Re: Help! dev. pediatrician appt.

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Yes this is not unusual. Mark has this too and I believe it is where a lot of

his development halted. Very, very young, kids should develop a normal

" response to pain " . For years, Mark wouldn't feel injuries until he had slit

himself wide open..... ie. would not 'feel' the sharp edge until it had already

cut him. Needless to say, around the age of 5 to 9, we were pretty much

regulars at the emergency room....

I'm not sure what your looking for but I'll give you a couple of thoughts on

this.... some people like the Walbarger Brushing protocol to develop a better

sense of tactility and pain response and some people like joint compressions to

work this area. None of this worked for Mark....

We did Deep Pressure work every day, twice a day for over a year to develop a

normal response to pain in Mark's hands and his limbs and this seemed to work

very well for him. The deep pressure is HARD pressure not like the kind you get

at the beauty salon!.... for you actually need to find the current pain

threshold and stimulate it until the child is actually pulling away from you.

In this, you are raising awareness, creating that neural connection that is

'supposed to be' and developing it in your child. It works! I wish I had

started it much younger then at the age of 11 because by that time your child is

very behind with regards to tactile issues and hand mobility.

How very astute of you to see this in your child! I didn't really notice

it..... until it was too late! So, now that you know, you can begin to

stimulate at a very young age so that your daughter is not as far behind

developmentally as my kid was....

Ask for help in implementing these practices. Note: you need to do this stuff

daily or twice daily for it to work.... kind of like brushing your teeth,

brushing your kid, make breakfast..... it must become part of your daily

routine. Otherwise it won't work.... The brain creates neural connections based

on three principles, frequency, intensity and duration. Frequency means that we

do the exercise often and intensity means that we do it with 'vigor' so that we

are attentive to it (thus the brain is engaged) and duration signifies how

'long' we do it for. If we do an exercise with increased intensity and

frequency then we can shorten duration times (ie. we can do an exercise as short

as 2-3 minutes) and the brain will still respond. That is plasticity of the

brain and over time, you will appreciate this ability we have to grow/develop

new neural connections.

Janice

[sPAM][ ] Help! dev. pediatrician appt.

Hi, my daughter is 2 1/2 and we are suspecting apraxia and possibly

hypotonia. She has been in speech therapy through early intervention

for about 9 months. We are finally going for first appt. with

developmental pediatrician after waiting almost 5 months to get in. I

am trying to make sure all my ducks are in a row and wondered if any of

you can give me guidence as to what I should ask for. She is starting

to progress some with speech after starting fish oil but I am very

concered that she seems to have incredible pain tolerance. Has

virtually no reaction when receiving shots and sat calmly while having

ingrown toenail removed last week without any numming medication.

Receptive language is great and it seems she has the words inside just

don't come out right. Any insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

- mom to Rylan