Re: Re: help with obsessive behavior

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My daughter hates getting her hair brushed too. She runs all over the house

when she sees me with the detangler comb and squirt bottle (she has curly

hair and I have found this works best), I have found a trick, I " bribe " her by

combing her hair while she brushes her teeth. She loves to brush her teeth

and she gets to pick out her own toothpaste so she is extra invested in it.

Is there a trade off to possibly " bribe " her with?

Angie

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[Guest guest]

My daughter hates getting her hair brushed too. She runs all over the house

when she sees me with the detangler comb and squirt bottle (she has curly

hair and I have found this works best), I have found a trick, I " bribe " her by

combing her hair while she brushes her teeth. She loves to brush her teeth

and she gets to pick out her own toothpaste so she is extra invested in it.

Is there a trade off to possibly " bribe " her with?

Angie

**************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for

fuel-efficient used cars.

(http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)

[Guest guest]

My daughter hates getting her hair brushed too. She runs all over the house

when she sees me with the detangler comb and squirt bottle (she has curly

hair and I have found this works best), I have found a trick, I " bribe " her by

combing her hair while she brushes her teeth. She loves to brush her teeth

and she gets to pick out her own toothpaste so she is extra invested in it.

Is there a trade off to possibly " bribe " her with?

Angie

**************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for

fuel-efficient used cars.

(http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)

[Guest guest]

Part of the sensory diet our Occupational Therapist has given us for Heidi is to

brush her hair twice a day.

I hate doing it.  Heidi hates it.

We just stopped. 

I think she needs to learn to do it herself but I just don't know how to get her

interested. 

We last brushed her hair on Friday (is wednesday morning here now).

Is a battle I'm just not ready to face.

Cheers

Marita

Subject: Re: help with obsessive behavior

To: Autism_in_Girls

Received: Wednesday, 9 July, 2008, 8:33 AM

Chez , it maked me remember much of when was of little had of long

hair

too and hated to have of it touched or combed and not wanted of the

mother to do it at all because she never really brushed of combed she

was painfull in the care of it , and it was as if she ripped it out of

the head of me. I to remember screaming if see of her at all with a

comb or brush. I to just stood and jumped and screamed I to just

remembered of this as it was triggered open by you words.

Sondra

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[Guest guest]

Part of the sensory diet our Occupational Therapist has given us for Heidi is to

brush her hair twice a day.

I hate doing it.  Heidi hates it.

We just stopped. 

I think she needs to learn to do it herself but I just don't know how to get her

interested. 

We last brushed her hair on Friday (is wednesday morning here now).

Is a battle I'm just not ready to face.

Cheers

Marita

Subject: Re: help with obsessive behavior

To: Autism_in_Girls

Received: Wednesday, 9 July, 2008, 8:33 AM

Chez , it maked me remember much of when was of little had of long

hair

too and hated to have of it touched or combed and not wanted of the

mother to do it at all because she never really brushed of combed she

was painfull in the care of it , and it was as if she ripped it out of

the head of me. I to remember screaming if see of her at all with a

comb or brush. I to just stood and jumped and screamed I to just

remembered of this as it was triggered open by you words.

Sondra

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[Guest guest]

Part of the sensory diet our Occupational Therapist has given us for Heidi is to

brush her hair twice a day.

I hate doing it.  Heidi hates it.

We just stopped. 

I think she needs to learn to do it herself but I just don't know how to get her

interested. 

We last brushed her hair on Friday (is wednesday morning here now).

Is a battle I'm just not ready to face.

Cheers

Marita

Subject: Re: help with obsessive behavior

To: Autism_in_Girls

Received: Wednesday, 9 July, 2008, 8:33 AM

Chez , it maked me remember much of when was of little had of long

hair

too and hated to have of it touched or combed and not wanted of the

mother to do it at all because she never really brushed of combed she

was painfull in the care of it , and it was as if she ripped it out of

the head of me. I to remember screaming if see of her at all with a

comb or brush. I to just stood and jumped and screamed I to just

remembered of this as it was triggered open by you words.

Sondra

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[Guest guest]

Angie,

I hadn't even thought of bribes.  Suppose because hairbrushing is a torment we

both avoid.  Great suggestion thank you.

Also love the idea of giving her an alternate sensory input to counteract the

pain of hairbrushing.  Might try with the vibrating pillow to see if Heidi will

sit on that while I brush her hair.

Thank you so very much.

Marita

who somedays feels she needs to wear a big " L " for learner Mummy.

Cheers

Marita

Subject: Re: Re: help with obsessive behavior

To: Autism_in_Girls

Received: Wednesday, 9 July, 2008, 8:46 AM

My daughter hates getting her hair brushed too. She runs all over

the house

when she sees me with the detangler comb and squirt bottle (she has curly

hair and I have found this works best), I have found a trick, I " bribe " her by

combing her hair while she brushes her teeth. She loves to brush her teeth

and she gets to pick out her own toothpaste so she is extra invested in it..

Is there a trade off to possibly " bribe " her with?

Angie

************ **Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for

fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos. aol.com/used? ncid=aolaut00050

000000007)

[Guest guest]

Angie,

I hadn't even thought of bribes.  Suppose because hairbrushing is a torment we

both avoid.  Great suggestion thank you.

Also love the idea of giving her an alternate sensory input to counteract the

pain of hairbrushing.  Might try with the vibrating pillow to see if Heidi will

sit on that while I brush her hair.

Thank you so very much.

Marita

who somedays feels she needs to wear a big " L " for learner Mummy.

Cheers

Marita

Subject: Re: Re: help with obsessive behavior

To: Autism_in_Girls

Received: Wednesday, 9 July, 2008, 8:46 AM

My daughter hates getting her hair brushed too. She runs all over

the house

when she sees me with the detangler comb and squirt bottle (she has curly

hair and I have found this works best), I have found a trick, I " bribe " her by

combing her hair while she brushes her teeth. She loves to brush her teeth

and she gets to pick out her own toothpaste so she is extra invested in it..

Is there a trade off to possibly " bribe " her with?

Angie

************ **Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for

fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos. aol.com/used? ncid=aolaut00050

000000007)

[Guest guest]

Sondra,

That is really interesting about the motor skill developments.  Once again

something I hadn't thought of.

Would playing with brushing the hair on a doll help to build hair brushing

skills?

Cheers

Marita

Subject: Re: help with obsessive behavior

To: Autism_in_Girls

Received: Wednesday, 9 July, 2008, 8:48 AM

I to forgot to ask if you daughter has of tke skills to be of to

brush

her own hair or fix it for her self. or does she still need of you to

care for it in complete? as for me did not have of the ability to motor

plan of brushing my own hair well until was late teen years but could

do simple brusing but not well before then. could not do hair into pony

tails or pigtails for self until was much older like around age of 18-

20.

sondra

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[Guest guest]

Your reply inspired me to try again with the vibrating pillow and brush Heidi's

hair and it worked.  So building on the success we went to visit the

hairdresser and with the aide of her vibrating pillow and some chewy lollies

Heidi had her first haircut in several months.

Thank you so very much Sondra.

Cheers

Marita

Subject: Re: help with obsessive behavior

To: Autism_in_Girls

Received: Wednesday, 9 July, 2008, 9:46 AM

I to think too if had been of given a sensory input that was of

enjoyable and took of my attention away to where I to be of more hyper

focused to the sensory input than the overload of hyper focus to my

hair being of brushed might have worked but since none was ever given

to me it caused my brain to hyper respond to the sensations of my hair

being riped off my head LOL/

sondra

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Sondra,

My Mum tells me I am named after the midwife who helped deliver me :grin: Both

mum and dad had been so determined they were having a boy that neither of them

thought of a girls name.  I've seen several different variants on what Marita

means from 'little ' to 'beloved'.

Cheers

Marita

Subject: Re: help with obsessive behavior

To: Autism_in_Girls

Received: Wednesday, 9 July, 2008, 9:51 PM

I to also wonder of you name as it appears very cultural and isof

beautiful and so wonder of its origin?

sondra

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Sondra,

My Mum tells me I am named after the midwife who helped deliver me :grin: Both

mum and dad had been so determined they were having a boy that neither of them

thought of a girls name.  I've seen several different variants on what Marita

means from 'little ' to 'beloved'.

Cheers

Marita

Subject: Re: help with obsessive behavior

To: Autism_in_Girls

Received: Wednesday, 9 July, 2008, 9:51 PM

I to also wonder of you name as it appears very cultural and isof

beautiful and so wonder of its origin?

sondra

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