Thats DS8. I will tell him to please stop pulling on the stove safety rail and he'll say okay, keep talking and keep pulling. I get louder, he'll shout okay!, take his hands off, resume talking, resume pulling. And so on.
It was worst when he was four and had this sensory need to keep grabbing, yanking, twisting and sucking my hair. I kept training him: a five minute back rub for every minute you don't touch my hair. His hand would creep up within seconds, it was like the Addams family.
I have yelled at him to use his brains to take control of his hands. It does help to remind him of that control.
It's very odd.
Last edited by Tigerle; 01/28/15 12:30 AM.
