odd pumping into the floor sensory behaviors?

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I wanted to ask if anyone has ever seen such sensory behaviors in their child

and how did you deal with it? I have a preschooler who has been laying on the

floor and pumping his hips into the floor, I have also seen him do this on his

bed. I have just been trying to distract him.

Anyone have any ideas? Thanks for your input.

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My daughter has been doing that for a long time. I've just been calling

it her " private time " and make her go to her room and do it. It's a

sensory experience just like anything else but it's one that just can't

be done in public. I'm sure not to get angry but insist that it be done

in her room.

Jen

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> I wanted to ask if anyone has ever seen such sensory behaviors in

> their child and how did you deal with it? I have a preschooler who has

> been laying on the floor and pumping his hips into the floor, I have

> also seen him do this on his bed. I have just been trying to distract him.

> Anyone have any ideas? Thanks for your input.

>

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My daughter is 8 and still does it. At this point I don't know if it is sensual

or otherwise. My husband used to do this to relieve stress when he was young.

My daughter usually did it while watching movies. About a year ago I told her

that it was private and to only do it in bed. I catch her from time to time in

the living room.

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> I wanted to ask if anyone has ever seen such sensory behaviors in their child

and how did you deal with it? I have a preschooler who has been laying on the

floor and pumping his hips into the floor, I have also seen him do this on his

bed. I have just been trying to distract him.

> Anyone have any ideas? Thanks for your input.

>

[Guest guest]

I used to be friends with someone whose NT little boy did this. He was about

3-4 years old. Her older child has asperger syndrome. I lost track of these

folks when they moved. She was the first person I knew who had a child with

asperger syndrome. I knew her a couple of years before was diagnosed then

when he was dx'd I hadn't seen her for a while but I looked for her and finally

found her. I saw her outside of an Einstein Bagel and we exchanged numbers.

Then she moved.

Anyway, she tried to ignore the behavior though I know when he did it when we

were over it embarrassed her a little bit. I agree it's a sensory thing. Kids

figure out things that feel good and do them, they explore their own bodies as

soon as they have control of moving around and some of it will involve parts of

the body that we'd prefer not to see them exploring but it's normal. I think

asking them to do the behavior in private is a good idea but I expect ignoring

it as much as possible is fine too. If a child has social skill issues then

eventually sending them to the privacy of their own room will probably be

necessary but in a toddler/preschooler I think maybe I'd ignore it.

Miriam

Miriam

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> > I wanted to ask if anyone has ever seen such sensory behaviors in

> > their child and how did you deal with it? I have a preschooler who has

> > been laying on the floor and pumping his hips into the floor, I have

> > also seen him do this on his bed. I have just been trying to distract him.

> > Anyone have any ideas? Thanks for your input.

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[Guest guest]

Thanks everyone for your replies. My husband is convinced that it has to do with

a bad bacterial balance and yeast overgrowth in his system causing sensory

issues. We're working on nutrition as well.

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply.

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> I wanted to ask if anyone has ever seen such sensory behaviors in their child

and how did you deal with it? I have a preschooler who has been laying on the

floor and pumping his hips into the floor, I have also seen him do this on his

bed. I have just been trying to distract him.

> Anyone have any ideas? Thanks for your input.

>