The baby care area at Lego Land reminds me that when I was younger my church had a mother’s room. It did not have a play area but at least it was less crowded, less bright, and more quiet than the main area of the church so I still usually calmed down when my mother would take me there. My mother did not like taking me to this room and she often disparagingly referred to it as “The Crying Room” because other mothers were taking their babies to that room when they were crying. In all fairness I should mention that my doctors never explained my conditions to my parents well enough for them to understand back then that my behavior during sensory meltdowns was not in fact motivated by selfishness,sibling rivalry (my sister is also on spectrum (she’s Level one/mild), the desire for attention,or taking pleasure in embarrassing or humiliating others. In fact during my first sensory meltdowns I was not far enough along socially to experience embarrassment yet. My ability to experience embarrassment (let alone begin to understand when others are embarrassed) only began to develop around age nine. I guess this is probably consistent with the Level Two/Moderate autism symptoms that I had back then. Therefore with Ezra being level three it shouldn’t be surprising if he has sensory meltdowns for as long as I did (or even a bit longer). Simon may continue to have them until kindergarten,first grade, second grade, and perhaps even longer in certain situations. But with any luck they might become less frequent over time as mine (eventually) did. The mother’s room would sometimes help when the church organ would cause me to have sensory meltdowns (which back in those days (in the 1980s) were always mistaken for temper tantrums (Even doctors didn’t know what sensory meltdowns were back then)) because it was too loud. The mother’s room in my church had a large window so the service was still visible from there and the music, sermons,etc. could be heard over the PA system. On a few very rare occasions I would have another sensory meltdown in the mother’s room (When this happened my mother would have to take me outside the church until I calmed down) if the microphone was too close to the speaker causing feedback. I think that only happened about once or twice though. On both of those occasions my parents told me that I was obviously embarrassing them on purpose because even the babies were better behaved when I was. I don’t remember how old I was exactly when this happened for the last time during a church service but it was somewhere in the eight to ten year old age range. This would have made me older than both Simon and Ezra’s current ages. If the doctors knew more about my conditions and were able to explain them properly my parents would have known that I was not embarrassing them on purpose. Therefore despite what they often said back then my sensory meltdowns were not examples of sins (let alone “serious sins” or even “mortal sins” (in Roman Catholic terminology)). But I digress. Back on topic: From Simon’s reaction to this crowded park it looks like he is bothered by loud noises just like I was when I was younger (and still am to some degree). Also on related note maybe you do a more up to date video on telling the difference between sensory meltdowns and temper tantrums. I have noticed from reading some online comments on this and other UA-cam channels that many people still seem to be confused about this.
That is a really good idea. There is still quite a bit of confusion when it comes to the difference between sensory overload meltdowns and simply a tantrum because a child wants a certain item. 😊
It’s good to see that Simon is already able to dance to music at his age. Even when I was in kindergarten (age six) I struggled with this and ended up stepping on other student’ feet while dancing. My first kindergarten teacher assumed that I was doing this on purpose (even though I was not) because I didn’t know the words “sorry” or “excuse me” yet (let alone when to use them). On a related note if Simon doesn’t yet know the words “sorry” and “excuse me” it is important that he learn them before he begins kindergarten in the next year or two.”Please” and “thank you” are also important. Between his preschool, therapies, Cocomelon, and Cocomelon Lane he will hopefully pick these up in a timely enough fashion to know them almost as well as his peers by the time he begins kindergarten. At that point in time (when I started kindergarten) my parents had not told the school about my neurodevelopmental diagnoses yet because they wanted to get me into the regular kindergarten class and avoid any stigma or embarrassment for the family that would be associated with disclosing it. In the end that did not work out because I still ended up in a special education kindergarten class in less than a month or two (they didn’t have autism classes yet back in the early 1980s) with more individual attention and a smaller class size. I found in my school there wasn’t really any stigma associated with being in special education until I was in the third grade. Boredom was the other issue I had with being in those classes because by about fourth or fifth grade most of the school work that I was given was too easy. I think I have mostly covered my observations on this for the time being.
I guess Ezra had a similar experience as I usually have at similar places, it is fun but a bit much sounds and things to see at the same time. So the smile is a bit hard to be seen but its still fun. If you can handle really long travels I recommend Legoland in Denmark (the oldest one in the world, its in the same city as Lego was founded actually). They also have a really nice camping and they are good at english in Denmark :) As you maybe know Denmark also happends to be close to Sweden (its really just a bridge between) and you told me, actually twice know, that you have connections to Sweden (I dont know the exact way of saying it correct because I have issues with speech and writing and my native language is swedish).
Seeing Simon falling asleep and being carried reminds me that when I was younger it took much longer than average (e.g. until at least age five or even six) for me to understand that if I fell asleep in the car on the way home and woke up somewhere else (such as in my bed upstairs or on the living room couch) that it meant that one of my parents had to carry me there. As a result I did not end up thanking them after I woke up each time and this led to the perception that I was “ungrateful”. I wonder if this is a common occurrence with children who are on the spectrum. If it is then maybe you can do a video about this at some point in the future.
I think that most kids don’t think their parents like they should. Even Neurotypical children don’t realize how much effort goes into parenting, and what sacrifice parents have for them, that is until they get older.
@@7Aheadfamily That’s true. I still struggle with understanding this today even now (well into my 40s). I will probably never completely understand this unless I get married and have kids but watching your UA-cam channel and some others gives me some insight into this.
Honestly, Simon didn’t need the toddler leash like Ezra. When he was one-year-old, we usually carried him on our back, or I should say Adam would carry him on his back. And then, when he was old enough to walk, he usually would want to walk by himself and not in a stroller. Simon is not one to wander off usually so we haven’t had to use the toddler leash very often
Do Ezra and Simon get sensory overload at theme parks amusement parks? What do you all do when they have sensory overload? I get sensory overload after riding a few rollercoasters at theme parks and amusement parks. When I have sensory overload my mom takes me to a area where there is less noise and helps me calm down.
😌 Calming an Autistic Meltdown in 40 ⏱️ seconds ua-cam.com/users/shorts0H0MdUMC9yc?feature=share Autism Meltdown at Black Canyon National Park ua-cam.com/video/3B42Sev56xo/v-deo.html Autism Meltdowns, Triggers, Tantrums, and Helpful Tips ua-cam.com/video/1G5ZvUqQIwo/v-deo.html Autistic Meltdowns for Thanksgiving ua-cam.com/video/Zuw3ZDY8SyI/v-deo.html Rough Night!!! Angel visits child with Autism ua-cam.com/video/Bwisp7HMaOA/v-deo.html
The lego movie in one of my favorite movies! I am editing a video for next week about visiting m y older sister's lego room. she has quite a collection. -Holly
I really enjoy your channel but I'm so sorry 2 say this but you gotta stop trying 2 cut these poor kids hair or learn how 2 use clippers with guards properly plz!! There such cute kids & all of them need haircuts badly & you can totally tell they have bad cuts from home. Don't do that 2 these kids..
Love building with LEGOs.
They’re the best!
Fun Place!
Such a fun place!!!
Ezra loved 🥰 that roller coaster 🎢
So true !!! I am glad that he loves amusement park rides.
Great experience!!!!
Right!!!
So much 🤩 fun
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Kids and LEGOs 😃
Adults as well. :-)
thanks for sharing it was great I have never been there.
That was a first for all of us, we were in the neighborhood so we figured we couldn’t pass it up, and the kids love legos!
That was fun to see everything, I’ve never been there. Thanks for all the secret’s. So glad the kids got to go!!
The kids really loved this theme park! It was perfect for their age group!
The baby care area at Lego Land reminds me that when I was younger my church had a mother’s room. It did not have a play area but at least it was less crowded, less bright, and more quiet than the main area of the church so I still usually calmed down when my mother would take me there. My mother did not like taking me to this room and she often disparagingly referred to it as “The Crying Room” because other mothers were taking their babies to that room when they were crying. In all fairness I should mention that my doctors never explained my conditions to my parents well enough for them to understand back then that my behavior during sensory meltdowns was not in fact motivated by selfishness,sibling rivalry (my sister is also on spectrum (she’s Level one/mild), the desire for attention,or taking pleasure in embarrassing or humiliating others. In fact during my first sensory meltdowns I was not far enough along socially to experience embarrassment yet. My ability to experience embarrassment (let alone begin to understand when others are embarrassed) only began to develop around age nine. I guess this is probably consistent with the Level Two/Moderate autism symptoms that I had back then.
Therefore with Ezra being level three it shouldn’t be surprising if he has sensory meltdowns for as long as I did (or even a bit longer). Simon may continue to have them until kindergarten,first grade, second grade, and perhaps even longer in certain situations. But with any luck they might become less frequent over time as mine (eventually) did.
The mother’s room would sometimes help when the church organ would cause me to have sensory meltdowns (which back in those days (in the 1980s) were always mistaken for temper tantrums (Even doctors didn’t know what sensory meltdowns were back then)) because it was too loud. The mother’s room in my church had a large window so the service was still visible from there and the music, sermons,etc. could be heard over the PA system. On a few very rare occasions I would have another sensory meltdown in the mother’s room (When this happened my mother would have to take me outside the church until I calmed down) if the microphone was too close to the speaker causing feedback. I think that only happened about once or twice though. On both of those occasions my parents told me that I was obviously embarrassing them on purpose because even the babies were better behaved when I was. I don’t remember how old I was exactly when this happened for the last time during a church service but it was somewhere in the eight to ten year old age range. This would have made me older than both Simon and Ezra’s current ages. If the doctors knew more about my conditions and were able to explain them properly my parents would have known that I was not embarrassing them on purpose. Therefore despite what they often said back then my sensory meltdowns were not examples of sins (let alone “serious sins” or even “mortal sins” (in Roman Catholic terminology)). But I digress.
Back on topic: From Simon’s reaction to this crowded park it looks like he is bothered by loud noises just like I was when I was younger (and still am to some degree).
Also on related note maybe you do a more up to date video on telling the difference between sensory meltdowns and temper tantrums. I have noticed from reading some online comments on this and other UA-cam channels that many people still seem to be confused about this.
That is a really good idea. There is still quite a bit of confusion when it comes to the difference between sensory overload meltdowns and simply a tantrum because a child wants a certain item. 😊
The small chairs in the baby care area remind me of the ones I have seen in Cold Stone Creamery and some doctor’s waiting rooms.
Yes
It’s good to see that Simon is already able to dance to music at his age. Even when I was in kindergarten (age six) I struggled with this and ended up stepping on other student’ feet while dancing. My first kindergarten teacher assumed that I was doing this on purpose (even though I was not) because I didn’t know the words “sorry” or “excuse me” yet (let alone when to use them).
On a related note if Simon doesn’t yet know the words “sorry” and “excuse me” it is important that he learn them before he begins kindergarten in the next year or two.”Please” and “thank you” are also important. Between his preschool, therapies, Cocomelon, and Cocomelon Lane he will hopefully pick these up in a timely enough fashion to know them almost as well as his peers by the time he begins kindergarten.
At that point in time (when I started kindergarten) my parents had not told the school about my neurodevelopmental diagnoses yet because they wanted to get me into the regular kindergarten class and avoid any stigma or embarrassment for the family that would be associated with disclosing it. In the end that did not work out because I still ended up in a special education kindergarten class in less than a month or two (they didn’t have autism classes yet back in the early 1980s) with more individual attention and a smaller class size. I found in my school there wasn’t really any stigma associated with being in special education until I was in the third grade. Boredom was the other issue I had with being in those classes because by about fourth or fifth grade most of the school work that I was given was too easy.
I think I have mostly covered my observations on this for the time being.
Thank you for your detailed response
Looked like you guys had fun!
Legoland was a lot of fun. 😊 Especially because of how much the kids love Legos.
Such an awesome place!
Yes indeed!
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I guess Ezra had a similar experience as I usually have at similar places, it is fun but a bit much sounds and things to see at the same time. So the smile is a bit hard to be seen but its still fun. If you can handle really long travels I recommend Legoland in Denmark (the oldest one in the world, its in the same city as Lego was founded actually). They also have a really nice camping and they are good at english in Denmark :) As you maybe know Denmark also happends to be close to Sweden (its really just a bridge between) and you told me, actually twice know, that you have connections to Sweden (I dont know the exact way of saying it correct because I have issues with speech and writing and my native language is swedish).
I am sure that would be so fun! Thanks for telling us about that! ❤️
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Love Legos😂
Legos are something I’ll never grow out of! -Holly
Love Lego land❤️
Lego❤️❤️❤️
Seeing Simon falling asleep and being carried reminds me that when I was younger it took much longer than average (e.g. until at least age five or even six) for me to understand that if I fell asleep in the car on the way home and woke up somewhere else (such as in my bed upstairs or on the living room couch) that it meant that one of my parents had to carry me there. As a result I did not end up thanking them after I woke up each time and this led to the perception that I was “ungrateful”.
I wonder if this is a common occurrence with children who are on the spectrum. If it is then maybe you can do a video about this at some point in the future.
I think that most kids don’t think their parents like they should. Even Neurotypical children don’t realize how much effort goes into parenting, and what sacrifice parents have for them, that is until they get older.
@@7Aheadfamily That’s true. I still struggle with understanding this today even now (well into my 40s). I will probably never completely understand this unless I get married and have kids but watching your UA-cam channel and some others gives me some insight into this.
Thank you for sharing. ❤️❤️❤️
When did Simon stop needing the toddler leash? I noticed that he still needed it in this video, but he doesn’t seem to need it anymore.
Honestly, Simon didn’t need the toddler leash like Ezra. When he was one-year-old, we usually carried him on our back, or I should say Adam would carry him on his back. And then, when he was old enough to walk, he usually would want to walk by himself and not in a stroller. Simon is not one to wander off usually so we haven’t had to use the toddler leash very often
Do Ezra and Simon get sensory overload at theme parks amusement parks? What do you all do when they have sensory overload? I get sensory overload after riding a few rollercoasters at theme parks and amusement parks. When I have sensory overload my mom takes me to a area where there is less noise and helps me calm down.
Yes, that can happen, but thankfully, they didn’t have that problem at the amusement parks. Here’s a couple situations, though, when it did happen…
😌 Calming an Autistic Meltdown in 40 ⏱️ seconds
ua-cam.com/users/shorts0H0MdUMC9yc?feature=share
Autism Meltdown at Black Canyon National Park
ua-cam.com/video/3B42Sev56xo/v-deo.html
Autism Meltdowns, Triggers, Tantrums, and Helpful Tips
ua-cam.com/video/1G5ZvUqQIwo/v-deo.html
Autistic Meltdowns for Thanksgiving
ua-cam.com/video/Zuw3ZDY8SyI/v-deo.html
Rough Night!!! Angel visits child with Autism
ua-cam.com/video/Bwisp7HMaOA/v-deo.html
Legos are the best!!!
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⭐️❤️🎈
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Lego land a land full of Legos
Yes it is! Are you a Lego fan?
@@7Aheadfamily I do like Legos but I didn't get to have much of them growing up however I am a big fan of the lego movie
The lego movie in one of my favorite movies! I am editing a video for next week about visiting m y older sister's lego room. she has quite a collection. -Holly
@@7Aheadfamily nice
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Roughing it. :-)
😜 right.
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Don't you have to be at the sea to be sea sick
Yeah, maybe motion sickness is a better word. 😊
I really enjoy your channel but I'm so sorry 2 say this but you gotta stop trying 2 cut these poor kids hair or learn how 2 use clippers with guards properly plz!! There such cute kids & all of them need haircuts badly & you can totally tell they have bad cuts from home. Don't do that 2 these kids..
You're right! We need to hire you to do it or teach us. 😀 There has to be a UA-cam Video on that. 😜 We will do some research.