FW: unsolicited and unwanted advice

-----Original Message-----
From: Barbe, Robin
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 2:58 PM
To: Germany, Chris
Subject: unsolicited and unwanted advice

fyi,

you guys can really help your child in the future by giving her lots of sensory input. by sensory input i mean: swaddling, stroking down her arms, legs and back with different textures. (diffferent types of fabric, ie, satin, terry cloth, knit etc....) there is also a sensory brush but i don't know about it's use on babies.

the reason i say this is that my children both have a sensory deficiency. my little one, jerald, goes to occupational therapy once a week for sensory input. which is really nothing more than alot of fun play activities that incorporate the senses.

in the information i was given to read for jerald, they mentioned a link between c-section babies and sensory deficiits. they claim that alot of sensory input occurs when the baby is pushed through and out of the birth canal which c-section babies obviously miss. i don't know how true this is but the sensory input can't hurt her.