[tri-med] Re: loud and messy

I can't really help.
Claire does the same with her hands and the elbow emobilizers end up being
wrist emobilizers... so we use them to cover her hands instead.  I've made
my own bibs that have plastic backing and a quilt front, so it absorbs and
keeps her shirt cleaner for a little longer.  That with the tray keeps the
drool off her.
She tends to put her hands in her mouth when she is hungry, so I see that as
a sign... also bored or seeking attention.  Her right thumb will go in her
mouth when she is sleepy.  Now she has started touching her fingertips to
her tongue.  Just something different to do I suppose.
Guess my point is, we are experiencing some of that too.

Good luck with the noises.

Debbie, mom to Claire (T18)

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:12 PM, <dncingqwn@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> so we had akaiya's iep meeting today and after we finished talking about
> kaiya's wide variety of really cute footwear we were able to get down to
> business. akaiya is a loud kid. she keeps up a pretty constant "aaaaaaaaa"
> noise which varies according to her mood or activity. they are really
> interested in getting her to stop making this noise as it is inappropriate
> for a lot of settings ie: assemblies, library, story time, etc... she does
> stop making the noise when she has one on one attention, and the person
> providing the attention has to be right in her face talking directly to
> her.? they are actually concerned that she might be damaging her vocal cords
> b/c by the end of the school day she sounds kind of raspy. any suggestions
> on how to quiet a kid down would be greatly appreciated!
> kaiya has also been keeping her hands in her mouth a whole lot for the past
> couple months. she has always been a finger chewer - but lately it has
> been?both hands, and she bites down so hard that i'm afraid she's going to
> hurt herself. when her hands are in her mouth she has drool just pooring out
> everywhere. she gets so wet at school that they change her whole outfit. she
> has always been drooly, but not to this extent. she doesn't even drink that
> much so i have no idea where she gets all the water from!? the school has
> some concerns that she might start experiencing break down of the skin on
> her hands.
>
> the things we have tried for both problems are pretty similar. we give her
> toys - usually vibrating toys. when her hands are in her mouth we have tried
> putting little mittens on her hands...and have even gone as far as to use
> the elbow immobilizers to keep her hands away from her mouth. any more ideas
> would be great.
>
> kelly - mom to akaiya t18 - 6yrs
> http://akaiyajacelyn.blogspot.com
>
>
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