Play with your food.

Mom learned alot today and Gracie ended the day with chocolate pudding all over her arms and her shirt!'

Sensory Processing Disorder. Not sure what that term means...yet. A book I am going to read sums it up thusly:
Often erroneously diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) or labeled "difficult, picky, clumsy, oversensitive, or inattentive," children with SI dysfunction exhibit unusual responses to touching and being touched, and/or to moving and being moved.
I think this pretty much describes where Gracie is at:
Sensory Processing Disorder can affect people in only one sense–for example, just touch or just sight or just movement–or in multiple senses. One person with SPD may over-respond to sensation and find clothing, physical contact, light, sound, food, or other sensory input to be unbearable.

So she is hypersensitive to 1:touch- doesn't like to be kissed- but does like what they call deep pressure( bear hugs, heavy massage)
2:sight- she doesn't like bright sunlight yet she will stimulate herself when she gets stressed by looking UP at a bright light. they say the movement is calming
3:she finds clothing unbearable- HATES long sleeves , long pants and socks!!!!!!!!!!!
4: food- enough said.
But as far a touch is concerned, she registered normal for her age group. She explores anything new by touch first.

Food. She is becoming more curious(curiouser?) about food. She looked into dad's oatmeal bowl and she is starting to check us out as we eat.
Today,She came close to putting her fingers in yogurt at the clinic. Which is a big step. We think she actually tasted it.( THough I wouldn't want to taste yogurt myself). THen we tried it at home. We put her in her high chair while we ate dinner and I had chocolate pudding on her tray. Well, right away she went for the spoon in the cup and then it got all over. Mostly she was trying to wipe it off but she ended up licking her arms! I know what you are thinking. Chocolate pudding mom? What was I thinking? There was a shirt and a bib covered in chocolate pudding! Yuk! Oh well at least she tasted it!
Round 1 and the winner is .... CHocolate Pudding!