Bless him! My 6 yr old with severe ASD would not wear shoes until he was 4. Recently last year he then showed aversions to them again. He’s now got 1 pair he will wear and that’s sherper lined wellies with no socks.

Our son hates wearing shoes, too. I don't particularly care for them either lol. The school has been accommodating and let him go barefoot for awhile. Then he started tolerating slippers. Now he'll tolerate sandals or rainboots when they go outside and will put his slippers back on when he comes back in. Haven't been able to get him to wear close toed shoes but a win is a win, right? Great to see the swing is helping, we love ours too! Take care!

Good video. It’s good to see you back on KZfaq

Dear Jessie, did you consider reducing noise inside your house, e.g. with acoustic panels or other sound absorbing materials? Maybe less noise would help your family? Love from Denmark ❤

Can you possibly get him some jetproof sensory socks ? I feel sorry for him with blisters/sweaty feet etc

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This is my daughter ATM. I'm trying to find suitable black shoes waterproof velcro strap are they waterproof

I also struggle to wear shoes I just find them so uncomfortable.

I wanted to say something about our family. I'm not going to label my children. My daughter is a zoomey, can't sit still, say complete sentences, memory 5 to 15 seconds. Even in sleep she moves something, awake she annoys other adults loudness, moving around, climbing furniture without realizing she is even doing it. Her younger brother at 12 months copied her, everything, zoomed too, repeated sounds, climbing ect. Fast forward 5 years, she is starting to calm down some, noticing her surroundings, memory 30 sec to 15mins. But my son 8s still zooming and can't figure why she isn't, gets upset, pushes her to zoom. Fast forward 2 more years, there us a definite split in sibling behavior, shes mire calmer, comple short sentences, understanding tasks, still procrastination is a problem. But much much better, does not want to play w brother but a few mins a day. Young son, confused, hurt, angry at her, feels abandoned. But when he then starts pulling away from her, he completely stops zooming, repeating words stop, climbing is cut in half. Concentration starts, memory starts, and by 6th grade he is absolutely nothing like his sister. Is more introspect, quiet, and more centered on his school, reading and his projects he does. Why do I say this? I'm wandering, even though genders are different then my kids. I wander if your daughter zoomed is her copying your older sons behavior when he was younger. I remember when she was very little and she was not like that, zoomed. So... if your compassion, which is wonderful and your tolerance for noise, because u expect her to act like your son, and if u do, does she not do so, because she expects thats how you supposed to behave. I yelled at my mother when my 2 kids were young when my mom said my son was only copying his sister. Now after watching fir last 7 years, I think I may have contributed to his behavior for not correcting him, as a normal parent would of a normal child in social situations, so he would if bern better prepared fir school and social cues. I think I thought he was like her, so I didn't. My failure for not recognizing it waS copying and not correcting him and giving other avenues of structure,, made his life in school and his relationships alot harder then it should of been. My mother said there's nothing wrong or different about my son,, e cept he needed more duckling and structure like any normal kid. Example I could not tell my daughter to hush be quiet, sit still ect, cause she truly couldn't. And assumed his behavior was like her, so never corrected his behavior( social cues). My kid may had difficulty because I thought his behavior normal for him, when actually he always had the control, I just didn't expect it. So never asked it unless, life and death situations. I'm glad finally I recognize it now, w behavior counseling. And some stronger dad correction. It was hard, I had to forgive myself for my terrible mistake with him. He has now graduated from high school and straight A's in college. He can finish task and is more normal in social situations even if he still is a bit shy, as middle school and high school socially was hard for him. Cause I did not recognize he was normal when he was younger and had to learn about social rules later then any other normal child learns them. I want u to try to take a step back. I think your daughter behaves normally, but your doing what I did. Please don't be mad at me, like I was at my mother.