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Unusual hand posturing / rigid finger positions?
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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 505217"><p>The baby talk didn't start really until his anxiety level started going way up. I would very calmly tell him I don't have any babies at home anymore so I don't understand baby talk anymore, can he please use "big boy" words. Now that he is older, I just playfully ask him to talk like a 13 year old. The incidents of this happening anymore have gone way down...but then again.....so have the stressors that were causing the increased anxiety. For difficult child 1, when he was stressed or very uncomfortable, he reverted back to HIS reference point and that was toddler stage. Whatever you do, don't point it out in an authoritative tone or angrily tell him to stop talking like a baby. If he IS like difficult child 1, that will hit his self-esteem. GENTLY remind him to use appropriate language. It worked for us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 505217"] The baby talk didn't start really until his anxiety level started going way up. I would very calmly tell him I don't have any babies at home anymore so I don't understand baby talk anymore, can he please use "big boy" words. Now that he is older, I just playfully ask him to talk like a 13 year old. The incidents of this happening anymore have gone way down...but then again.....so have the stressors that were causing the increased anxiety. For difficult child 1, when he was stressed or very uncomfortable, he reverted back to HIS reference point and that was toddler stage. Whatever you do, don't point it out in an authoritative tone or angrily tell him to stop talking like a baby. If he IS like difficult child 1, that will hit his self-esteem. GENTLY remind him to use appropriate language. It worked for us. [/QUOTE]
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