spinning basic question also obsessed with cats being is best friends

[Guest guest]

Today my son is very happy spinning and spinning. I know this is probably a question I should already know the answer to, but is it okay to let them spin their hearts out or should you try to stop or redirect it?

Does anyone else have child who loves cats to the point they are his best friend and wants to keep them in a drawer so he can find them later?

He is almost 6. Thankfully the cats have been super patient and only scratched him once.... so far

[Guest guest]

Yikes, poor cats Sounds like he needs an OT to help him do sensory integration.... My OT told me to let my daughter spin if she gets going. However, she really hasn't had that urge to do that since she has been doing sensory integration every week

Carolyn

From: "boogermeanie@..." <boogermeanie@...>Aspergers Treatment Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 10:14:12 AMSubject: ( ) spinning basic question also obsessed with cats being is best friends

Today my son is very happy spinning and spinning. I know this is probably a question I should already know the answer to, but is it okay to let them spin their hearts out or should you try to stop or redirect it?

Does anyone else have child who loves cats to the point they are his best friend and wants to keep them in a drawer so he can find them later?

He is almost 6. Thankfully the cats have been super patient and only scratched him once.... so far

[Guest guest]

My son was a spinner when he was younger. I always worried about him doing it

too much. He has a few uncles who would think it was funny....

Good news is....he outgrew it on his own and I let him do it unless it became

excessive. He is 9 now and hasn't done it for years!

My son loves cats too, although I will not get one at my house (he has 2 at his

Dad's). I could see him being that attached! I think it is easier to connect

with animals because there is no social pressure maybe? Not sure how old he is,

but things have gotten better with son as he has gotten older! My son actually

carried a leaf around that he picked up in the fall. As it started falling

apart well into winter he was so upset...totally attached to a leaf! He would

talk about how cute he was......kind of funny now! I believe that was also the

winter we listened to Christmas music and it continued until July, lol!

Obviously he was more obsessed with things then. He still can be (right now it

is Pokemon...I could seriously go crazy listening all about them, by name, as if

I know them, lol)....however, I can ask him to stop and get a break for a minute

or two, lol. I just tell him he is obsessing! He is probably the only 3rd

grader using words like literally (his fav), obsessing, and asking if they can

change the subject, lol!!

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> Today my son is very happy spinning and spinning. I know this is probably

> a question I should already know the answer to, but is it okay to let them

> spin their hearts out or should you try to stop or redirect it?

>

> Does anyone else have child who loves cats to the point they are his best

> friend and wants to keep them in a drawer so he can find them later?

>

> He is almost 6. Thankfully the cats have been super patient and only

> scratched him once.... so far

>

[Guest guest]

My son's outlet is pacing rather than spinning. And if we let it go on too long

then he used to get hyper from it. Nowadays he just becomes oblivious when he's

been pacing. (Pot boiled over last night as he paced back and forth in the

kitchen. SIGH) For us pacing is a sign that he's looking for sensory input so we

do redirect him.

My son loves cats but not quite to the point your son does. I don't remember him

being that way even when he was younger. We've always had cats so they've always

been part of his life. He still likes to make sure that his cat (which he

started asking for 6 mos before his 8th bday so he got it) sleeps with him every

night.

Caroline

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> Today my son is very happy spinning and spinning. I know this is probably

> a question I should already know the answer to, but is it okay to let them

> spin their hearts out or should you try to stop or redirect it?

>

> Does anyone else have child who loves cats to the point they are his best

> friend and wants to keep them in a drawer so he can find them later?

>

> He is almost 6. Thankfully the cats have been super patient and only

> scratched him once.... so far

>

[Guest guest]

my son is 8 and still talks to our cats, and still spinning. When he was 6 he would carry them everywhere in the house, until I had to explain to him that they did not like that. I don't know how long will it last. From: "boogermeanie@..." <boogermeanie@...>Aspergers Treatment Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 11:14:12 AMSubject: ( ) spinning basic question also obsessed with cats being is best friends

Today my son is very happy spinning and spinning. I know this is probably a question I should already know the answer to, but is it okay to let them spin their hearts out or should you try to stop or redirect it?

Does anyone else have child who loves cats to the point they are his best friend and wants to keep them in a drawer so he can find them later?

He is almost 6. Thankfully the cats have been super patient and only scratched him once.... so far

[Guest guest]

Heck, I'm way older than 8 and I still talk to my cats all the time. And I love

to hold them. Guess I never out grew it. ;-)

When I was little I used to dress one cat in doll clothes and push her around in

a baby carriage. The cat never ran away so I guess it didn't mind it too much.

LOL.

Caroline

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> my son is 8 and still talks to our cats, and still spinning. When he was 6 he

> would carry them everywhere in the house, until I had to explain to him that

> they did not like that. I don't know how long will it last.

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> From: " boogermeanie@... " <boogermeanie@...>

> Aspergers Treatment

> Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 11:14:12 AM

> Subject: ( ) spinning basic question also obsessed with cats

> being is best friends

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> Today my son is very happy spinning and spinning. I know this is probably a

> question I should already know the answer to, but is it okay to let them spin

> their hearts out or should you try to stop or redirect it?

>

> Does anyone else have child who loves cats to the point they are his best

> friend and wants to keep them in a drawer so he can find them later?

>

> He is almost 6. Thankfully the cats have been super patient and only

scratched

> him once.... so far

>

[Guest guest]

OH BOY! I can relate you to both. My DS who is four spins. And here lately its been A LOT. I pretty much allow it but I only allow about 10 minutes at a time, and that seens to do him pretty well. His baby sister (20 months) emmiulates him so she spinns with him. Call me wrong but I find it almost cute.

And the cat obsession. We've got that too, I actually gave in a got him his kitty (long story cut short his g. Grandma's cat had kittens and DS fell in love with one) who promptly got the name Sulfer. Yes my four year old picked it out. And Sulfer and DS are best friends, unless that cats sleeping in my lap he's with DS. And its not just the cat though that he's obsessed with. There is Transformers, numbers, his shoes, and computer/gameboy. Lately he's added death (everything causes death) and vampires. Were that came from I have no idea. But I beleive I could name off just about all the transformers (good and bad). And to the poster just before me, I know what you mean about vocab too! DS uses words like plesant, extended, manouver, typical. Oh can't forget eventually, his fave. As well as phrases like "Wow, Ms. Beccka! What a plesent suprise that you decided to visit us this afternoon." Yeah.... in pre-k and that's the way he talks.

His teacher has already told me that in the entire pre-k at his school (that's about 130 kids) He has the most advanced vocab.

From: cmt263 <gina9431@...> Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 12:44:44 PMSubject: ( ) Re: spinning basic question also obsessed with cats being is best friends

My son was a spinner when he was younger. I always worried about him doing it too much. He has a few uncles who would think it was funny....Good news is....he outgrew it on his own and I let him do it unless it became excessive. He is 9 now and hasn't done it for years! My son loves cats too, although I will not get one at my house (he has 2 at his Dad's). I could see him being that attached! I think it is easier to connect with animals because there is no social pressure maybe? Not sure how old he is, but things have gotten better with son as he has gotten older! My son actually carried a leaf around that he picked up in the fall. As it started falling apart well into winter he was so upset...totally attached to a leaf! He would talk about how cute he was......kind of funny now! I believe that was also the winter we listened to Christmas music and it continued until July, lol! Obviously he was more obsessed with things then. He

still can be (right now it is Pokemon...I could seriously go crazy listening all about them, by name, as if I know them, lol)....however, I can ask him to stop and get a break for a minute or two, lol. I just tell him he is obsessing! He is probably the only 3rd grader using words like literally (his fav), obsessing, and asking if they can change the subject, lol!!>> Today my son is very happy spinning and spinning. I know this is probably > a question I should already know the answer to, but is it okay to let them > spin their hearts out or should you try to stop or redirect it?> > Does anyone else have child who loves cats to the point they are his best > friend and wants to keep them in a drawer so

he can find them later?> > He is almost 6. Thankfully the cats have been super patient and only > scratched him once.... so far>

[Guest guest]

My son 13, use to spin all the time but has since stopped. I can't remember exactly when that happened but it was gradual. He still jumps around and does what he calls "ninja" moves. He is obsessed with Japan and anything ninja.

We too have a cat that my daughter actually gave me for my B-day but my son says it's his. He says he loves the cat more than anything in the world and always wants her in his room. He keeps a bowl of food and water he says just in case she get hungry. Sometimes he'll hug her so tight or long that I think he's hurting her. But she just takes it and is so patient. She never tries to scratch him and if his room door is shut she will meow until someone opens it and lets her in. I wouldn't worry about the spinning as long as he's not getting hurt or hurting anyone. If it is too extreme you could limit the length of time or frequency by redirecting him. I just try to keep my son active with outdoor activities and that might have been what fazed out the spinning. ne

From: chris Dunn <christineshello@...>Subject: Re: ( ) spinning basic question also obsessed with cats being is best friends Date: Friday, January 14, 2011, 1:49 PM

my son is 8 and still talks to our cats, and still spinning. When he was 6 he would carry them everywhere in the house, until I had to explain to him that they did not like that. I don't know how long will it last.

From: "boogermeanie@..." <boogermeanie@...>Aspergers Treatment Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 11:14:12 AMSubject: ( ) spinning basic question also obsessed with cats being is best friends

Today my son is very happy spinning and spinning. I know this is probably a question I should already know the answer to, but is it okay to let them spin their hearts out or should you try to stop or redirect it?

Does anyone else have child who loves cats to the point they are his best friend and wants to keep them in a drawer so he can find them later?

He is almost 6. Thankfully the cats have been super patient and only scratched him once.... so far

[Guest guest]

My loves cats but he hasn't tried to stick them in a drawer. He has become

attached to objects. He had a little green bike horn that made a cute noise.

There's a vacuum cleaner commercial that uses the exact same sound for the

" other brand " example. He used to cry during the commercial because he thought

that horn was calling him and we lost it somewhere along the way. We moved and

I think maybe it was lost then. Either that or it will turn up in a box

somewhere. He also used to hide clementines in his room because he thought they

were cute and it made him sad that we were eating them. He is a MAJOR animal

lover.

As for the spinning, I think it's a good thing. It stimulates some sensory

system that needs stimulating. They outgrow it when the need has been met.

Miriam

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> > Today my son is very happy spinning and spinning. I know this is probably

> > a question I should already know the answer to, but is it okay to let them

> > spin their hearts out or should you try to stop or redirect it?

> >

> > Does anyone else have child who loves cats to the point they are his best

> > friend and wants to keep them in a drawer so he can find them later?

> >

> > He is almost 6. Thankfully the cats have been super patient and only

> > scratched him once.... so far

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Here's a link so you can hear that vacuum sound I was talking about. It's a

Dyson commercial. I can't actually find the original commercial, but there are

a few videos of dogs reacting to it because dogs seem to like that sound.

[Guest guest]

My daughter was a rocker not a spinner. When she was younger she was fixated

with dolphins. She carried her stuffed dolphins everywhere and we couldn't go

anywhere without them. We arranged for her to swim with dolphins during one of

our vacations. She loved it and talked about it for months. As she has gotten

older (she's 27) she will only rock when very stressed and her dolphins have

long since been forgotten. She has a favorite stuffed macaw which she still

sleeps with but never brings outside with her. When she was younger I would rock

with her and play with her dolphins with her. (It was because of these dolpins

that she finally became potty trained at 4-5 years old). Because she is autistic

she still will fixate on certain things. We own a green-winged macaw (he's

around 40 " ) who's name is Tiny. She talks to him and pets him and plays with him

and he is very gentle with her. He loves the attention and has never attempted

to bite her or anyone else for that matter. She doesn't mind leaving him when we

go on vacations though she carries photos of him with her.

I wouldn't worry too much about your son. I would try to stop him from putting

the cat in his drawer however. He's very young but if you let him know that it

scares the cat or could hurt the cat he might understand.

Good luck.

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> Today my son is very happy spinning and spinning. I know this is probably

> a question I should already know the answer to, but is it okay to let them

> spin their hearts out or should you try to stop or redirect it?

>

> Does anyone else have child who loves cats to the point they are his best

> friend and wants to keep them in a drawer so he can find them later?

>

> He is almost 6. Thankfully the cats have been super patient and only

> scratched him once.... so far

>

[Guest guest]

We rescued a 6-month-old kitty from an intersection 2-1/2 months ago. My dd

'loves' it so much and treats her more like a floppy stuffed animal. We've had

to keep an eye on them to keep both happy and in good shape. Our dd is learning

to treat Princess with respect and not to try to trap her and hold her so she

can't get away. Princess is a mild-mannered cat...thank goodness...and hasn't

gotten too feisty with her, but that can change. Our dd just wants

someone/something to hold, snuggle, talk with, and to do what she wants when she

wants --a best friend kitty. When she first got her, Princess got a beauty salon

makeover. Argh! Anyway, until I know she understands how to treat Princess,

they're within sight of daddy or me...just in case. It's been much better, but I

don't feel relaxed yet about it.

Our dd is more inclined to jump up and down than spin. She just turned 10 years

old. --Kari

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> Today my son is very happy spinning and spinning. I know this is probably

> a question I should already know the answer to, but is it okay to let them

> spin their hearts out or should you try to stop or redirect it?

>

> Does anyone else have child who loves cats to the point they are his best

> friend and wants to keep them in a drawer so he can find them later?

>

> He is almost 6. Thankfully the cats have been super patient and only

> scratched him once.... so far

>