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When Your Hyper Child Just Doesn’t Listen, Try This

July 24, 2018 by Julie 8 Comments

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Problem: Your hyper child just doesn’t listen to you! The child can’t stop bouncing off the walls. Solution? Let’s jump in (see how I did that?).

Are you listening? I yell out. Why are you ignoring me?

Yes, that’s me, trying to get my son’s attention. But he’s too busy. So busy and his body is always moving.

Is your child constantly moving? Never does as you ask until you finally have to hold onto your child and make them give you eye contact, and really listen?

I’m not a medical professional; I’m a mom and a type of parent like you who struggled with getting my son to listen and really hear me until I took the time to understand sensory input. So I’m sharing some of these tips with you today.

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If your child is hyper, always moving, can’t sit still or listen to you, your child is very likely seeking proprioceptive and vestibular sensory input. And that’s perfectly normal!

Some kids need more sensory input than others, with or without a sensory processing disorder, and it is our duty as parents to help facilitate that need. You also want to be careful about sensory overload. Read this free guide for more information on sensory processing overload.

Once that need for movement, touch, and/or pressure is met, the child is in a much better position to listen and do the task you are asking him or her to do.

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What is Proprioceptive Sense?

The proprioceptive sense: signaling body shape, body position and movement, and muscle force.  Source.

The proprioceptive sense focuses our body’s position in space and includes the sensations of pulling, squeezing, pushing, and related feelings of the pressure relationship between your body and another object. This sense plays a role in motor development.

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If your child is constantly hands-on, this is the sense that needs more input. My child was always getting in trouble at school for not keeping his hands to himself, and I have been focusing on finding ways for him to meet his sensory needs in other ways.

 

What is Vestibular Sense?

The vestibular sense is the sense of balance and spatial orientation for the purpose of coordinating movement with balance. Source.

In the vestibular sense, your body’s orientation and balance are important. These include the sensations felt when jumping and swinging.

This sense is very important in preventing falls (because when a toddler falls and hits his head is a scary situation).

 

 

Related: If your child is often angry, you may want to read this post.

 

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Proprioceptive and Vestibular Sensory Input Ideas

Some activities are great because they give both proprioceptive and vestibular input. One example is jumping. The sensation when you are airborne is vestibular, but the pressure of leaving the ground and returning to the ground in the jump is proprioceptive.

Here are some ideas for easy activities you can use to get your hyper child some proprioceptive and vestibular input and take a sensory break. And you might also like some of these sensory toys!

  • Trampoline jump (both proprioceptive and vestibular)
  • Wheelbarrow walk with the help of a friend or parent (both proprioceptive and vestibular)
  • Pull an exercise band (proprioceptive)
  • Beanbag toss (proprioceptive)
  • Stress ball squeeze (proprioceptive)
  • Stretch really tall (vestibular)
  • Stomp your feet (proprioceptive)
  • Push the wall (proprioceptive)
  • Jumping on your toes (both proprioceptive and vestibular)
  • Hop on one foot (both proprioceptive and vestibular)
  • Jump rope (both proprioceptive and vestibular)
  • Slide down on a park slide (both proprioceptive and vestibular)
  • Swings (both proprioceptive and vestibular)
  • Run in place (both proprioceptive and vestibular)
  • Touch your toes (both proprioceptive and vestibular)
  • Wiggle around on the ground like a snake (proprioceptive)
  • Bear hugs or squeezing hands (proprioceptive)
  • Hang upside down (vestibular)
  • Spin in a circle (vestibular)
  • Toss a ball back and forth (both proprioceptive and vestibular)
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So when my son won’t stop touching things or people, I redirect to a proprioceptive sensory break activity to help satisfy that sensory need. Or when he just refuses to listen, I ask him if he wants to jump or toss a ball back and forth. That helps to regulate him, give his brain a chance to refocus, and then I can ask him to help clean up, again.

 

What other ideas for proprioceptive and vestibular input or sensory breaks do you have and tried with your kids?

 

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  1. Adriane says

    February 2, 2020 at 5:31 pm

    Such great information! I have a hard time understanding this concept of sensory input so thank you for breaking it down. I will for sure be sharing this post to help others understand where the hyper behavior is coming from and all the activities that can help!

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    • Julie says

      February 2, 2020 at 5:58 pm

      Thanks so much, Adriane!

      Reply
  2. Britta says

    August 1, 2018 at 8:07 am

    This is so insightful! And it makes so much sense! My son is constantly yanking on his and other people’s hair, shoving things, pinching, grabbing, shoving… sometimes the only thing I can do to calm is down is hang him upside down. I have never heard this information. This will help me so much in parenting him. 🙂 Thank you!

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    • Julie says

      August 1, 2018 at 12:47 pm

      Thanks Britta! It wasn’t until I took a parenting course that I even realized these needs exist and have names!

      Reply
  3. Darcy says

    July 31, 2018 at 11:09 am

    This is so the story of our life right now. My toddler isn’t listening to anything 🙁 Great advice. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Julie says

      July 31, 2018 at 11:18 am

      Toddlers are the most difficult bosses!

      Reply
  4. Kira | A Better Life Lived says

    July 24, 2018 at 2:51 pm

    Good advice! My son is always on the go and we just bought him a trampoline. Sometimes he needs to be guided to use it, but it does seem to help sometimes!

    Reply
    • Julie says

      July 25, 2018 at 4:03 pm

      I bet your son enjoys his trampoline! I really need to get a small indoor one for our kiddo. He’d never leave it.

      Reply

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