Ever noticed?

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Registered: 10-18-2006
Ever noticed?
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Tue, 07-24-2007 - 8:19pm

So I feel like I'm posting a lt of questions lately, but Emma is currently unmedicated right now, leading to lots of new behaviors.

Anyway, I feel like I'm noticing a corellation between Emma's bad days and her sensitivity to certain touch stimuli. I'm wondering if there's a corelation between those two and sleep, but havn't been able to get her to sleep at a reasonable hour to figure that out.

To explain: Emma had a mildly bad day yesterday and was bothered by a couple of things which don't usually bother her (a lumpy bed). Today she had a much worse day and is sensitive to more things which don't usually bother her (hair washing, water temperature)

Has anyone else noticed such things, or am I just trying to make sense out of the madness currently in my house?

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Registered: 06-25-2003
In reply to: brooklbsw
Tue, 07-24-2007 - 10:38pm

Brook,


OMG YES!!! We went through the same thing with Siobhan. When she didn't get enough sleep, her sensory issues went through the roof!


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Registered: 07-24-2007
In reply to: brooklbsw
Wed, 07-25-2007 - 10:40am

Yes, you are not going nuts. Cooper has days where certain things bother him to extreme amounts. I don't know if this woould work for everybody, but I always put him in the tub with his toys. He is calm and happy in the tub, and I leave him alone (he's 7 1/2) in there to just kind of chill out. He stays until he says he's ready to get out. This usually evens out the rest of the day or makes the night easier to deal with.

I don't know how old Emma is, but Cooper also has really responded to "figure it out on your own"... which is basically, in a very loving way, I tell him the thing he is dealing with is his problem and no one else's, so he needs to figure out how to be okay with it. It's okay to be bothered by it and not like it, but it's not okay to scream and cry and make it mine or some other grown up's problem to fix. I know that sounds harsh, and you have to pick your battles (I don't pull this one out all the time, only when I'm up to it! :) but COoper has really learned to deal with things to a level where I don't even notice some of his issues any more.