RE: Cathy Re: How many parents still...

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It's not that she has no interest or awareness of hygiene she does not know

how to wash herself & when she does try with me instructing her she takes 5

times longer than when I help her.

She wouldn't get to bed until very late.

Yvette A.

Hi ,

My dd is going to be 9 in March & I still bathe her & wash her hair every

night & brush her teeth. She has difficulty snapping her jeans due to hand

strength & can not tie her shoes yet.

Hygiene is definitely an issue so I will help her until she can do it

herself.

I am so with you on this!!

Yvette A.

There are definitely certain things I will not compromise on, and

hygiene, diet and elimination are the main three. gets about

80% of her calories and nutrition from a " kitchen sink " smoothie I

make for her in the afternoon, and she refuses to take it any other

way than me feeding it to her with a spoon (it's about the

consistency of frozen yogurt). People who witness this often ask me,

" Are you still going to be feeding her like that when she's 20? " And

my answer is " If that's what it takes to get her to eat it, you're

darn right I am! " Same goes for personal care and grooming. It's

really about the health aspects for me mainly.

> Same here Debi, while my ASD daughter is only 5. I think it's

> pretty normal

> that I have to bathe her and brush her teeth -

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> On 11/29/08, Debi <fightingautism@ <mailto:fightingautism%40yahoo.com>

yahoo.com> wrote:

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>> I do. She is 9, I still have to verbally prompt her to wash hair,

>> rinse hair, and esp. brush teeth.

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I know, it's hard to know when we're helping too much.

I try more to let her do things herself on the weekends when time is not an

issue.

Yvette A.

Re: How many parents still...

I'm right there with you on that. I am so bad about just wanting to do

it to get it done, but when I don't slow down & give her the

opportunities she doesn't learn. It's so hard for me to remember this,

and I think my lack of slowing down to allow her is partly why Allie

doesn't clean her room better, brush her teeth without lots of

encouragement, etc. She's too used to my doing it for her.

<sigh>

Debi

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> It's not that she has no interest or awareness of hygiene she does

not know

> how to wash herself & when she does try with me instructing her she

takes 5

> times longer than when I help her.

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> She wouldn't get to bed until very late.

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> Yvette A.

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