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The weighted blanket is a great idea. She does have trouble calming. She also has really odd fears that arise and can take some getting over. This usually gets magnified when there is change. ie. we went to my sisters for a week and we came home with several new "fears": she wouldn't sit in the bathtub without screaming, walking over cracks or holes in playground equipment or across our deck(something she's always done), swinging on the swings (she'll ask to do it and then absolutely panic the second she starts to move).
of course then there is the putting on socks and shoes - very tricky and can often cause a meltdown or utter panic.
Then you get the friends who say 'its just a phase" she'll get over it. I say you don't live with her and see the panic in her eyes that dart back and forth until you make it better and then the meltdown when you can't make it better. We need tools to help her.
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