Comments on: A Haircut and a Popsicle. http://www.morningsidemom.com/2008/06/27/a-haircut-and-a-popsicle/ Parenting, politics, pondering and panicking about it all. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:59:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: tcmom http://www.morningsidemom.com/2008/06/27/a-haircut-and-a-popsicle/comment-page-1/#comment-152 tcmom Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:36:35 +0000 http://morningsidemom.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-152 Hi visualvox - Thanks for your comment! Great point. Thats right, kids have a whole range of sensitivities. I learned quite a bit about that w/ my first born when he was in speech therapy for awhile. For instance, he hated loud sounds or anything sticky. He has since grown out of it. But it really opened my eyes about each child adjusting to their senses differently - and its my understanding that this is an area only recently being delved into. Great point about the haircuts. Even tho I say I have a clue about children's sensitivities, it never even dawned on me to consider that as a reason. (duh!) And, I still have to throw a large pinch of "two year" old in there too. Busting at the seams with love and stomping around the house with loud NOs, he is certainly a wonderful force to be reckoned with! :) Hi visualvox – Thanks for your comment! Great point. Thats right, kids have a whole range of sensitivities. I learned quite a bit about that w/ my first born when he was in speech therapy for awhile. For instance, he hated loud sounds or anything sticky. He has since grown out of it. But it really opened my eyes about each child adjusting to their senses differently – and its my understanding that this is an area only recently being delved into. Great point about the haircuts. Even tho I say I have a clue about children’s sensitivities, it never even dawned on me to consider that as a reason. (duh!)
And, I still have to throw a large pinch of “two year” old in there too. Busting at the seams with love and stomping around the house with loud NOs, he is certainly a wonderful force to be reckoned with! :)

]]> By: visualvox http://www.morningsidemom.com/2008/06/27/a-haircut-and-a-popsicle/comment-page-1/#comment-151 visualvox Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:19:53 +0000 http://morningsidemom.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-151 Hi - Just found your post about haircuts... I've written a piece about being on the autistic spectrum and "Crossing the Hurdles of Haircuts". It may shed some light on your son's difficulties. I think any kid with intense sensitivities can have these issues -- not just those of us on the spectrum -- so please don't assume I'm inferring that your son is an autie or an aspie. I just found your blog and I haven't gone into it deeply enough to find the details on your son. Still, you may find what I've written to be helpful in understanding his "feral" response -- which sounds like how I was, when I was his age. I think there's a whole lot more to the whole sensory issue than most of us realize, anyway... it's not just for folks on the autistic spectrum, imho. You can download the paper for free here: http://www.sitebasics.net/visualvox/haircut_hurdles.pdf Good luck with those haircuts! Hi -

Just found your post about haircuts… I’ve written a piece about being on the autistic spectrum and “Crossing the Hurdles of Haircuts”. It may shed some light on your son’s difficulties.

I think any kid with intense sensitivities can have these issues — not just those of us on the spectrum — so please don’t assume I’m inferring that your son is an autie or an aspie. I just found your blog and I haven’t gone into it deeply enough to find the details on your son. Still, you may find what I’ve written to be helpful in understanding his “feral” response — which sounds like how I was, when I was his age.

I think there’s a whole lot more to the whole sensory issue than most of us realize, anyway… it’s not just for folks on the autistic spectrum, imho.

You can download the paper for free here: http://www.sitebasics.net/visualvox/haircut_hurdles.pdf

Good luck with those haircuts!

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