[tri-med] Re: Some questions about fussiness and teeth grinding....

Keren likes to rock from side to side on her back and sometimes "thunk" 
her head--we have to make sure she's on a soft surface, though she 
usually won't hit her head hard when the floor is hard.  Anyway, for 
the most part it's a harmless self-stim, and like Ellie, kind of an 
exercise!  We always have to explain all that to people who don't know 
her, though.  Strangers have a tendency to freak out over some things 
we completely take for granted!

Loren (wife to Kraig, mom to Keren Elyse, T18, 2 1/2 years old 
(9/27/02), and Clarissa Joanne (7/17/05) )
Southeast Michigan
http://webpages.eng.wayne.edu/~ad6075

On Monday, August 22, 2005, at 08:11 AM, Carolyn Cockburn wrote:

> Ellie has always rocked herself back and forward on all fours since she
> began crawling (we call it "doing her exercises") and she then started
> making humming sounds while doing this which has slowly got louder and
> louder over the months.

>    Like you say, Tracy, we are used to it and if she is
> reasonably moderate with her humming we don't really notice it, it just
> drives us up the wall when it gets to the hysterical and loud stage.  
> But we
> were at a BBQ the other week and someone did comment on her rocking.  
> It'll
> soon be getting to the stage that we will have to explain why we think 
> she
> does this, even to complete strangers.

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