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Any luck with weighted vests, etc?
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<blockquote data-quote="BestICan" data-source="post: 165595" data-attributes="member: 3413"><p>My difficult child had such a hard time at the grocery store tonight that I had to take him out and sit him in the car for a while. He gets so overstimulated that he careens around the aisles, karate kicking, spinning, jumping, running, talking a mile a minute. The grocery store often does this to him when he's tired - he just can't keep it together. </p><p></p><p>One thing he was doing was pretty cool - he had just had dance class at school and they taught him ways to move that were "heavy" and "light." I suggested that he use his "heavy" dance moves (basically a slow, controlled stomp-walk) through the rest of our trip, and it kind of worked. </p><p></p><p>This led me to think about the weighted vests I'd read about. I guess I'm thinking that if I'd been able to put him in one of those, he'd have had an easier time. I viewed some online tonight and he'd never wear one, but I wonder, if I could get him to wear a heavy backpack, or fill his pockets or something, might that have a calming effect?</p><p></p><p>Any experience with this kind of thing?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BestICan, post: 165595, member: 3413"] My difficult child had such a hard time at the grocery store tonight that I had to take him out and sit him in the car for a while. He gets so overstimulated that he careens around the aisles, karate kicking, spinning, jumping, running, talking a mile a minute. The grocery store often does this to him when he's tired - he just can't keep it together. One thing he was doing was pretty cool - he had just had dance class at school and they taught him ways to move that were "heavy" and "light." I suggested that he use his "heavy" dance moves (basically a slow, controlled stomp-walk) through the rest of our trip, and it kind of worked. This led me to think about the weighted vests I'd read about. I guess I'm thinking that if I'd been able to put him in one of those, he'd have had an easier time. I viewed some online tonight and he'd never wear one, but I wonder, if I could get him to wear a heavy backpack, or fill his pockets or something, might that have a calming effect? Any experience with this kind of thing? [/QUOTE]
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