Re: not aware of cleanliness

[Guest guest]

Ha! That's a good one. My dd wasn't interested in cleanliness until her

Brownie leader did a lesson on germs and hand washing at a meeting one day.

She showed them that trick where you have glitter on your hands [representing

the germs] and after you wash your hands some of the glitter still sticks to

your hand and passes to others when you shake hands with them.

My dd freaked. Ever since she's had a horror of both germs and glitter. No

girlie glitter stuff for her, and she washes her hands so often she's

cracked and bleeding in winter. I keep after her with lotion but she hates it

and

hides her hands from me... Sigh ...

In a message dated 12/1/2008 11:08:18 A.M. Central Standard Time,

rjoyh2o@... writes:

My daughter is almost eight. She can dress herself and brush her teeth ok. I

pick out her clothes. What we are still working on is showering by herself.

I know she can do it, she just doesn't have any interest in it. I also still

have to remind her to wash her hands after going to the bathroom and keep her

face clean.

It is so interesting that these girls are not aware of cleanliness. Even the

girls that are high functioning.

Rebekah

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[Guest guest]

sandra D that was of the same things that teached me clean ways too was

from a psych nurse who was of very good to me but was of want to teach

me hygiene and things since did not know of it or learn of it so she

teached me when was of a young teen girl and the whole thinking of

logical truth of dead cells and germs on my body caused me this fear

too of being with live bugs and dead ones on me as this is of still a

things for me. but it worked as do try of my best to be of very clean.

I to take of one to two showers a day.

so had of the giggles much when you shared of this as it triggered my

own reactions as a girl/. reach " my " logic, you will reach my ability

to understand, reach my understanding, you reach change, reach change,

you reach self gain, reach self gain ,you reach success.

sondra

[Guest guest]

That is a good one! I am going to try that.

Thanks!

Rebekah

>

> Subject: Re: not aware of cleanliness

> To: Autism_in_Girls

> Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 8:34 PM

> Ha! That's a good one. My dd wasn't interested in

> cleanliness until her

> Brownie leader did a lesson on germs and hand washing at a

> meeting one day.

> She showed them that trick where you have glitter on your

> hands [representing

> the germs] and after you wash your hands some of the

> glitter still sticks to

> your hand and passes to others when you shake hands with

> them.

>

> My dd freaked. Ever since she's had a horror of both

> germs and glitter. No

> girlie glitter stuff for her, and she washes her hands so

> often she's

> cracked and bleeding in winter. I keep after her with

> lotion but she hates it and

> hides her hands from me... Sigh ...

>

>

> In a message dated 12/1/2008 11:08:18 A.M. Central Standard

> Time,

> rjoyh2o@... writes:

>

> My daughter is almost eight. She can dress herself and

> brush her teeth ok. I

> pick out her clothes. What we are still working on is

> showering by herself.

> I know she can do it, she just doesn't have any

> interest in it. I also still

> have to remind her to wash her hands after going to the

> bathroom and keep her

> face clean.

>

> It is so interesting that these girls are not aware of

> cleanliness. Even the

> girls that are high functioning.

>

> Rebekah

>

>

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>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Sondra thank you! I shared your response with Allie. :-)

She loves that you and she have things in common. She likes to hear about

you and your family and pets, so it makes her happy to know that you enjoy

hearing about her. :-)

Sandi

In a message dated 12/3/2008 11:08:57 P.M. Central Standard Time,

hfa2@... writes:

so had of the giggles much when you shared of this as it triggered my

own reactions as a girl/. reach " my " logic, you will reach my ability

to understand, reach my understanding, you reach change, reach change,

you reach self gain, reach self gain ,you reach success.

sondra

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