Shmoo is more of a sensory avoider. Loo tends to be a sensory seeker. It occasionally leads to some rather interesting situations.
Like the other day... They had a bit of a disagreement about something and were both upset. I was putting clothes away in the bedroom and The OH was downstairs so neither of us were immediately available. Loo often needs lots of deep sensory input and always wants big, squishy, squashy cuddles when he's upset. For a sensory avoider like Shmoo this isn't his preferred method of comfort. When I came out of the bedroom, there were the two boys, both in tears, with Loo chasing Shmoo around, trying to get a cuddle. Oh dear.
And yesterday we were getting ready to go out. I was having breakfast while Shmoo got dressed and I could hear Beanie running around making some nonsensical babbling toddler noise. Then came the sounds of Shmoo becoming increasingly distressed. We know those noises pretty well so we asked what was wrong and The OH went to investigate. Shmoo yelled out that Beanie was annoying him and he couldn't get dressed. We assumed that Beanie was getting in the way or running off with Shmoo's things but no, it was just the noise that Bean was making apparently.
Now, I'd better go open this parcel that was just delivered. I suspect it is the sensory stuff that I ordered recently... including the extra pairs of noise-reducing ear muffs.
Like the other day... They had a bit of a disagreement about something and were both upset. I was putting clothes away in the bedroom and The OH was downstairs so neither of us were immediately available. Loo often needs lots of deep sensory input and always wants big, squishy, squashy cuddles when he's upset. For a sensory avoider like Shmoo this isn't his preferred method of comfort. When I came out of the bedroom, there were the two boys, both in tears, with Loo chasing Shmoo around, trying to get a cuddle. Oh dear.
And yesterday we were getting ready to go out. I was having breakfast while Shmoo got dressed and I could hear Beanie running around making some nonsensical babbling toddler noise. Then came the sounds of Shmoo becoming increasingly distressed. We know those noises pretty well so we asked what was wrong and The OH went to investigate. Shmoo yelled out that Beanie was annoying him and he couldn't get dressed. We assumed that Beanie was getting in the way or running off with Shmoo's things but no, it was just the noise that Bean was making apparently.
Now, I'd better go open this parcel that was just delivered. I suspect it is the sensory stuff that I ordered recently... including the extra pairs of noise-reducing ear muffs.
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