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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 79260" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Hello Terry,</p><p></p><p>Yes, the underwear thing can be very disconcerting, but I agree with the other posters who have suggested some form of Sensory Integration Disorder (SID).</p><p></p><p>About 3 years ago, my difficult child was forever wearing my clothes and shoes. (My wardrobe is very girly, and most of my shoes have high high heels on them). </p><p></p><p>I observed carefully, and noticed a couple of things. difficult child was taking only certain types of clothes, ones that were very soft and close-fitting. The shoes he always "borrowed" were clogs with soft furry linings. The fact that they were platform heels just didn't concern him. He liked wearing my clothes because they were soft, and he said they made him feel safe. HE said it was like "wearing a hug from mom". </p><p></p><p>I had a long talk with difficult child about perception, and that other kids might tease him when they saw him wearing girl's clothes and high-heeled shoes. Once he understood the impression he was making, he stopped wearing my things out of the house. </p><p></p><p>Although I still find him wearing some of his sister's things occasionally (he's too big now to fit into my clothes), he doesn't do this nearly so much anymmore. We buy him lots of soft fleece-lined or silk clothes of his own, so he doesn't have such a great need to get into the girls' clothes to find soft things.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps,</p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 79260, member: 3907"] Hello Terry, Yes, the underwear thing can be very disconcerting, but I agree with the other posters who have suggested some form of Sensory Integration Disorder (SID). About 3 years ago, my difficult child was forever wearing my clothes and shoes. (My wardrobe is very girly, and most of my shoes have high high heels on them). I observed carefully, and noticed a couple of things. difficult child was taking only certain types of clothes, ones that were very soft and close-fitting. The shoes he always "borrowed" were clogs with soft furry linings. The fact that they were platform heels just didn't concern him. He liked wearing my clothes because they were soft, and he said they made him feel safe. HE said it was like "wearing a hug from mom". I had a long talk with difficult child about perception, and that other kids might tease him when they saw him wearing girl's clothes and high-heeled shoes. Once he understood the impression he was making, he stopped wearing my things out of the house. Although I still find him wearing some of his sister's things occasionally (he's too big now to fit into my clothes), he doesn't do this nearly so much anymmore. We buy him lots of soft fleece-lined or silk clothes of his own, so he doesn't have such a great need to get into the girls' clothes to find soft things. Hope this helps, Trinity [/QUOTE]
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