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Sonja, we have the long green IKEA rocker. It's my easy child daughter that likes it instead of difficult child. We also have one item they don't list anymore-the orange air cushion (about 5x5) and they all love that.
The ace item for motion at our house is a hammock chair.
My difficult child needs gross body motion, especially swinging, to stay regulated. We have a swivel mounted in the basement and it is the most sought after thing in our household. When friends come they would spend an hour down there if I let them. It spins really fast so I have to set the timer for guests since they aren't used to it. We also found that we needed to buy a larger hook/screw to screw into the ceiling joist as the small one would unwind with all of the spinning.
My husband is handy so he made a platform swing like they use for Occupational Therapist (OT). Cost was probably around $25 as opposed to the $170 plus shipping.
I should add that we added these items to our household once we understood difficult child's sensory needs after a thorough Occupational Therapist (OT) assessment and considerable observation on our part. I wouldn't go adding these types of equipment (ditto with the IKEA stuff) randomly as some kids can actually become wilder having these kinds of input constantly available to them. When my son was unstable he was far more hyperactive than usual and we had to limit swing time as it wasn't doing the calming/organizing it usually does but in fact the opposite.
The ace item for motion at our house is a hammock chair.
My difficult child needs gross body motion, especially swinging, to stay regulated. We have a swivel mounted in the basement and it is the most sought after thing in our household. When friends come they would spend an hour down there if I let them. It spins really fast so I have to set the timer for guests since they aren't used to it. We also found that we needed to buy a larger hook/screw to screw into the ceiling joist as the small one would unwind with all of the spinning.
My husband is handy so he made a platform swing like they use for Occupational Therapist (OT). Cost was probably around $25 as opposed to the $170 plus shipping.
I should add that we added these items to our household once we understood difficult child's sensory needs after a thorough Occupational Therapist (OT) assessment and considerable observation on our part. I wouldn't go adding these types of equipment (ditto with the IKEA stuff) randomly as some kids can actually become wilder having these kinds of input constantly available to them. When my son was unstable he was far more hyperactive than usual and we had to limit swing time as it wasn't doing the calming/organizing it usually does but in fact the opposite.