This is what has been going on

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Registered: 04-03-2006
This is what has been going on
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Tue, 02-12-2008 - 1:13pm
in our house the last week or so. Dumping things is the new trick. He has always done this but it has gotten out of control. Every closet/cabinet/pantry is locked and all stuff is up high. But he still gets it. Last monday he climbed from changing table to dresser and knocked everything off-moniter, wipes warmer, lamp, white noise machine and took our basket off a shelf that is 6' high on the wall. That has powder and lotion and all that in it. Yeah, not good....this is what happened that day.Photobucket Then on Wednesday he got a hold of my 30 oz. jug of water and dumped it in the living room. Then this happened on Thursday, admiting my fault since I left it out while I went to put younger ds down for nap...Photobucket Then on friday he got a hold of the powder in his room, although we rearranged his furniture and once again thought he couldn't get to it. But he started using his toys to climb up. Now mind you he has never been a climber. Due to sensory issues he is afraid of climbing and very reluctant to do even stairs and hates slides. So now we have totally stripped his room of everything except the essentials. Most things are locked in his closet. But now we have the problem of him playing very roughly with the blinds in there. He is going to end up ripping them. And him getting naked and peeing and pooping in his room. First we tried turning his diaper backwards but then he learned he could pull it down like undies, then we made sure he had a onesie on but if the neck was loose enough he would pull it down over his body, so then we made sure to get non-stretchy snap shirts but yesterday he figgured out how to unsnap the snaps at the bottom. I don't know what to do about this. He does this anytime he is supposed to be napping and he and I still very much need that nap. PhotobucketDoes anyone have any ideas or suggestions about any of this??? I am so at the end of my rope with patience and ideas.


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Tue, 02-12-2008 - 5:45pm

Tonia,


What does he do with the stuff after he has dumped it? Does he handle it? squish, crunch, stomp or roll in in it?

-Paula

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Registered: 04-03-2006
Tue, 02-12-2008 - 8:13pm
Although he does like to squish things, that isn't what he does with this. He just dumps to dump and never touches it, unless it is food then he will eat it off the floor. He saves squishing for things like pears and peaches :) And we do have a sensory table but the problem is that I have a younger ds so I can't always be by Rece's side 24/7 while playing in the sensory table and he also dumps what ever we have in there to the floor. Even if we show him to dump it within the table. He definitely lacks impulse control, but it is like he needs that sensory stimulation but almost as soon as he gets it becomes overstimmulated b/c he starts thrashing and hitting and throwing. It is a very tricky balance with him, one that I have not quite figured out. And we are starting the process for a formal diagnosis therefore hopefully some more help.


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