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11/18/07 02:12 PM
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Shredding clothing and blankets.
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Hi, I am new to this forum and I am at breaking point, I put my christmas stocking out one christmas in 2001 and recieved a set of 2 year old twin boys. This story is about one of them even though they both have special needs, and like one grandmother I read about on here the lists of disabilities goes on. One of my boys shreds everything, as he doesn't sleep at night, or has catnaps he spends most of the night ripping blankets or his pjs, he has had 12 blankets just this year, from heavy homemade quilts to light polar fleece but nothing seems to deter him, I feel the lighter blankets were easier to wash as we need to do this quite often even though he wears pull ups at night. My sons are now eight years old. Also he has to have his room painted every three or four months, as he picks off wallpaper, so I started painting which is cheaper, and have tried many different types of flooring and have had to settle for bare floor, so its easier to clean. Help, if anyone has any suggestions, I would really appreciate it.
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Re: Shredding clothing and blankets.
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hello helpme...i have twins that are now 10 who used to do the same thing...shredded rugs ,wall,ceilings,clothes,mattresses .we also went with the bare floors as well as wood paneling on the walls and ceiling(nothing to shred)we used sheets in layers instead of blankets.wegot them to stop by first giving them a shredding box with duster feathers in it and everytime we would see them shredding we would give them the box telling them that couldnt shred the wall but could shred this,then we gave them something else to do with the extra energy,for my one son this was a small bag of beads that he could string...by the time he had strung the beads and floated them while putting them away he no longer wanted to shred...yes it was replaceing one stim with another but one that was less destuctive and cheaper,this also worked with self stim out in public i would hand him his bag problem solved and no embaressment. hope this helps
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