Curious Nana

Thank you so much for your ideas. Jon ended up bringing Drake here, and we sat him up in a highchair with his favorite video. We ended up with a strange looking haircut, one of those you mentioned that might take a few days to even out. I did watch the process (and played willing target to the spray bottle that Drake was playing with as a distraction), and noticed that he complained of it hurting and got upset when the metal hit the metal on the scissors. The idea of using the blow dryer is great! I do think it is the sound that gets to him. Drew's Gram, have you heard of the book Sound of a Miracle? I am wondering if maybe after we get Drake through the AIT if maybe his sensitvity to that sound may diminish.... Speaking of AIT, I emailed Annabel, the author of the book, and shared with her about Drake's freaking out and taking the headphones off. She related a few similar cases that she had witnessed, but said that you have to get them through that first session, and then they usually don't object after that. The potential payoff is so good that the initial response has to be worked through. It kind of reminded me of the adjustment they went through giving Drake B-12 shots.