Sensory

Poor Reese is having so much trouble with her sensory sensitivity lately.  Every time she needs to put on clothes, shoes, bike helmet, or seat belt, she has a complete melt down saying that it hurts.  I have spent $60 on underwear alone in the last 2 weeks, but everything hurts.

Part of me wonders if she's just exercising her control.  But then she chooses to pass up eating ice cream in the car because she has to sit with the seat belt in her mouth so it doesn't touch her chest.  That can't be just a control issue.

Getting dressed for tumbing and dance classes have been a disaster.  What's so confusing is she'll put on her dance leotard (including tights) just fine at Heather's house, but when I pick her up and we start driving to dance, she melts down.  For two weeks now, we've had to take off her tights when we arrive and she refuses to wear her ballet or tap shoes, so dances barefoot.  

Literally the second she walks in our house, all her clothes come off right by the door.  Her "birthday suit" is the only outfit that feels comfortable.

Maybe she's anxious about starting kindergarten, and this is her way of dealing with it.  We have been talking about school a lot lately, and I made the mistake of telling her we HAVE to arrive on time or she will get detention and have to talk to the principal.  Oops.  I was just trying to get across the importance of arriving on time -- something I know we'll struggle with.

Who knows what's causing her extra sensitivity, but this is truly exhausting for everyone.