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[quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure whether this belongs on Older Kids or SN but since this is a kinder group and may be linked to my DS's sensory seeking (he also has ADHD), I thought I'd start here.  He does have sensory isuses, smells everything before he eats it, has texture issues and also has regulation issues.

I know this sounds totally weird and I swear I'm not a high school kid posting this - my 8 you DS loves to smell me, mostly in the area of my arm pits and around my breasts.  It mostly happens in the morning and before he goes to bed.  When he gets that way, it's like he's overwhelmed by this need to smell me.  I can tell he's about ready to do it because he focuses on my breasts, reaches out to them like an addict reaching for a hit.  He also likes to bury his face in my breasts.  It's really making me uncomfortable and I tell him so.  He hears the words but he's not listening and he doesn't care if it makes me uncomfortable.  It's all about him.  Now, I recognize that particular behavior as related to his ADHD - I'm not excusing it but I recognize it.  We talk about it when he's calm and in control and he acknowledges that when someone tells him to stop doing something, he is to stop and that what he's doing is NOT appropriate.  But then later he just can't control himself - he 'needs' the 'mommy smell'.  He doesn't do this when non-family are around.  Has anyone else experienced this?  Any advice?  This is really starting to creep me and DH out.[/quote]

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