I try really hard to make space in her day to play outside with her brother. It happens 4 days out of 5, I'd say (our climate is fairly temperate). I'm wondering if I need to try to make an actual sensory diet for her. We used to do joint compressions and deep pressure but weren't sure if it really helped. She loved it, but it seemed to just amp her up.
I feel worried that chewy jewelery would be socially unacceptable at her age. Do they make special pencil toppers designed to chew? That's probably better, although god knows, her teacher might forbid it.
sorta wish I could borrow your dd for a day and let her hang out with my dd in the backyard - my dd is basically driving the rest of us a little nuts at the moment, but she clearly needs her space to be wiggly and wild
c'mon over! J/k. It has sometimes been a little tricky for DD because her play needs and desires can be somewhat "boyish" (she generally considers social time a time for excitement and running around, though she also likes to play games) but she hates war play and isn't interested in organized sports. I sometimes feel like she looks pretty out of line with girls her age, but then I hang out with boys her age and she looks typical compared to them. Fortunately her BFF is very like her in terms of play style.