Hi guys. I've been offline for a while. In the past few weeks the ball has started rolling though.

Bri had her OT assessment done 2 weeks ago. I go in on Monday for the findings of the assessment & what she thinks will be helpful. After the appointment she said there were no signs she could see of aspergers (I suggested it after reading a few things & just thought some of it might fit, expecting it to be wrong anyway). But she said that Bri has a lot of sensory issues going on, definite ADD & possible ADHD.

She referred us to the mental health unit for helping us deal with all the kids & also redflagged Jesse (DS - 3) for early childhood intervention, just from seeing him while we were in the waiting room.

We had an optometrist appointment, to get the visual processing assessment done. She was prescribed glasses for longsightedness (just temporary to help her process things that little bit quicker) & when she has them we'll have the assessment.

Her Auditory assessment is on Thursday next week.

I've spoken to the MCHN since & she's told me about the Enhanced Primary care program we could be put on, so we don't have to pay for Bri's assessments & gave us more info on early childhood intervention. (My MCHN is a LEGEND!!) She's also referred us to the Brighter Futures program through DoCS which is also to help us learn to deal with the issues we have every day.

Sorry I have no idea whats happening, but I will catch up when I have the time. House inspection this arvo & trying to keep up with the kids til then is just loads of fun.

I'm a mixed bag of emotions when it comes to all this. Relief & guilt at the same time. Glad I'm onto all this now though & can get the kids help early on

Promise I'll come back to see how things are with everyone.

ETA - my DH thinks its all a load of bull too. But he's not here, so I don't care. He's not dealing with Jesse's tantrum after tantrum all day long.