What a Tightly Capped Bottle!

Well we went to Long Island this past weekend and went into NY City to see the tree. There were tons of people, lights, we rode the train and the subway which were also cramped and crowded. Kaitlyn (though we know she needed to) did so good and held it all in and controlled herself so well! She was SO overstimulated but didnt want to lose control and misbehave. I'm so proud of her!! You could see she was a balloon ready to pop! She also handled having the family over Sunday morning to Grandma's like a champ. She was a little snippy and her brain was so stressed and she was a wreck inside she couldnt even think to write letters or numbers correctly. The poor girl was writing backwards because she couldnt focus! It was crazy to see her doing that. I was told the scientific reasoning behind that and it was interesting that I noticed. It's pretty much that her amygdala was getting all the blood flow and therefor there was only a little going to her hippocapmus. Yes, I've been learning about the brain lately!! lol :) Anyway, by the end of the day Sunday we finally got the tantrums we'd been waiting for. She had one in the bathroom at Grandma's for about 20 mins and then another one for about 20 mins again in the car while strapped in her carseat. She really needed those for a release but she tried so hard NOT to have them. I'm proud of her but then there are times where we can see how bad she needs to release the stress and tension and we WANT her to have a tantrum! It's all crazy!

I am going to be doing some more reading on this whole amygdala/hippocampus thing because it amazes me that I can see things in people and know whats going on and then there are scientific reasons behind what I am seeing and noticing. I really do need to be a therapist... maybe one day when I'm older and the kids are in school I can move into that profession... we'll see!