SPD and siblings

The Housewife

In effort to keep this short I'll just get to the facts.

DS is sensory seeking and has a fine motor and speech delay. The speech and SMD seem to run in my family. I have 6 siblings, 3 with diagnosed SPD and all 7 of us had a speech delay.

We are having some concerns with 2 y/o DD's speech. She also has some behaviors that make us wonder if she has a few sensory issues as well. I think that just given family history, she probably does. But I also wonder if some of the things she does is just her imitating her brother.

We're going the childfind and developmental pediatrician route. She is no where near as extreme as DS, so I'm battling with "she's doing this because she sees her brother" or "push push push and get her private OT"

Obviously, no one here can tell me how she's wired. Just looking for input if you have 2 or more kids and one has SPD.

houndbaby

My 3.5 year old has ASD and has sensory issues, my dd is 21 mo and NT. My dd does copy things that ds does, like if she sees him climb up on the coffee table and jump off, she wants to do it to, or when she sees him climb up the slide at the park, then she tries to do it. But things that my ds does that aren't "normal" preschooler behavior, I've never once seen dd copy any of that.

Ginlyn0

My DD never had a SPD diagnosis but she was diagnosed with AS at age 7 and could have definitely been diagnosed with SPD as a toddler IMO. My DS is starting to exhibit some similar symptoms. Since I just "dealt" with DD's issues myself as a toddler because I didn't know any better and she is now older and it impacts her significantly less than it used to I often wonder the same thing. Should I take DS in? He does not have a speech delay and does seem to have some AS qualities as well, but I'm at a loss as to what to do at this point because AS isn't typically diagnosed this early on but possibly he might fit the bill for SPD. So I am interested in seeing some other responses from someone but I know what you mean.

kcisthebombdotcom

My oldest has a dx case of SPD, my youngest has a suspected case (we're on the waitlist for an OT eval, but my son's OT says she has a lot of behaviors that coincide with SPD) and I likely had it as a child.

Both my kids have opposite behaviors--my youngest doesn't mimic my oldest. My oldest is a sensory seeker and hyperactive. My youngest is under responsive--she has a low energy level/ low muscle tone, limited response to pain/sound.

My OT says while there's no concrete proof that it is genetic, she commonly sees SPD between sibs.

funchicken

My older DD has SPD, and so far, we haven't seen any signs of sensory issues in DD2.  They were very different as infants, too.  DD2 is super-mellow, flexible, her life doesn't hinge on sleep the way DD1's does.  DD2 imitates some of the things DD1 does, especially when they're playing but not the sensory-related stuff.  I think it's good that you're pursuing an evaluation, for peace of mind if nothing else.