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Murphy’s Laws of  Special Needs Parenting…          1.   If you think you have 3 hours to yourself, your child will have a meltdown at school and have to come home early.       2.   If your oldest is a sensory seeker, your youngest will be a sensory avoider.      3.      If you dress your child in a button down shirt for pictures, they will eat the buttons before you get to the photographer. 4.      If your child will eat spaghetti it at the OT’s office, he still won’t eat it at home. 5.      If you say ‘Don’t play in the hose’, your child will flood the bathroom. 6.      If you put your child to bed early, he will be up until midnight playing Legos. 7.      If you put your child’s shoes on to leave the house in a hurry, he will take them off before you even find your purse. 8.      If you wear a white shirt, your child will ge...

There are few other subjects that are more difficult to talk about, more confusing to deal with, or more frustrating to a parent than a child who is still bed wetting or having ‘accidents’ after being potty trained for some time.  It seems being able to teach your child to control their bladder must be written into the imaginary ‘good parenting’ handbook and if your child is over a certain age then he shouldn't be wetting the bed or having accidents pretty much EVER. But we all know that just isn’t the case.  It is not how typical kids work and it sure isn’t how sensory kids work. I got into a conversation with a friend of mine just the other day about this exact thing.  His daughter, who is typically developing (although I suspect some minor non-responsive and/or under-responsive sensory issues) turns 5 in just a few weeks, and had ‘regressed’ from his point of view (OMG I hate that word) and started peeing her pants again.  He wasn’t happy.  As a matter of fact, he was kind of an...