Tuesday, 15 February 2011
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Loose Tooth
Sitting on the coach with my youngest, when in runs Ari, crying, screaming, "My teeth is broken!" "Its loose!" And right away, I start clapping my hands, smiling, telling her "Its going to be ok, everyone looses teeth, look at your sister!" "And the best part is when it falls out, we put the tooth under your pillow and the tooth fairy comes and leaves you money!"
She still wasn't convinced.
I asked her to let me see, and she starts crying, saying no, don't touch, her tooth is loose. Then she says, "No more cookies mommy, it broke my tooth!" My poor baby!
Im so dreading this right now. The sight of blood scares her so much! Seriously, its like someone is killing her. And its so hard to calm her down when she gets set off this way.
So now I am googling some social stories, preferably with pictures so I can explain to her.... might have the Husband draw me pictures since pictures PECS system works best for her.
If you know of any links online that have a social story discussing loosing teeth to an ASD child, please let me know.
Any help is appreciated.
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I should say we are now at TWO loose teeth! Her younger sister already lost several teeth and is trying to reassure her. I love their sisterly bond!
If I run across any social stories I'll send you a link. My youngest has PDD-NOS and at first she was a bit put off with the loose tooth thing. Pictures helped and seeing the new tooth already peeking out really got her over it. She's now always excited over losing another baby tooth to put under her pillow and watching her "big girl" teeth come in.
I don't have any social stories to share with you, but I'm a dental student, and please let your young one know that she will be fine. Everyone loses their 20 primary (children) teeth to make room for your 32 adult teeth. It's a natural process that everyone goes through.
As for blood, my best advice is to let her know that blood is her friend. Instead of fearing it, try to be thankful for it because blood carries the oxygen all over our body and it allows us to live. Without blood, we will die. "Blood is your friend." I'm learning in dental school that the best way to relate to kids is to put it into kid terms. For example, instead of saying bacteria, we say they are sugar bugs.
Hope this helps.
@daniel626@xanga - To a child with autism Its not as easy to explain these things! I don't have children but I have worked with special needs specifically kids with autism and you have to find unique ways to explain things to them!
Sorry I don't have any advice though! I am sure in your google search you will find something! It definitely takes some creativity to raise children with autism!@mymindbodysoul@xanga - thanks for the thought. yea, i would love to hear any effective methods. good luck!
Thanks everyone! I was recommended this social story, Im going to print it out today and hope it will help her and ease the situation.
http://www.therapymaps.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51%3Akim&catid=35%3Ageneral-social-stories&Itemid=77 written by Kim Singleton.
Yes, it definitely takes a lot of creativity to deal with our awesome little warriors!
One of my little cousins has autism, so I have an idea of how that is.
I hope everything works out for you and your daughter
"Its going to be ok, everyone looses teeth, look at your sister!"
No not everyone "looses" teeth - everyone "loses" teeth.
@DJ - Yes, I didnt spellcheck. Thank you for the reminder. And while I am now spellchecking, the first line, it should have read "couch" not coach. lol. :D
@Mydaughterismyhero - I hope that the social story was helpful! I just finished another generic social story about bowel movements called Easy Pooping http://bit.ly/e9ydmL
Kim Singleton kim@kimsingleton.com
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