Sensory Integration Disorder Support Group
Sensory Integration Disorder is a neurological disorder causing difficulties with processing information from the five classic senses, the sense of movement, and/or the positional sense. Sensory integration disorders vary between individuals in their characteristics and intensity.
I was reading a blog about how a mother has a really hard time getting her child dressed. This really peaked my curiosity because I too have a difficult time with it. But it's not all the time. But it is often. Just today I tried to get my 2 1/2 year old dressed and she had an absolute melt down. Absolutely refused. I quit trying and went back to it later and she still refused. An hour later she let me put a dress on her without complaining.
Bath time is difficult sometimes as well. When she doesn't want to get wet it is an absolute, drag down fight to get her washed. But other times she enjoys the bath and playing.
She doesn't have any trouble sleeping. She sleeps through the night and has always been a great sleeper.
She sucks on her index finger for soothing at at bed time. She has done this since she was a baby. Never went for the paci.
When I was reading about this diagnosis I believe I read something that some children walk on their tip-toes. She did this while she was learning to walk and a little while after. Now she walks correctly on her heels.
She was not slow developing milestones. The only thing that might be considered a little slow was that she really started walking at 15 months.
Sometimes when we are in the car she really dislikes any music. If it is turned up to a normal level she says "it's too loud, it's too loud". She will sometimes do that with the TV also but that is really it with noises.
She tends to eat the same foods over, and over again. She will try new foods often but if they don't have a sweet component to the them she usually passes.
Do any of you with experience in this think I need to look into it more? The biggest thing is the fight getting dressed. I really appreciate any help.
Bath time is difficult sometimes as well. When she doesn't want to get wet it is an absolute, drag down fight to get her washed. But other times she enjoys the bath and playing.
She doesn't have any trouble sleeping. She sleeps through the night and has always been a great sleeper.
She sucks on her index finger for soothing at at bed time. She has done this since she was a baby. Never went for the paci.
When I was reading about this diagnosis I believe I read something that some children walk on their tip-toes. She did this while she was learning to walk and a little while after. Now she walks correctly on her heels.
She was not slow developing milestones. The only thing that might be considered a little slow was that she really started walking at 15 months.
Sometimes when we are in the car she really dislikes any music. If it is turned up to a normal level she says "it's too loud, it's too loud". She will sometimes do that with the TV also but that is really it with noises.
She tends to eat the same foods over, and over again. She will try new foods often but if they don't have a sweet component to the them she usually passes.
Do any of you with experience in this think I need to look into it more? The biggest thing is the fight getting dressed. I really appreciate any help.
My mother always had difficulty getting me dressed
I would throw fits it was a struggle for both of us & I absolutely hated bath time but yet some days I loved it. I used to suck on my thumb a lot didn't stop until I was in 2nd grade.
As for the walking I was late also & I tip toed for while.
Nosies were always intense for me too still are I get startled easly.
From what I have looked into so far & understand about myself & others living with Sensory processing disorder is that our senses like touch, sound, sight, smell, taste & pain; & yes even our emotions is amplified 1000x more than what others without SPD experience.
Growing up I was scared of this world I didn't understand why everything around me was so intense I was often misunderstood a lot by teachers, fellow peers, family, my parents especially didn't understand or know how to handle me they didn't know anything about this..
I'm 19 years old & recently came across a website about Sensory processing disorder. Words can not express the amount of relief I feel to finally understand what I been going through & to know that I was never alone & I am no longer misunderstood but understood
Here is the website: http://spdfoundation.net/index.php/about-sensory-processing-disorder/
My advice never give up on her or yell at her no matter how hard it may get always try to be patient & always let her know that she is loved by giving hugs if she likes hugs I know some SP don't like hugs.
I know I did. I needed a lot of them growing up.
I found this really interesting article it might help you it helped me realize a lot of things about my childhood:
http://childmind.org/article/sensory-processing-issues-explained/