I have a family support worker following previous DV and PTSD following birth.
My dc is now 19 months old and it has been mentioned that she may have a sensory processing disorder. I’m really worrying now, despite the fact she’s met all of her milestones before the norm so far.
Some examples that worried my support worker include:
-She is having significant toileting difficulties and becomes very anxious about pooing and will hold it for days on end.
-She also doesn’t seem to feel pain as normal, she can hit her head hard against a wall and hardly react.
-She is funny about textures of food and spits out a lot of her food. She also chews and spits out a lot of meals at present.
-she hates any clothing riding up her legs, or if anyone rolls up her sleeves, she will have a complete meltdown. The same with anything being around her neck, so doing up poppers or buttons around her neck is very difficult. Likewise putting on bibs.
-she is very very clingy and usually has to be touching me, the same at night if she wakes up (she sometimes remains in her cot)
-very sensitive to noise. People knocking on the door, the dog barking will cause her to run to me screaming her little head off.
-She climbs and throws herself off furniture without even thinking about the possibility of pain.
Is/can this be normal? Or should I prepare myself that I may have a dc with additional needs?