allhaileris
Crumbling Family Rock
Is sucking on one own's arm a sensory seeking thing or something else? I've seen Eris sucking on her knuckle a bit lately, and last night she was sucking on her arm, I had to check her for hickies because I didn't know how hard she was sucking (no hickies, so not too hard). I know she was stressed because we were doing homework.
She is way behind in homework, and I pulled out three sheets for her to do that I figured she could do. The first was adding and subtracting and a dot to dot of a chinese dragon around the math. She got two problems done and was frustrated. Once she slapped herself in the face I stopped, played a game of dominos to distract her (and work on numbers while playing), and was able to do the two other sheets that had time and theories of 10s, she got both done without issue except she sucked on her arm most of the time. She switched arms at times. I didn't want to make a big deal of it because I wanted her homework done.
She never sucked her thumb as a baby, used a pacifier for only a short time until like 9 mo, did breast feed until 10 months and used a bottle way too long, until age 3. Her two top front teeth are coming in right now, and one is really crooked because she has an extra tooth on that side. (She's getting braces as soon as they'll let me put them on her.)
Do I ignore it and let her "stimulant"? Do I give her something else to chew on? I think it's gross to **** on one's arm and want to redirect her but don't know how.
She is way behind in homework, and I pulled out three sheets for her to do that I figured she could do. The first was adding and subtracting and a dot to dot of a chinese dragon around the math. She got two problems done and was frustrated. Once she slapped herself in the face I stopped, played a game of dominos to distract her (and work on numbers while playing), and was able to do the two other sheets that had time and theories of 10s, she got both done without issue except she sucked on her arm most of the time. She switched arms at times. I didn't want to make a big deal of it because I wanted her homework done.
She never sucked her thumb as a baby, used a pacifier for only a short time until like 9 mo, did breast feed until 10 months and used a bottle way too long, until age 3. Her two top front teeth are coming in right now, and one is really crooked because she has an extra tooth on that side. (She's getting braces as soon as they'll let me put them on her.)
Do I ignore it and let her "stimulant"? Do I give her something else to chew on? I think it's gross to **** on one's arm and want to redirect her but don't know how.