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<blockquote data-quote="AriannaF" data-source="post: 3384273">I think you need more information before you can determine if this holding behavior is a healthy practice. I would suggest talking to your son about the way he likes to be held by the babysitter. You want to try to get him to talk to you about how it makes him feel good and where it makes him feel good. And get him to talk about why he wants to be held this way and so profoundly tight.Some kids like to be held tightly because they have sensory needs that are met through tight holding. Other kids have found that deep abdominal holding can make them feel calm, tingly, warm, blissed out. If your son enjoys being held tightly for sensory purposes or because it blisses him out, then by all means this can continue, with your babysitter holding the boy&#039;s stomach back in just as profoundly tight as can possibly be, and she can rest assured that she is not being harmful in any way. She has done the right thing by having open communication about it. She sounds like a person of integrity and I&#039;m glad you found her. Good Luck to you.Arianna F.Therapist &amp; Mental Health Worker</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AriannaF, post: 3384273"] I think you need more information before you can determine if this holding behavior is a healthy practice. I would suggest talking to your son about the way he likes to be held by the babysitter. You want to try to get him to talk to you about how it makes him feel good and where it makes him feel good. And get him to talk about why he wants to be held this way and so profoundly tight. Some kids like to be held tightly because they have sensory needs that are met through tight holding. Other kids have found that deep abdominal holding can make them feel calm, tingly, warm, blissed out. If your son enjoys being held tightly for sensory purposes or because it blisses him out, then by all means this can continue, with your babysitter holding the boy's stomach back in just as profoundly tight as can possibly be, and she can rest assured that she is not being harmful in any way. She has done the right thing by having open communication about it. She sounds like a person of integrity and I'm glad you found her. Good Luck to you. Arianna F. Therapist & Mental Health Worker [/QUOTE]

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