bercol1
01-05-2006, 09:20 AM
My six year olds autistic son, has become infatuated with his private parts. He wont leave them alone. He seems to enjoy rubbing them all the time. He has a little understanding of speach but not a lot. I have been trying to break the habit over the holidays by redirecting his hands to something else and he now has the message that I don't want him to do it. The minute he thinks I am not looking he is at it again. He does it when he's bored or excited. When excited i have been trying to change it into a cheer or somthing a bit more sociablly acceptable. If he is bored like in the car or at the dinner table I try to give him somthing else to do like a piece of playdoh or magnets as he likes to click them together. Has any one else experienced this and what did you do to break the hablt? :nono:
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caliente
01-05-2006, 02:14 PM
i'm going through this with my six year old daughter. her hands are down her pants a lot. i havent found a way to get her to stop doing this, all i can do is try to redirect her.
one thing i have noticed though is that if i dress her in overalls during the day and a sleeper at night, she is less likely to do this. maybe its because she doesnt have easy access. people think i live on a farm because my daughter is dressed in overalls a lot! lol
one thing i have noticed though is that if i dress her in overalls during the day and a sleeper at night, she is less likely to do this. maybe its because she doesnt have easy access. people think i live on a farm because my daughter is dressed in overalls a lot! lol
ThreeBoys
01-05-2006, 06:38 PM
My 5 yr old typically son does it too! It is a discovery thing, curiosity and the age, I believe....You're not alone!!!
anthonysmom
01-06-2006, 02:29 PM
i agree with threeboys. i too have 3 boys, my 9 year old has AS, my 6 year old does not have AS and my almost 1 year old does not have AS, all three of them at one time or another are "discovering" themselves. my AS son grew out of it in about 6 months. good luck!
bercol1
01-06-2006, 03:45 PM
Thanks everyone. Its funny how knowing other people share the same problems, always make you feel better! :)
Tylers_Mommy
01-07-2006, 01:20 AM
Hello! I also have three boys. My middle child, Jace, who is 5 years old also does this CONSTANTLY!!! He has done this for about a year now, maybe a little more, and I am still unsure why. They have dx him as Bipolar and I am hoping that eventually I can stop him from doing this. I have tried all the redirects and...well pretty much everything anyone has ever told me to do. Not even Jace's therapist knows or can give me an idea why he does this. I would think you could only "investigate" or be curious about that part of your body for so long. lol Well...good luck to you and happy 2006. Hope the new year treats you well!
:bouncing: April :wave:
:bouncing: April :wave:
bercol1
01-07-2006, 12:58 PM
I know what you mean, it adds up to a little more than curiosity when he is doing this morning noon and night fo the past 5mths. I am just anxious as Anthony is very obsesive about things and these obsessions can last a long time. I have managed to break a lot of them, by different strategies.In the end if all the strategies fail, I just remove whatever it is he has the obsesion about ie. he rewound videos constantly, tried in vain to stop this, but in the end just removed the video from the house. But this one is a bit tricky i can't exactly remove it without him noticing lol.
Hope you too have a lovely New year and thanks for your understanding
Bernadette.
Hope you too have a lovely New year and thanks for your understanding
Bernadette.
Dark Stranger
01-08-2006, 02:01 AM
I don't have children, so perhaps it's not even my place to be offering advice on child care. I would suggest putting him into footie pajamas or a jumpsuit, but since he is six years old, he most likely knows how to remove his clothes by himself and could escape the confines of a one-piece outfit.
Maybe he will eventually lose interest in his current obsession and move onto something else less embarrassing. I have heard of another young boy about the same age as yours who wouldn't take his hands off his genitals because he was afraid that he would lose them. I'm not saying this is your son's case, but it's a possibility.
Nonetheless, hopefully you'll find the answers you seek.
Maybe he will eventually lose interest in his current obsession and move onto something else less embarrassing. I have heard of another young boy about the same age as yours who wouldn't take his hands off his genitals because he was afraid that he would lose them. I'm not saying this is your son's case, but it's a possibility.
Nonetheless, hopefully you'll find the answers you seek.
bercol1
01-08-2006, 06:51 AM
Thanks dark stranger, it is hard to know why he's doing this because he lacks speech, but he is a very clever wee boy. Like the other little boy there propably is a logical explanation to why he's doing it, it's just hard to reasure him when he lacks verbal understanding. thanks for your input as it helped me think that there may be some underlying reason. I thought it might just be a comfort thing and that it felt nice, if he just done it at home it wouldn't bother me much but it's the stares he gets when he's out and about, I know I should't worry about what other people think but it's for his own respect and dignity that I would like to break this.
Thanks once again
Bernadette.
Thanks once again
Bernadette.
Tylers_Mommy
01-09-2006, 12:32 AM
:wave: Hello Again! I noticed you saying something about it possibly being a comforting thing. I notice Jace (he is a thumb sucker...still at age 5) sucking his thumb with one hand and he has his other hand down his pants. He does it just like that more often than not. It seems like its a comforting thing but I guess you never know. Whatever you do, don't ignore it. I was told to ignore it several times...even by professionals and I did for the longest time. Now he does it way more than he use to and he also thinks its OK to do it everywhere, school, store, anywhere. Ignoring it got me no where quick. lol Thanks and again, good luck!!
April :jester:
April :jester: