On another thread this morning someone mentioned about their child always mouthing things, a few posts down spd was mentioned as the mouthing thing is something I worry about with one of my ds I did some reading on it. As it turns out my ds does have a lot of both the hypersensitive and hypo sensitive symptoms.
Touch seems to be a hypo one everything has to go in his mouth (ds will be 7 at the end of May) even up to a year ago he would wee on his fingers and put them in his mouth. If he has nothing in his hands then he will suck on his fingers he does dribble on them quite a bit doesn't really seem to realise he is doing it.
Sound wise he really doesn't like loud noises will run out of public loos if the hand dryer goes on. Hands are over the ears if a noisy motorbike goes past anything with a siren and it's hands over ears and hiding behind one of us. Hoover is also a no go
He is also an incredibly picky eater can't eat wet food it has to be dry no sauces ,school is a problem because of the noise levels and he gets frustrated very easily resulting in him losing his temper. He fidgets constantly cannot sit still. He also has some hyper mobility in his joints. He had speech therapy for speech delay we used to just spend the sessions in the loo running the taps with his hands in the stream of water he still does this now sometimes until we catch him at it. He still doesn't talk much preferring to tap people and point.
Now I come to write all this down I am thinking why on earth did I not seek help for him before