Comments for Whitterer on Autism http://whittereronautism.com Coffee breaks in Cyberspace For when you want something short and sweet, but light on saccharin [translation = Aspartame] Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:37:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Pincer Grip by HAMMER http://whittereronautism.com/2008/07/pincer-grip/#comment-15132 HAMMER Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:16:08 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/?p=733#comment-15132 I never thought about it before. Interesting. I'll have to watch for it. I never thought about it before. Interesting. I’ll have to watch for it.

]]> Comment on Pincer Grip by farmwifetwo http://whittereronautism.com/2008/07/pincer-grip/#comment-15131 farmwifetwo Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:04:06 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/?p=733#comment-15131 Pincer and correct pencil holding has never been an issue here. Pointing was our big one... The MOM had to learn how to first :) Hugs, congrats!!! S. Pincer and correct pencil holding has never been an issue here.

Pointing was our big one… The MOM had to learn how to first :)

Hugs, congrats!!!

S.

]]> Comment on Pincer Grip by Bishops wife http://whittereronautism.com/2008/07/pincer-grip/#comment-15130 Bishops wife Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:02:12 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/?p=733#comment-15130 My Junior can only now use a spoon but only for thick stuff like pudding or yogurt. He uses a "first grip" and so does Noddy. Junior can grip a crayon and fork but is awkward with them...he is getting better. My Junior can only now use a spoon but only for thick stuff like pudding or yogurt. He uses a “first grip” and so does Noddy.

Junior can grip a crayon and fork but is awkward with them…he is getting better.

]]> Comment on Pincer Grip by Angela http://whittereronautism.com/2008/07/pincer-grip/#comment-15128 Angela Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:52:15 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/?p=733#comment-15128 Yikes! He got to keep the crab? Yikes! He got to keep the crab?

]]> Comment on Pincer Grip by andrea http://whittereronautism.com/2008/07/pincer-grip/#comment-15126 andrea Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:11:46 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/?p=733#comment-15126 What I find curious is that my husband will still frequently hold his spoon or fork in the toddler's "fist grip", with the end of the utensil handle inside his fist. It's not like he can't do the regular pincer grip. Then again, both hubby and the kid have awkward penmanship that hasn't really moved beyond the semi-transitional printing + cursive. Fortunately, it's really not so much a problem as everybody types! andrea What I find curious is that my husband will still frequently hold his spoon or fork in the toddler’s “fist grip”, with the end of the utensil handle inside his fist. It’s not like he can’t do the regular pincer grip. Then again, both hubby and the kid have awkward penmanship that hasn’t really moved beyond the semi-transitional printing + cursive. Fortunately, it’s really not so much a problem as everybody types!

andrea

]]> Comment on Pincer Grip by furiousball http://whittereronautism.com/2008/07/pincer-grip/#comment-15124 furiousball Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:11:23 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/?p=733#comment-15124 i have this friend that's a lobster and he can totally do that i have this friend that’s a lobster and he can totally do that

]]> Comment on Pincer Grip by Julie L. http://whittereronautism.com/2008/07/pincer-grip/#comment-15123 Julie L. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:09:13 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/?p=733#comment-15123 It took a few extra years, but my guy eventually graduated from the "fist grip" shown in the first (expertly drawn) illustration to the pincer grip. As for the "spoon photo", that takes some skill too--raising (balancing) something bigger than the spoon in the air! Looks like he's being quite clever there. : ) It took a few extra years, but my guy eventually graduated from the “fist grip” shown in the first (expertly drawn) illustration to the pincer grip. As for the “spoon photo”, that takes some skill too–raising (balancing) something bigger than the spoon in the air! Looks like he’s being quite clever there. : )

]]> Comment on Pincer Grip by jess http://whittereronautism.com/2008/07/pincer-grip/#comment-15122 jess Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:55:01 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/?p=733#comment-15122 hence we practice putting coins into a piggy bank, picking pennies up off a table (no scooping them off the side, please dear .. nice try), and putting toothpicks into cubes of cheese .. we water plants (and often our sister)with spritz bottles too . slightly different, but strengthens the same muscles (these are #s 432 through 435 of 'things i thought i'd never know') hence we practice putting coins into a piggy bank, picking pennies up off a table (no scooping them off the side, please dear .. nice try), and putting toothpicks into cubes of cheese .. we water plants (and often our sister)with spritz bottles too . slightly different, but strengthens the same muscles
(these are #s 432 through 435 of ‘things i thought i’d never know’)

]]> Comment on Pincer Grip by The Domestic GOddess http://whittereronautism.com/2008/07/pincer-grip/#comment-15121 The Domestic GOddess Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:25:53 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/?p=733#comment-15121 That is one thing my boys do have, a pincer grip. They've never had issues with that, but still have fairly poor writing skills. But they can take screws out, pick up teeny things from the floor and pick fibers out of the carpet, so I figure it is a fairly well-developed skill! That is one thing my boys do have, a pincer grip. They’ve never had issues with that, but still have fairly poor writing skills. But they can take screws out, pick up teeny things from the floor and pick fibers out of the carpet, so I figure it is a fairly well-developed skill!

]]> Comment on Pincer Grip by This Little Piggy http://whittereronautism.com/2008/07/pincer-grip/#comment-15120 This Little Piggy Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:58:32 +0000 http://whittereronautism.com/?p=733#comment-15120 I'll take your spare tuit. ;o) (Formerly known as Kentucky Woman) I’ll take your spare tuit. ;o)

(Formerly known as Kentucky Woman)

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