Guest guest Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Hello listmates, I am posing this question for a friend. Her daughter certainly has alot of anxiety and need for constant reassurance (I am around her quite a bit). She also rages alot, but only toward her little sister and it has to do with when she sings. Lately, she has started licking her mother and says she feels like " she has to do it " and then one day she undid her seatbelt in their car. She told her mom who said, that is okay, just hurry and buckle it again. Well that entire car ride she kept unbuckeling and the refastening her seatbelt over and over and told her she just felt like she had to do it. She has not done the seatbelt thing again but continues to lick, only her mom. She (the mom) thinks it is for attention ... I, the mom with the ocd children, think it sounds very familiar. She is a very sweet and gentle girl, and not defiant by nature. What do you think? I told her to keep a very close watch on things because they can escalate quickly. She did ask her daughter what would happen if she did not do those things that she felt she needed to do, and she said nothing, just that she felt she had to do them. Any thoughts? in TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 And, I forgot to mention, the girl is 8 1/2 yrs old. > > Hello listmates, > I am posing this question for a friend. Her daughter certainly has > alot of anxiety and need for constant reassurance (I am around her > quite a bit). She also rages alot, but only toward her little sister > and it has to do with when she sings. Lately, she has started > licking her mother and says she feels like " she has to do it " and > then one day she undid her seatbelt in their car. She told her mom > who said, that is okay, just hurry and buckle it again. Well that > entire car ride she kept unbuckeling and the refastening her seatbelt > over and over and told her she just felt like she had to do it. She > has not done the seatbelt thing again but continues to lick, only her > mom. She (the mom) thinks it is for attention ... I, the mom with > the ocd children, think it sounds very familiar. She is a very sweet > and gentle girl, and not defiant by nature. What do you think? I > told her to keep a very close watch on things because they can > escalate quickly. She did ask her daughter what would happen if she > did not do those things that she felt she needed to do, and she said > nothing, just that she felt she had to do them. > > Any thoughts? > in TN > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Mine was a licker too. My guess is that she has either sensory processing disorder or OCD, maybe both. She should get an evaluation from an OT and a psychologist. If that's not something the mom is ready for, maybe she would be willing to read about SPD. Walk by Faith Tyler ________________________________ To: Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 10:11:40 AM Subject: question on licking Hello listmates, I am posing this question for a friend. Her daughter certainly has alot of anxiety and need for constant reassurance (I am around her quite a bit). She also rages alot, but only toward her little sister and it has to do with when she sings. Lately, she has started licking her mother and says she feels like " she has to do it " and then one day she undid her seatbelt in their car. She told her mom who said, that is okay, just hurry and buckle it again. Well that entire car ride she kept unbuckeling and the refastening her seatbelt over and over and told her she just felt like she had to do it. She has not done the seatbelt thing again but continues to lick, only her mom. She (the mom) thinks it is for attention ... I, the mom with the ocd children, think it sounds very familiar. She is a very sweet and gentle girl, and not defiant by nature. What do you think? I told her to keep a very close watch on things because they can escalate quickly. She did ask her daughter what would happen if she did not do those things that she felt she needed to do, and she said nothing, just that she felt she had to do them. Any thoughts? in TN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 It's me again. Since the girl is over 8, I'd have to side with OCD. Walk by Faith Tyler ________________________________ To: Sent: Wednesday, December 3, 2008 10:13:04 AM Subject: Re: question on licking And, I forgot to mention, the girl is 8 1/2 yrs old. > > Hello listmates, > I am posing this question for a friend. Her daughter certainly has > alot of anxiety and need for constant reassurance (I am around her > quite a bit). She also rages alot, but only toward her little sister > and it has to do with when she sings. Lately, she has started > licking her mother and says she feels like " she has to do it " and > then one day she undid her seatbelt in their car. She told her mom > who said, that is okay, just hurry and buckle it again. Well that > entire car ride she kept unbuckeling and the refastening her seatbelt > over and over and told her she just felt like she had to do it. She > has not done the seatbelt thing again but continues to lick, only her > mom. She (the mom) thinks it is for attention ... I, the mom with > the ocd children, think it sounds very familiar. She is a very sweet > and gentle girl, and not defiant by nature. What do you think? I > told her to keep a very close watch on things because they can > escalate quickly. She did ask her daughter what would happen if she > did not do those things that she felt she needed to do, and she said > nothing, just that she felt she had to do them. > > Any thoughts? > in TN > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 My son has had licking rituals but it is more for cleaning purposes- he would lik the table, counter, desk, his shoes ( even the bottoms), the seats in the car, etc. But he had other OCD stuff too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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