I finally know what causes it!
We had exactly the same problems with our daughter. I remember when she was 18 months and I could not dress her. Now she is almost 6 year old. At first I blamed it on age (terrible 2, terrible 3, then we moved to another city, new daycare, etc). However, for the past 2 year we live in the same location, she goes to the same school (no major changes) and still the problem exists. Practically all your entries describe my daughter’s problem with dressing and staying dressed (from underwear to shoes, jackets and seat bells in the car). During the worst weeks she could not even take a bath and of course no lotion on her skin. She also complained a lot about her eyes and her body and feeling very worm, but she never had temperature during these times. Also we have another daughter who is two years younger and doesn't have any of these problems, so we knew it was not something that we were doing wrong. We tried everything: various discipline methods, doctors, psychologists, OT, nothing really worked. It looked like there suggestions were working, but only for a short period of time. When we observed it over time her behavior always intensified in the fall and a bit in spring and always during rainy season. Finally, it was suggested to us that maybe she has allergies... This December we did a lot of alternative allergy testing using Dr. Doris Rapp method (I strongly recommend her books). Currently, we are using her treatment method and it is working wonderful!!! The antihistamine droops work within minutes. Our daughter also feels the treatment is working. Overall, majority of the clothing feels good on her (she still has some anxiety related to the clothing that felt extremely bad before and she still is afraid to put on lotion) but slowly she is trying things. Besides, she is much calmer and happier. I never knew she can smile that much! I hope this information will be helpful. Please note, we did not try regular allergy testing we are only using Dr. Rapp’s treatment and it is not covered by insurance.
We had exactly the same problems with our daughter. I remember when she was 18 months and I could not dress her. Now she is almost 6 year old. At first I blamed it on age (terrible 2, terrible 3, then we moved to another city, new daycare, etc). However, for the past 2 year we live in the same location, she goes to the same school (no major changes) and still the problem exists. Practically all your entries describe my daughter’s problem with dressing and staying dressed (from underwear to shoes, jackets and seat bells in the car). During the worst weeks she could not even take a bath and of course no lotion on her skin. She also complained a lot about her eyes and her body and feeling very worm, but she never had temperature during these times. Also we have another daughter who is two years younger and doesn't have any of these problems, so we knew it was not something that we were doing wrong. We tried everything: various discipline methods, doctors, psychologists, OT, nothing really worked. It looked like there suggestions were working, but only for a short period of time. When we observed it over time her behavior always intensified in the fall and a bit in spring and always during rainy season. Finally, it was suggested to us that maybe she has allergies... This December we did a lot of alternative allergy testing using Dr. Doris Rapp method (I strongly recommend her books). Currently, we are using her treatment method and it is working wonderful!!! The antihistamine droops work within minutes. Our daughter also feels the treatment is working. Overall, majority of the clothing feels good on her (she still has some anxiety related to the clothing that felt extremely bad before and she still is afraid to put on lotion) but slowly she is trying things. Besides, she is much calmer and happier. I never knew she can smile that much! I hope this information will be helpful. Please note, we did not try regular allergy testing we are only using Dr. Rapp’s treatment and it is not covered by insurance.