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the eric update - day 684: laying in the grass is fun, except when it touches your head, hands and toes.

sigh. i guess it comes with the territory of living with a toddler who was born too soon that when you see this sort of behavior your first thought is that it's symptomatic of a sensory integration disorder and not simply a result of prickly grass feeling funny on one's bare skin.

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5/20/2006 11:40:00 PM 3 comments

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That's a great photo! I hate the feel of grass on my feet. I identify, Odin!

I was reading Blogging Baby today and was suprised to recognize Odin's picture accompaning an entry. Thought you might like to be made aware it's there.

http://www.bloggingbaby.com/2006/05/21/baby-sign-language/

Are you working with Blogging Baby? Or was this done without your permission? Just curious!

By Anonymous, at 11:37 AM

That is a great picture :)

My daughter freaks out when her hands touch the grass.. I never knew there was such a disorder for that. Now I am wondering if she might have that.. eek.

By Tonya, at 6:32 PM

lisa: "Then I tune in to what I'm thinking and deliberately lower my shoulders down and away from my ears where they've been uncomfortably hunched for the last ten minutes."

oh, i know that feeling quite well :-)

mar: "Are you working with Blogging Baby? Or was this done without your permission?"

nope. not working with blogging baby and they didn't ask me to use the image ( and i didn't know about that particular post ), but i guess i'll let them slide since they did link back to the flickr site and they've been following along with odin's adventures since the beginning. thanks for the pointer!

tonya: "I never knew there was such a disorder for that. Now I am wondering if she might have that.. eek."

oops. sorry! f it helps, i think if she had an "tactile aversion" you'd probably have seen it in other ways.

By e3, at 7:34 PM

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