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victoria1212
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We have a 'sensitive toddler'
victoria1212
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In the last few months, we have had a growing issues with tags in shirts, seams in pants and shirts, elastic in underwear, tags in shoes, the stitching at the bottom of socks, coats being 'too heavy,' etc.... Before I buy any clothing now, I feel the seams, end of the sleeves, necks of shirts, just to make sure they are soft enough/not tight/no threads hanging. The latest, is the place where the seams come together in the armpit- DD says it hurts. She will sleep with her hands in her armpits or just take a shirt off. So, after weeks of this- I called the pediatrician to see if it was something bigger and they had us come in. She has no other sensory issues but I think they just wanted to check her out. She is social, verbal, inquisitive but just very sensitive. I guess I felt better after she was given a clean bill of health but the doctor said it could get better, get worse or just stay the same. I think he was trying to make me feel better by saying the children he has seen like this are often 'profoundly gifted.' But, our official diagnosis is 'sensitive toddler'
Anyone else have this issue? Also, any good clothing places that have tagless or less seamed clothing??
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Re: We have a 'sensitive toddler'
My sister did and it wasnt anything more than sensitivity. My mom started sewing most of her clothes until she was 6 or so. I'm sure it's a battle-I can remember my sister and mom sitting in her closet having fits about what clothes "didn't touch her skin too much!"
DS is also one of those. We make some concessions. I cut tags out of shirts if they have them, his underwear is slightly too big so that the elastic doesn't bother him (BTW, Hanes makes some boy underwear called "comfort fit" which has cloth covering the elastic. It seems to help. Don't know if they make something similar for girls or not), and his shirts are generally baggier so that seams don't rub as much. Sporty types of clothing tend to work a bit better for him b/c the makers pay attention to where seams rub.
I forgot to check her age. Is she under 3? It might be worth contacting EI. If it's affecting her ability to function (and on DS's extra sensitive days, it did for him), she may qualify for services to help learn to deal with sensory processing. I wish I had done it with DS, as he has some other issues that could have been dealt with then too.
In general, we make concessions when we can, and otherwise, he kind of has to deal with it. I have noticed that he has grown out of many of his sensitivities as he has gotten older. He's also sensitive to noises and smells, but has grown out of almost all of those, as well as many of his clothing problems.