Is my daughter bored to literal tears?

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My daughter (6, DS-ASD) is addicted to Barney and doesn't know how to do

anything else. They are working with her on this at school. However she is

bored of all of her episodes and won't accept any of the new ones anymore. Now

she is sick with some kind of virus, out of school (which she loves) and is

tired. The Barney is not satisfying her anymore and at different points

throughout the day, she just starts to cry. Does anyone have any

recommendations at this point? I've thought about nixing the show or putting

something else on. I don't know if she is just too uncomfortable and Barney

isn't taking her mind off of it or if she is just so bored that her illness and

tiredness are making her more emotional. I do know that there have been times

when she's tired that she'll cry a little bit if I shut off a Barney and try to

get her to do something else. She's also cried when none were ones she's wanted

(at times when she's tired). Sometimes that crying is our cue that she's

either/or. However she's never been like this where she just cries and cries.

The good thing is, she actually has been letting me cuddle her, which seems to

soothe her.

[Guest guest]

Hi minasmom, maybe she has an ear or throat infection (?) instead of just a

virus...which might explain the crying & calming with cuddles.

My child was once addicted to Barney & then the Teletubbies. It will pass to

another addiction (LOL) that will last for ages.

With my child, tv was ignored-basically because for many years we did not have

tv service, so it was a new medium for him when we finally subscribed to cable.

It was strange to observe him NOT watch the actual Barney tv show but would

watch a video tape of Barney. I have discovered over the years that it is just

how my child functions. He has to watch a new show or movie a little bit at a

time ( & repeatedly)before he can watch the whole thing in one sitting.

Because of this, we did not take him to the movie theater until around 5th grade

(Sharkboy & Lavagirl in 3D). Even then, it was his boy cousin being with us &

popcorn that kept him from wanting to leave.

Over the years, he has gradually been able to accept " new " shows or movies.

Today at 15, he will ask to go see a movie of interest that he has seen

advertised or ask for the DVD of a cartoon or movie that he is interested in.

We only average about 1 movie a year at the theater so that is a biggie.

Only issue with the last movie is that I was too frugal to pay to see The Last

Airbender in 3D because I read that it only had a couple of scenes in actual 3D.

Big mistake on my part as I am STILL hearing about it from my child!

There is nothing quite like getting bitched at in a combination of martian &

human language....sigh...

Hang in there about Barney. At the least, he does teach good skills-unlike Kid

VS Cat cartoons...or something called catdog...

Peace.

Kris

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> My daughter (6, DS-ASD) is addicted to Barney and doesn't know how to do

anything else. They are working with her on this at school. However she is

bored of all of her episodes and won't accept any of the new ones anymore. Now

she is sick with some kind of virus, out of school (which she loves) and is

tired. The Barney is not satisfying her anymore and at different points

throughout the day, she just starts to cry. Does anyone have any

recommendations at this point? I've thought about nixing the show or putting

something else on. I don't know if she is just too uncomfortable and Barney

isn't taking her mind off of it or if she is just so bored that her illness and

tiredness are making her more emotional. I do know that there have been times

when she's tired that she'll cry a little bit if I shut off a Barney and try to

get her to do something else. She's also cried when none were ones she's wanted

(at times when she's tired). Sometimes that crying is our cue that she's

either/or. However she's never been like this where she just cries and cries.

The good thing is, she actually has been letting me cuddle her, which seems to

soothe her.

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[Guest guest]

Oops, I forgot to add that my child could not " do anything " either when he was

your child's age. Such as play with actual toys, jump, talk, follow directives,

etc..

He was however very cute. And much more aware & able than any of us realized.

For him, time was important-time to assimilate " stuff " , to learn, to accept or

even to adapt.

I sincerely believe that Barney helped my child learn how to " jump " as well as

how to share & many other things. Same with the teletubbies. That being said, I

do not miss the purple dino one bit.

And now I have the Barney theme song looping thru my head after all these years.

Ack!!

Hugs,

Kris

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> > My daughter (6, DS-ASD) is addicted to Barney and doesn't know how to do

anything else. They are working with her on this at school. However she is

bored of all of her episodes and won't accept any of the new ones anymore. Now

she is sick with some kind of virus, out of school (which she loves) and is

tired. The Barney is not satisfying her anymore and at different points

throughout the day, she just starts to cry. Does anyone have any

recommendations at this point? I've thought about nixing the show or putting

something else on. I don't know if she is just too uncomfortable and Barney

isn't taking her mind off of it or if she is just so bored that her illness and

tiredness are making her more emotional. I do know that there have been times

when she's tired that she'll cry a little bit if I shut off a Barney and try to

get her to do something else. She's also cried when none were ones she's wanted

(at times when she's tired). Sometimes that crying is our cue that she's

either/or. However she's never been like this where she just cries and cries.

The good thing is, she actually has been letting me cuddle her, which seems to

soothe her.

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[Guest guest]

I agree, she could be crying more because she just doesn't feel good and

nothing is distracting enough, but I thought I would pipe in on my

daughter's absolutely favorite repetitive behavior that enraptures her

for a lot of functional " mom gets stuff done around the house " time.

She has her own little radio in her room and will play broadway musicals

for hours. She also likes to watch them but it takes a while for her to

watch the whole thing as she likes parts at a time and wants to know and

mumble along with familiar scenes. In music cds I have a mix of other

music, like nursery songs, but she ends up with The Music Man and The

Sound of Music most often. I have them on my computer so I can burn new

cds when she scratches up the old ones but worth it in my opinion

because her love of music has made her learn how to work the cd player

and also learn words like " louder " because we had to take the volume

knob off because she likes to crank it. Funny that she is extremely

auditory defensive but likes to make her own noise.

~Melody

Mom to Charlie 13, Jon 10, Jo (DS & ASD), and ph

(microdeletion chrom. 16p11.2)

[Guest guest]

Cut her off the Barney cold turkey. My daughter went through that too. She

would cry while watching Barney and she would cry when not.

-- Is my daughter bored to literal tears?

My daughter (6, DS-ASD) is addicted to Barney and doesn't know how to do

anything else. They are working with her on this at school. However she is

bored of all of her episodes and won't accept any of the new ones anymore.

Now she is sick with some kind of virus, out of school (which she loves) and

is tired. The Barney is not satisfying her anymore and at different points

throughout the day, she just starts to cry. Does anyone have any

recommendations at this point? I've thought about nixing the show or putting

something else on. I don't know if she is just too uncomfortable and Barney

isn't taking her mind off of it or if she is just so bored that her illness

and tiredness are making her more emotional. I do know that there have been

times when she's tired that she'll cry a little bit if I shut off a Barney

and try to get her to do something else. She's also cried when none were

ones she's wanted (at times when she's tired). Sometimes that crying is our

cue that she's either/or. However she's never been like this where she just

cries and cries. The good thing is, she actually has been letting me cuddle

her, which seems to soothe her.

[Guest guest]

Can u switch to the Wiggles??? Signing Time??? I was just thinking, these

shows have fun music and Signing Time teaches sign language...they're both

usually available at libraries.

Good luck!!

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> Cut her off the Barney cold turkey. My daughter went through that too. She

> would cry while watching Barney and she would cry when not.

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> -- Is my daughter bored to literal tears?

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> My daughter (6, DS-ASD) is addicted to Barney and doesn't know how to do

> anything else. They are working with her on this at school. However she is

> bored of all of her episodes and won't accept any of the new ones anymore.

> Now she is sick with some kind of virus, out of school (which she loves) and

> is tired. The Barney is not satisfying her anymore and at different points

> throughout the day, she just starts to cry. Does anyone have any

> recommendations at this point? I've thought about nixing the show or putting

> something else on. I don't know if she is just too uncomfortable and Barney

> isn't taking her mind off of it or if she is just so bored that her illness

> and tiredness are making her more emotional. I do know that there have been

> times when she's tired that she'll cry a little bit if I shut off a Barney

> and try to get her to do something else. She's also cried when none were

> ones she's wanted (at times when she's tired). Sometimes that crying is our

> cue that she's either/or. However she's never been like this where she just

> cries and cries. The good thing is, she actually has been letting me cuddle

> her, which seems to soothe her.

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[Guest guest]

Forgot to add that since we took the knob off, she has to ask for it

" louder " and I will get the knob and push it on, turn it louder, and

hide it again. I think I will soon take pictures of each cd so she has

to ask for each one by name as well as she has been talking more since I

started the melatonin. It was just this year, turning 8 that she has

begun to wake and stim for hours. The melatonin is working. Gets her

from 9 to 5:30, usually

~Melody

mom to Charlie 13, Jon 10, Jo 8 (ds & asd), and ph

7(microdeletion 16p11.2)

[Guest guest]

I thought of doing this, but the ABA therapist thought that she might withdraw

into herself if we did it. Did your daughter withdraw? What happened after

that, and how did she amuse herself? Did she watch other shows, or did you just

keep tv off?

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> Cut her off the Barney cold turkey. My daughter went through that too. She

> would cry while watching Barney and she would cry when not.

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> -- Is my daughter bored to literal tears?

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> My daughter (6, DS-ASD) is addicted to Barney and doesn't know how to do

> anything else. They are working with her on this at school. However she is

> bored of all of her episodes and won't accept any of the new ones anymore.

> Now she is sick with some kind of virus, out of school (which she loves) and

> is tired. The Barney is not satisfying her anymore and at different points

> throughout the day, she just starts to cry. Does anyone have any

> recommendations at this point? I've thought about nixing the show or putting

> something else on. I don't know if she is just too uncomfortable and Barney

> isn't taking her mind off of it or if she is just so bored that her illness

> and tiredness are making her more emotional. I do know that there have been

> times when she's tired that she'll cry a little bit if I shut off a Barney

> and try to get her to do something else. She's also cried when none were

> ones she's wanted (at times when she's tired). Sometimes that crying is our

> cue that she's either/or. However she's never been like this where she just

> cries and cries. The good thing is, she actually has been letting me cuddle

> her, which seems to soothe her.

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