sensory issues with your child?  

it doesnt sound dumb... its exactly what it sounds like though just different childrens sensorys are more exteam than say you or I, like she doesnt like her bare feet to touch grass or sand, because to her that touch sensation is 100 times stronger than ours. grass might feel like centipedes on her feet. and some senses are underdeveloped like she cant sit on a swing because her vestibular senses (her balance and hearing are related) do not let her fell like she is able to sit upright, she feels like shes falling backwards....which makes a lot of things hard like stepping down a curb or stairs.

Oh ok! Sorry about that, I was thinking something like that but I wasnt 100% sure if I was right or not. Well, I hope the therapy and everything works out for her and she gets better!

Best Wishes
- Mir

thank you, yes it help she does speech therapy, and people come to help her swing, and they give her massages, to help her skin "relax"

wow, yes I know her specific issues, its easier to understand her now actually, now that I know what "she feels." She reacts to loud noises she has really bad stranger anxiety when she was little, NOBODY could come close to her without screaming....and we didnt know what to think of it before we found out it was sensory. Good Luck to you too

yes all of that is right about early in life part. that could be it my child just go a hearing test to rule out that sensory problem, she did not react at all to high pitched sound, like she couldnt even hear it. it was wired, but she does have tubes in her ears, because of frequent ear infections, that also have to do with her sensory, and they checked her tubed and she can hear the sounds, she just doesnt react to it. does your son have issues like, getting easily frustrated, sweating when hes upset, the need to sleep after he has been crying? Those were all the signs the therapist saw in my daughter, when she was being observed.

Yes, yes, and yes, he does get upset easily...I always just assumed he was just very soft hearted. He does sweat and get very red-faced when upset and he does seem to sleep a lot more than any of my other children and yes especially after crying...very interesting. Thanks for bringing all this to my attention.

wow, thats kinds cool, huh when you find something like that out... well they way the therapist said it to me is, you and me wake up on (we call it level 1) calm, kinda groggy thats how we fell in the morning, well a child with sensory issues, wakes up on a level 2 which means they skip the happy groggy part, also it means that they are easily irritated. so thats why they get frustrated quickly, and little things make them mad, there already touchy, so all you have to do is poke them, ya know? Also it makes them mad, because often they have a speech problem, so they dont have enough words to make you understand, thats why they bite, them selfs or others. when my daughter is trying to tell me something, she grabs my face and say wa wa mommy wa wa mommy, till I get it for her, because she doesnt think I understand her, and if it takes o long, or I have to put something down first, she grabs her arm and pinches it, cause shes frustrated. I hope this helps, because I always knew she had a lot of character and she wants things a certain way, and I dont find that a disability I find it her being her, and shes so unique! but understanding it, helps me understand her even when she cant use her words.

hi, Dragoncather,
It looks like you ahve learned alot and I can relate to it all.

My daughter does not speak much and she is in kinder already. Commuication is a major issue for her and biting, impatient. But I learned something new from you today.
It was not explained to me with the therapist about the sleeping. She does wake up and skip the groggy part. She wakes up and is wide awake immediately and is really at a fragile stage because if her dad looks at her , she will cry. She does not want anybody to look at her at all, she only wants me when she wakes up.

thanks for sharing this. But did the therapist tell you what do you do when the child wakes up and is extra grouchy or extra sensitive at that time.

thanks.

Glad I could pass along the info, it was actually starting to bother me cause no one had responded to this, and now I guess its really quite common, just no one knows what to call it. Well she said just understanding it help a lot, you can try to give her that one on one time if it will help start her day, because she is so easily irritated. they said to take it slow and to work on things slowly and in a routine. like swinging, we are suppose to do it 3 times a week at a specific time, like after lunch, so she knows when to expect the thing she does not like to happen, and she knows how long it will happen to her, we count down from 10, so she knows when i say 1 its over, but we will keep working on it in that pattern, because that allows them to trust it. So maybe you can apply my situation you yours. Also they said we have to be very careful when we discipline them, because a normal child you could put in time out, and that method might work, but a child with sensory issues if left alone will hurt themselves, they hurt others first to get that attention, then if they dont get what they want, they hurt them selfs. so your suppose to sit with them, and tell them what happened, untill their "fit" is over.

what is autism? I have heard of it, but I dont know exactly what it is.... they didnt say my daughter had it, is it something you notice, because before I knew what sensory was, there were other explanations for her behavior. like she couldnt swing, but we didnt introduce her to a swing as early as we did with my son, and shoes, she didnt like her feet covered up even as a baby, so we thought it was just her.

Autism is a condition that affects mostly boys, but some girls too, it is almost 1 in every 100 children. Children with autism have problems with language and social skills and often have sensory issues as well. Look at this for more information:

http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer

thank you for the link!

My daughter also was diagnosed with autism.
good point made about the swing. My daughter did not like the swing motion. But she was able to bike at an early age compared to her brother and cousins.

but then she could not communicate using language, instead she was rough and would bite, and scream and cry when she wanted something. She wanted it NOW and a minute was too late and she would cry.

does anybody s child not eat meat, or any particular food in general? mine will not eat meat, she picks the meant out of everything, I dont even know how she knows that its meat!! she also will not eat jello, they said it has to do with what it feels like on her tounge and in her hands, its like her skin makes the decisions for her. were suppose to keep offering it to her no matter what though.

funny, the swing calms my son down, see they are all different...
As far as not eating particular foods, the only thing I can think of is that he won't eat anything that he doesn't recognize. If anything he likes food too much, crams more than he has room for into his mouth. Actually I was told that was a sensory thing, tastes good so it's comforting to get more of it!

wow, yes they said we were lucky because insurice wont pay for theapy over 3, in my state. I dont think thats fair, some things your not going to have tests for you know, how come the child still cant recive help. good luck.

Thank you very much Cecila, best of luck to your grandaughter:)

That sounds really scary for your son, Im glad he grew of that. Thanks for the info about swimming, we always though she would have trouble in the water because she always had problems with her ears, so we take her to a kiddy pool every weekend, Im glad to know hoe it helps her. Thanks for sharing our expierences with us, Happy posting:)

well Im glad to hear you already have help for him, what age did he start therapy? They said they really want to do the brushing thing, but it hasent been approved yet. what is it? I picture it is like it sounds with a hair brush, rubbing there skin right? Im sure there is a pattern to it.she really hates changeing her clothes, it always a struggle. good luck

I almost forgot...I highly recommend the book: The Out-Of-Sync Child . It was most helpful in our early days of not knowing what was going on!

thanks for the book recommendation. You used a lot of the same terms the therapist did, she does like to be held really tightly.