
Angie - posted on 05/05/2009 ( 14 moms have responded )
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My 3 year old son has SPD and recently started having trouble taking a bath. He screams and cries at the top of his lungs. He has to wear ear plugs because he has tubes (which he's had for 8 months) I always make sure that the water is lukwarm, because he seems to be sensitive to the temperature. The screaming tantrum has just started within the past 2 weeks.............I need help! I don't know what's bothering him.....he is very limited in his speech..... Suggestions?
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Melaina - posted on 06/09/2011
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Our daughter did the same thing. Turned out to be the running water that was a big stressor. We have to run the bath without her present, then introduce her to the water and let her feel her way into the bath. She could not handle the water coming out of the faucet. She never had that problem in the past, similiar to your situation and it just started happening out of the blue.
Rebecca - posted on 06/16/2011
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Sponge baths. It took me a very long year and a half to get my son to take a bath without screaming. I started by sitting in front of the tv with him and a bowl of water with a little baby soap in it. We took turns dipping a cloth in the water and rubbing each other. Once that wasn't threatening, I bought a large inflatable ducky "tub" from target. We did the same thing. On warm days, we would go in the back yard with him naked and the tub filled and put toys in the tub to encourage him to play with him. Slowly I got him to get into ducky. Then i started filling the tub in the bathroom and letting him play with toys in his ducky while fully dressed. Eventually, he would take a bath in ducky in the bathroom, and I moved ducky tub into the real tub. And eventually the ducky went away. Now he is 6 and loves his tub! Just remember, your boy has his fears for his reasons, whatever they may be! Love him and have patience!