Burning incense - duh. Why didn't I think of that! I wonder if frankincense would be good or bad. It's meant to have a focusing effect, hence its use in temples. Would they become more focused on the things that overload them, or would it help cut those things out. I will have to do some experimentation. At the moment I've only got lavender, and peppermint.

The spices are a wonderful idea too. Thanks Christy. I wonder if I can make her a smelly box for school...


Oh, I just wanted to share a major win! This week DD drew her first ever recognisable picture, yay! We've been working very hard on it with the OT. Before she used to just move her textas around the page doing circles upon circles until the paper disintegrated because it had so much ink on it, but after a year of therapy now we have a picture - a face. It's still circle based, head, nose, eyes and an "o" mouth, BUT it's a picture! I cried.