My 2.5 year old daughter has sensory issues and I am looking for some advice. She is advanced for her age, talks like a 4 year old and understands so much. But the sensory issues are truly stressing me out, especially now that it is cold outside. I was dreading winter because of her issues.
In her ideal world she would live in her Princess Sofia sleeveless cotton summer dress and nothing else. It is a battle to get her to wear pants and socks, all she wants is to wear a dress. She can't stand anything tight on her neck and this is causing some major problems with winter wear. She of course needs to have her head and neck covered, but hates the feel of her hat tied under chin. I tried a different winter hat that had a loose Velcro strap under her chin and she SCREAMED for the whole time we were outside, saying it hurt. I have tried just having her hat loose on her head, but it just falls off and she gets cold. Our Manitoba winters are COLD and she needs to be covered. I tried one of those balaclava type hats and she freaked out about it.
I seriously don't know what to do. It isn't that she is just being difficult with me - she can't stand the feeling of her nose being runny, her socks falling off, her shirt sleeves bunching up when I put her coat on or a million other things that the other kids could care less about.
Maybe we should just move to Hawaii, no snow there! :-)