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Posted By ---> A Son-Rise Message Board Participant on August 26, 1999 at 23:07:44:
: I'm sorry but this is what I don't like to :hear...Please, loose the trampoline. Jumping, :Jumping, Jumping, Jumping....good? NOT! :Not normal. Normal first, age approiate second.
Why such a strong reaction to the jumping? Is that what your little one does alot of? If you choose to do an Option program, you will learn methods to help you become comfortable with what your child does while inspiring him to expand his interests and interactions. Why get comfortable with things we don't like? Sometimes our discomfort can really bring on even greater. Other times, our getting comfortable with it can help us use it to build motivation and interaction.
As for jumping in general, I have a totally different view. Who says there's an appropriate age for jumping? It's great exercise. Even my Grandmother jumped on her mini-trampoline until she got too old to do so! Also, every kid who comes to our house goes straight for the trampoline making it an activity all can share.
We still have one but Curty rarely uses it by himself now. It's mostly used when other children come to play. In the early days of Curty's program, we found that if he was fading out of becoming hyper, a good jumping session brought him back very quickly. There is much research on the usefulness of jumping especially for hyperactive children. It stimulates both the vestibular and proprioceptive systems that help a person regulate their body movement, know where their body is in space and calms the central nervous system. Many wholistic health folks say a good long jumping session can also clear the lymph systems
:See, if you drive the kid around in the car then :you'll be doing that forever. If you give :him/her shaving cream to play around in then the :child never learns the approiate use for it
As the child becomes more interested and motivated by people, and has been given the freedom to explore his world openly and his wants have been respected, it becomes very easy to set limits and teach him what is expected by the world. We wondered if we'd be shaking items with him for years as well but we've finally moved beyond that point. He's now expressed a desire to "fit in." With his desire to fit in and be with people, he is now choosing to do things that are accepted by others rather than us having to impose them on him and force him to do so. Mostly he picked this up through his own observation, some we shared with him. We played with shaving cream for years in a variety of ways (actually his occupational therapist used it to work on his tactile issues) including pretending to shave. He now leaves it alone but I imagine he'll pick it up again when it's time to really shave :). Gaylen
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