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Posted By A Son-Rise Message Board Participant on September 14, 1999 at 23:20:41:
When we were at our intensive, whenever Jeff or I would go into the room for our times, Patrick would cling to us greatly. As well, there was a time period where all Patrick wanted to do in the room was to snuggle. People up at Option said this may be a way for Patrick to avoid rather than snuggle. We might sit there and think, oh, this is so nice for my child to want to sit here and love and hug and snuggle all the time, and maybe that is what they are wanting us to do (think that way).
We try to give Patrick increased deep pressure during these times and make it into a game. We might be turned so that he has to make eye contact with us through the mirror and he would be sitting on our laps on the floor and have his head snuggled closely to our chest. So we might try a "squeeze" game where we request that he say "squeeze" and we will squeeze him real, real tight. I remember up at our intensive, Patrick was doing this and I was doing a deep tickle game. "If you want tickle, say "tickle" because at this point, I had him hooked. I was going to give him all the snuggling, tickles and squeezes he wanted and allowing him to do this, but also at the same time asking him to request it by a sound (at that time, he was just making beginning sounds). We also did a row, row, row your boat game (again, making eye contact through the mirror) where we rocked back and forth, and then he maybe would lay back on my outstretched legs and then I would make "rowing" motions with his legs. Then, he would come back up to snuggle, and Kate noticed at that time, he started singing "r, r, r" and tapping his foot. Unfortunately I missed this when I was in the room with him, but she caught it on video for a feedback using the videotapes.
Patrick generally works himself out of it, and I figure he is doing what he is doing to take care of himself (whether to avoid or just snuggle we can never know), so we just try to make the most of the situation the best we can, and if we have an opportunity to present something while still snuggling and he is not requesting, then it is a great time to introduce something to him to see if this will spark an interest.
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