Wordless special exposure Wednesday
After more than 8 years of tireless and rigorous training, there are few outstanding skills that we’re still working on, towit my nightly view at the dinner table.
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February 4th, 2009 at 7:36 am
‘Mornin’, Maddy!
My recommendations on sitting apply to children who ‘can sit’ also. His feet are searching for a place to rest. If the seat is higher than the length of his calves, he may not want to dangle them. Several ways to change the ergonomic fit at the dinner table….one being a stabilized foot rest under the table. Cover the footrest in a surface he enjoys exploring with his feet (if one exists). More padding on the seat is worth a try, too.
Actually, knees-above-the-table is VERY common in every family for all children.
Salud!
February 4th, 2009 at 7:51 am
We have tether bands half way up the legs of the chair on half of the chairs, which works spiffingly for one……the other one…..we can live with it it just makes me giggle to be presented with two pairs of bare knees every meal time before we prompt verbally, then they pop down and then they pop up again and then we prompt……you know the drill.
February 4th, 2009 at 9:07 am
I still sit with my feet in chairs. Right now, actually.
February 4th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Oh, yeah! I remember seeing your bands in photos previously. A footrest could be old, thick telephone books (directory in your language, possibly) with duct tape wrapped all around. I was thinking if he liked his bare feet to touch the surface of the foot rest…I even thought of having him ‘pet’ Thatcher under the table, with his feet. (I think outside the [normal] box.)
The difference between this and the tether band is that his feet will be more forward, or his knees will be less bent (flexed).
Could the drill include having to stand to eat as a consequence after each rise-of-the-knees? But then, you would get fewer giggles with each meal. Life’s a trade-off, eh?
February 4th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Yeah, try the footrest idea, because if you don’t, next thing you know he’ll be 14 and STILL sitting that way, just like Nigel
And his feet can definitely reach the floor, as he is now taller than I am *sigh*
Cheers!
February 4th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
The knees popped up would give me the giggles too!
We are still working on getting Jessica to even SIT at the table (she prefers to stand). I think I’m going to try Barbara’s idea of a footrest.
February 4th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
This is also how Casey sits at our breakfast bar, except on very high bar chairs and it frightens the crud out of us!
February 4th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I’d get the giggles too. We don’t see knees at my house at dinner. My guy used to get up and down a lot during dinner, but now, somehow he stays put until he’s done.
February 4th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
LOL! I know the feeling. (sort of) I came downstairs yesterday to find Peanut with her feet propped up on the table leaned back drinking her milk. She knows better and gave me a big grin. Of course, I didn’t help matters by grabbing the camera and catching a shot for a future blog post.
February 5th, 2009 at 8:05 am
Brings a whole new meaning to comfort food. lol.
February 7th, 2009 at 12:52 am
Umm, I tend to sit that way when I think nobody is looking, and I’ll be 60 soon. If I were in, say, a public library in an upholstered chair, I like to think I’d take my shoes off before putting my feet up into a comfy position.
That said, I, like Professor Grandin, believe in formal manners in social situations,, as when at the dinner table.
February 7th, 2009 at 1:11 am
P.s. I realize this may be difficult in Kali-fornia, but I do think that auties, and aspies, and everybody else, too, would do well in a society in which everybody knows what to expect in social relations, they being all formal and memorized-like.
That’s the way I was brought up. I just wish we could bring back duelling to punish bad manners. Not really. Just fantasizing. Honest!