Published on 12, July, 2020
My 2.5 year old daughter was diagnosed with ASC last year and we’re slowly getting to grips with the challenges this faces us.
One thing that we cannot solve and would appreciate advice on is her constant “dry humping” on our legs, furniture, toys and floor.
We’ve been adviced it’s a sensory thing, and even had her urine checked for any potential infections, which came out all clear.
We’ve tried everything to stop her, including playing with her, taking her away from object/ leg, bathing and iPad with her favourite cartoons, but sometimes she won’t stop!
Sometimes she will make herself sore, but with some Sudocream application this seems to help.
She seems to go in to a real trance when doing it too!
Has anyone else experienced this please?
Any advice is appreciated!
Hi my son does this and he went through a stage of doing it all the time but now he’s doing it less and definitely I would say it’s sensory and self soothing and more when he’s tired. I was concerned at first but now leave him to it as long as he doesn’t do it in public etc. He goes through phases and obsessions so I’m hoping it’s just a phase which will pass. To be honest it’s one of his least worrying phases as he’s not hurting himself or others. Hope this helps a bit