Re:Anyone know a trick for teaching nose blowing?

[Guest guest]

OK, so I know this is going to sound nasty, but it works. As with most kids,

they love gross stuff. Abby went thru a stage where she thought it was fun

to make fart noises with just about every part of her body. She walked into the

room one day and said " I can make my nose fart! " , and with that was snot all

down her face. Yea, I know it's gross, but my first thought was " Wow! If I

tell her to make her nose fart then I can get her to FINALLY blow her nose. "

Works every time now. Go figure. If only I can get her to tie her shoes.

Pennie

Abby's Mom

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[Guest guest]

Hi Karmen,

Nose blowing can be complicated and involves body proprioception regarding

the diaphragm. Often children on the spectrum have body awareness issues

ie)inhalation/exhalation issues (they tend to be shallow breathers). OT's

often work on these issues by playing various blowing types of games to

increase deep breathing (which incidentally helps to decrease the stress

response). I worked with a 20 year old man with dev. delays and he is not

aware of how his body feels when inhaling vs exhaling and also could not

knowingly generate the power to blow. When he did not have a cold, I would

get him to lie on the floor, put a kleenex on his face and try to get him to

blow it off (through his nose only) hoping that it would create a motor

plan. It has not worked yet. Do you see an OT? It might be helpful.

nne

nne Papadopoulos OT Reg. (MB) (SK)

Occupational Therapist

RDI® Program Certified Consultant

[Guest guest]

Yes, my daughter has seen 5 private OT's and she receives OT in school 3 times

per week. None have been successful with techniques to help with nose blowing.

Because parents are often better experts than the 'EXPERTS', coming across ways

to help their children through trial and error or just happening upon a

solution, I thought I'd go to those sources to see how others have handled this

situation.

One parent on another group suggested I hold a tissue in from of my daughter's

nose, have her roll her lips in, and use just nose air to make the tissue move.

Sounds similar to what you described. I'll try both approaches. You never

know.

Thanks.,

Karmen

Re:Anyone know a trick for teaching nose blowing?

Hi Karmen,

Nose blowing can be complicated and involves body proprioception regarding

the diaphragm. Often children on the spectrum have body awareness issues

ie)inhalation/exhalation issues (they tend to be shallow breathers). OT's

often work on these issues by playing various blowing types of games to

increase deep breathing (which incidentally helps to decrease the stress

response). I worked with a 20 year old man with dev. delays and he is not

aware of how his body feels when inhaling vs exhaling and also could not

knowingly generate the power to blow. When he did not have a cold, I would

get him to lie on the floor, put a kleenex on his face and try to get him to

blow it off (through his nose only) hoping that it would create a motor

plan. It has not worked yet. Do you see an OT? It might be helpful.

nne

nne Papadopoulos OT Reg. (MB) (SK)

Occupational Therapist

RDI® Program Certified Consultant

[Guest guest]

Karmen teaching nose breathing is of a begin because if she is of a

mouth breatehr she needs to know or learn of how to breath from the

nose too. so teaching her by showing her closed mouth and breath

through the nose. model it to her and then practice this and if she

gets of that then teacher of her harder nose breathing but saying

hear my nose breathing? and model it breathing loudly then get of her

to imitate of this over time teach of her to blow hard with her her

nose but sady if you put a tissues over you nose and do this she then

cant see of the process she needs to see because if she does not she

might assume the action is of hidden and cant infer what you are of

directing for her to do. now not saying blow out of the thinbgs from

you nose because that might fear her some but blow of harder showing

of her take a deep breath and then blow. and then when she practices

this enough teach her this is of called blowing the nose. all people

do this when their noses get yucky or stuffy so when we blow the nose

when we have of yucky noses we use tissues to wipe the yucky away and

then we wash of hands to make sure of bad germs go to the trash and

get of washed away and not left to our hands.

another things is of get of a small pinwheel and show of her blowing

with mouth and then blowing with nose to make the pinwheel spin. so

she can see blwoing comes from both the nose and mouth. and it causes

an action.

not sure of the developmental ages of you child so not sure where she

is of age yet in motor planing and such.

sondra

sondra

[Guest guest]

Karmen teaching nose breathing is of a begin because if she is of a

mouth breatehr she needs to know or learn of how to breath from the

nose too. sondra

Sorry did not finish my thinking and stopped in the middle and went

on with another thinking nor realizing had not finshed of the first

thinking..... so it should be to have sayed teaching nose breathing

is of a begin place before teaching of blowing. because many with

developmental issues as a younger child often never learn to breath

by the nose they are of mouth breathers. some grow into adults still

a mouth breather because of the developmental issues. but one can

teach a person of autism to nose breathe. so this is of the first

step before to learn of to blow is of how to breath through the nose.

can you observe of her and tell of me is she is of more a nose

breather or mouth breather? this will help of me know which words to

share to you in this.

My Missy is of 15 and can wipe of her nose independently but she

shared to me a few weeks back that she never ever blows her nose

because she does not like the feeling of that. so to her the sensory

sensation is of adversive to her but she is of rare to have of a

yucky nose that I to have of to remind of her to wipe or clean of her

nose.

for me cant stand of a stuff nose and haveof it much so because of

allergies and sinus issues. then when it clears the sjogrens dries it

out so much that it causes small tares and sores in the nose. and it

hurts to breath in the nose because of the drying effect.

so I to end up being of a mouth breather for this reasons. so if she

is of a mouth breather make of sure to rule out a medical reason for

this instead of it just being of developmental. but the sad is that

mouth breathers often will carry a much not nice breath from what i

to learned and readed of it. I to ahve of a much strong fear of the

bad odor of the breath of me because of this and yet I to brush of

the teeth 2 times each day and brush of the tongue and such and

sometimes brush more and around 3 times a week I to brush frist with

proxide and then brush with the tooth paste to help in the bacteria

that will grow as a mouth breather. not saying to do this because

most will tell of you not to use of the peroxide because of things

not sure of but for self I to use it but not daily.

sondra