28 months June 28th missing post

This post is out of order and was suppose to show after OT Speech and other updates, on June 28th! I'll attempt to fix it after vacation


After months of little to no major milestones I started looking outside medicine in the sense that most people I know look at it. I have always been told there is always something out there that can help. Someone suggested a hearing test or maybe a pediatric sleep study but both of those were options because of Dacotah's Severe dislike of anything touching him. (My visual was things going flying across the room) ha! So, I called the local acupuncturist and asked if he could see Dacotah to see if the meridians were blocked (if you are unfamiliar Google is a good place to look). I just knew Britt could tell me something. He had me read a couple of pages in a textbook to see if anything fit Dacotah, it really didn't. He checked his pulses and his tongue and said everything looked fine and told me "your son is a puzzle, things seem like they should fit and they don't. There is a shaman (another name for a medicine man) named Phil, call him and see if he can help." We left Britt's office and I never felt more discouraged but also knew I had to keep fighting. If Dacotah has "gifts" that keep him from sleeping, talking or eating, that's fine but I needed to know for sure.
I called Phil and after asking me a couple of questions he says, "I'm sorry but I don't think I could help". My first words were damn it. Why is this so complicated.
Then I remembered about Reiki and how much it had helped me in the past. Googles definition of Reiki

1. "a healing technique based on the principle that the therapist can channel energy into the patient by means of touch, to activate the natural healing processes of the patient's body and restore physical and emotional well-being."

   
   

   
   

   So I sent a message to Willie and asked if she thought she could help. She agreed to meet up to see if there was anything she could do.

   
   

   I won't go into the logistics because I don't want a huge debate over what is or is not. But I can tell you this! That night was the first night in his life that Dacotah slept through the night!!!! Coincidence? I most certainly think not! I can tell you this I've never been so thankful in all my life. 

   
   

   Yesterday Dacotah had very few screaming fits. He rode to the flea market in Wise with no DVD player without screaming! He was shy with people coming up and saying hi, but he was calm! The ride home was uneventful no screaming and no crying.

   
   

   I'll take the change and do so gladly. 

   
   

   Dacotah started saying "bus" this past week, now EVERY THING is a bus! We get tickled and have to laugh. Last night we were laying and watching TV and Dacotah threw his tablet in the floor (yep he still loves throwing stuff) I have never seen two adults jump up so fast thinking he had fallen. Lol!

   
   

   We took him to the park before dinner to feed the ducks, he was willing to throw them food, but he wanted them to keep their distance and if not he backed away from them. It was too cute! 

   
   

   
   

   I'm torn because I feel like we have taken a huge leap in the right direction, but later this morning he will go to the dentist for the first time, and in the afternoon he goes to see the developmental specialist. A week ago I would have been sure there was something underlying, but I have a renewed hope that other than SPD and a touch of OCD he will go on to do great things!