Re: Sensory issues

[Guest guest]

For kids who have sensory issues, eating is often an area of

trouble. Our daughter had this issue. The good news is that after

2.5 years of therapy, her sensory issues have been mostly

overcome. We did the brushing technique, lots of OT stuff (swings,

ball pits, playing with playdough, foam, beans, etc) and also lots of

mouth work. You may find it useful to look at the website,

kidswithtubes.org. There are newsletters that include this topic.

Specifically, the Therapies for the Tube-fed Child has an article on

this topic (Tricia Huntley is the author).

Irene

Mom to , 5 3/4

[Guest guest]

Just some ideas that we have used is taking like a surgical scrub brush and

brushing the arms, legs, back, top of hands, palms from palm to fingertips, feet

tops and then from heal to toes. It helps with sensory issues and kind of

regroups and helps organize the nerve endings is how our PT explained it to us.

By doing this the feeding has gotten much better. Deep Pressure is another

thing that my daughter Tori likes.

Some other Tactile Activities are

Rub a Dub Dub rub various textures against the skin ie shaving cream, lotion

scrubbers and washcloth different fabrics

Water play In the sink, bathtub allow the cild to experiment with pitchers,

bottles sponges basters eggbeaters

Water painting use squirt bottles paintbrushes sponges to paint the sidewalk,

house, or fence

Finger painting Mix sand into paint or use shaving cream peanut butter or

pudding to paint with

Finger drawing Daw shapes or letters on the child's back or hand Take turns!

Sand play or alternate dried beans, bird seed or rice for child to explore with

Oral activities Licking stickers, blowing whistles, drinking through straws,

tasting new foods.

Cookie dough roll it out and use cookie cutters plastic knives or small cups to

cut out shapes

Science activities Touching worms, egg yolks planting seeds and digging in the

garden.

Hot dog Game or People Sandwich roll the child up in a blanket or put between

two large cushions and add condiments with pillows, beanbags be sure to press

frimly Kids Love it

Back Rub Deep firm pressure in downward strokes. Going upward against the

direction of hair growth tends to be stimulating.

-Maloy mom of Tori age 2 18.6 lb 31 1/2 inches

---- Original Message -----

From: Nelles

To: RSS-Support

Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 3:39 AM

Subject: Re: RSS kids similar to anorexics

Interesting that this subject comes up because I was just discussing some

things with our OT. I was asking her if Zoe could have SID (Sensory Integration

Dysfunction) because she does not like to put her feet flat on the floor unless

she has shoes on (and boy is hard to find any that small). She also pulls socks

off all of the time (I thought this was normal 9 month old behavior). Zoe's

hands are also extremely sensitive and she will not sleep outside our house -

even places where she is very familiar with the people and the furnishings.

Zoe's old PT has had me rubbing her feet and hands with textured items to get

her used to the feeling. Now, here comes the interesting part...

Zoe's new OT has worked with many kids with SID (but not RSS) and she asked me

if we have problems feeding Zoe. I was like, " YES! " and the OT said that she

has seen this in all of the kids with SID because their mouths are extremely

sensitive so eating is just too much for them (sensory over-load). Sure seems

like a connection?

I didn't know anything about SID until last week when I saw the postings from

Ken and others. I still don't know much about it or if Zoe has it for sure but

I find this very interesting. What do you think?

(Zoe 9 months, 13 pounds, 10 ounces, and 26 inches)