tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488879016485610449.post7091250388235380705..comments2020-06-18T06:24:24.010-07:00Comments on Blue Jeans and Fancy Things: {7QT} the Second-First-Time Mommy editionElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09833236385040376859noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488879016485610449.post-72691914045610699822015-01-23T14:00:10.003-08:002015-01-23T14:00:10.003-08:00Elizabeth,
What a beautiful post, and an absolute...Elizabeth,<br /><br />What a beautiful post, and an absolutely adorable little lady!!!! <br /><br />I get a surge of "mommy feel good" energy just reading your blog.... It sounds like you are having the time of your life.... So wonderful, so deserved. God is Good!<br /><br />Now... the unsolicited, " Interfering Auntie" (kind of!) Advice!!!!<br /><br />Because both of my children have had a lot of issues related to over and/or under sensitivity to sensory input I have learned a lot about "sensory processing dysfunction", and/or sensory processing in general. <br /><br />It can be a hard concept to wrap your brain around it, at least it was for me, but once I "got it" it really made a lot of sense... It's essentially all about how our bodies take in information and (gee) process and respond to it... <br /><br />Just as we process information that we receive through conversations, media, visual cues, etc.... we also are constantly being barraged by input from our other senses... and our responses to all of this constant input is determined by how well we process the sensory information.... <br /><br />This includes but goes far beyond sight, sound, taste, touch, etc... consider proprioception (kind of like temperature and pressure sensors in our skin), vestibular input (balance and position), sensitivity to sound, smell, lighting, temperature<br /><br />Our bodies are constantly receiving input from all of these sources through our nervous system and brain... and sometimes it can be pretty overwhelming ... especially when you have an immature (still developing) nervous system... such as in the case of newborns and infants. <br /><br />Sometimes all of this input causes stress on the system... for instance... in babies... fussiness, GI upset, crying and difficulty in being soothed. <br /><br />In taking a sensory approach, which is completely non-invasive, non-medical, holisitic and natural, I have found the results of doing things like addressing body position, a secure touch, hold, hugging or swaddling, background sounds (white noise), rhythm (swinging, rocking, swaying, your exercise ball!), scent (e.g. aromatherapy/essential oils) all help to organize and calm the nervous system in a truly astonishing way....<br /><br />As I said, this has been incredibly valuable for me with both my children, and I recently had cause to do some research into sensory processing issues in newborns and the positive effects of some of these approaches for infants and children.... <br /><br />Anyway... taking the very long way around... I just wanted to mention this as something that could possibly be helpful for Kristin's fussiness, sleep patterns, even the issues you are looking to your diet about. As I said,non-invasive, natural, no "side effects" to worry about.. If you are interested in learning more about this please don't hesitate to call or e-mail me!!<br /><br />Love to All of you!<br /><br />Susanne <br />Feel call or e-mail me!!! Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476887931607653997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488879016485610449.post-7413136815303645492015-01-23T12:29:22.902-08:002015-01-23T12:29:22.902-08:00What a wonderful little girl! Also I'm going t...What a wonderful little girl! Also I'm going to you and Ashley for all my baby advice when the time comes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com