre school teacher is supposed to do, so I turned off the alarm for this one but kept it there so I can log what she says when I pick her up. Then I set some vestibular work around 5pm (hoping it will drive me to take her to the park), and finally some heavy work to calm her down before dinner (not that she eats…). 

When my wife gets home I’ll set her phone with the same username so she will get the same reminders and log onto the same program. 

So tomorrow is the first day of our newly structured sensory program. 

Stay tuned…

Oren Steinberg, father of 2 sensational kiddos and co-founder of SensoryTreat.