Hi, my son is 3 in October, Hes a gorgeous boy a proper quirky little fella and most of the time really happy, He is Neurodiverse & nonverbal. He loves nothing more than lining his trucks up, little baby bum, running (very fast in all directions 🤣) and spinning!
He’s always had lots of sensory issues around clothing and scratching but recently when he has a meltdown (or sometimes when he’s just sat happily, in his cot etc) he will scratch himself to bits, here’s a picture of what he will do. Obviously I try to make sure he is wearing clothing he is happy in so he isn’t able to scratch his body but he will scratch his face, shoulders, hands and also pull his own hair. He sleeps in a sleeping bag still for this reason as I’m terrified of what he would do. He’s been to the doctors numerous times and doesn’t have eczema/any skin conditions.
It’s really upsetting when he gets like this and the only thing we can do is hold him so he can’t hurt himself anymore. Have any other mums experience of this? Or have found anything to help or distract them from scratching? Realistically a sleeping bag isn’t always possible (in the heat this week) and he will lie in the cot quietly scratching also. I find it really upsetting & wish I could help him more but with him being non verbal and having other delays with his understanding etc it’s quite difficult 😥
(this picture is what he did within around 1 minute) x