Weight Sensory Items

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So ..... Nathan has been diagnosed with Autism now, officially - even though.... we've suspected it for a long time, it's still.......  hard.

One of the things I've noticed, is my wrist pad for my computer, I don't have a gel one, I have one with beads in it.  So he constantly is swiping it from my desk and wearing it around his neck, kinda like a scarf.... 

So I already get that the weight thing is a soother for him......

So ...... after the "official" diagnosis ...  I was doing research and came across the Weight Blanket ..   and I thought, that makes sense!!

So one of my best friends  .... my sister from another mister ... muahahhahahaa.....   she just started to sew and she LOVES it....  she even started a blog to chronicle her new adventures!  Adventures of a Sewing Noob

so I asked her if maybe she wanted to try her hand at making some weight items for Nathan, who is her Godson.  (Well, Nathan has 4 Godparents, and so does Kaedyn.)
 
So ...... she was all over the idea and started to look up items also ...

So she made Nathan a few things.  One she filled and we have to finish (I think?) and the others we have to fill and close up :)  This is what she did...

Here is the snake she made... 

Here is the dinosaur she says she mangled... LOL..  but she knows how much he loves dinosaurs and she did a quick cut of one...

Here is the lap blanket that she made for him, which I have to say....... I absolutely LOVE!!!!  It made me cry, I was so touched that she personalized it. 

 The stitching around his name...

 
So Mom and I went out looking for some beads and such to fill stuff with.  She started looking at patterns too and we picked up a couple ...  The first one is for a sling so I don't have to cocoon him in my blanket all the time, and I can have something to take with.  The second one is the fun blankets we're going to do, Nathan wants the dino (of course) and Kaedyn is going to get the turtle eventually....  and then the bottom one is some animals we are going to do like the snake.  It's going to be important to have different ones depending on his mood, and also have a couple in different places.

So we picked up material for Nate's blanket, and this is what he picked out.... 

 So, the dino material he LOVES ... he's been using it around Nana's house.   Nana is thinking about just making him a blanket out of it... instead of the dino one.. and then the red and purple were ... he tried to talk us into pink, because he seems to like pink a lot... but I talked him into purple which is the color he seems to love.... 

So I can't wait to share the finished products :)