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Have you ever done the Wilbarger Brushing Protocol with her? 3 months of that made a huge difference in ds' ability to tolerate clothes. He's still picky, but no more picky that our sensitive 6 year old. In fact, probably less because she'll only wear knits.

We learned it from our OT, did it every 2 hours for a couple months, then 3-4 times a day for a few months, and then morning and evening for a few more. That was 4 years ago, and we've never had the kind of problems we had before we did it. Ds easily changes from long to short sleeves. He goes barefoot without socks when it's hot. Considering that dh never does that, and ds never did that in his first 5 years of life, it's amazing to me.
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Originally Posted by LynnS6 View Post
Have you ever done the Wilbarger Brushing Protocol with her? 3 months of that made a huge difference in ds' ability to tolerate clothes. He's still picky, but no more picky that our sensitive 6 year old. In fact, probably less because she'll only wear knits.

We learned it from our OT, did it every 2 hours for a couple months, then 3-4 times a day for a few months, and then morning and evening for a few more. That was 4 years ago, and we've never had the kind of problems we had before we did it. Ds easily changes from long to short sleeves. He goes barefoot without socks when it's hot. Considering that dh never does that, and ds never did that in his first 5 years of life, it's amazing to me.

that's a good thought. we had a brush for her when she was a baby but who knwos what happened to that. it never made much of a different back then b/c she wasn't so "tactile defensive" but it might help now! I need to order a brush!
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