With Ashlea, like Monnie said, her major issue was getting dressed and wearing clothes. It became such a disturbance to every day life when it would take up to 2 hours to get her dressed each morning. I would feel sick at the thought of having to tackle getting her up and ready to leave the house in the morning. Certain clothes were easy and it was over with in 5 mins, but abviously i had no idea what was going on and did put it down to 'bad behaviour' as I had never heard of something like this.
She is almost 6 now and still has problems but is getting better now because we both understand the problems and realise that it really is a problem.

Chrsity, Ash could NOT stand having her hair tied up for years. Bands and clips and cute things 'didn't feel right' to her. I was so upset looking at the other kids in their gorgeous pumpkin patch clothes with hair bands and pony tails and clips, while ash was bare foot in a skirt and t shirt with her hair out all over the place.
Now she is experimenting with what she can deal with in her hair and as she gets older she can tolerate things better which is nice, but its still an issue. She can't stand low pony tails, they have to be high enough that they don't irriate her neck, and she prefers plaits of they are in a pony tail first, not just plaited.

Christy it very slowly does start to get better, and it really has helped ash seeing her therapist to help her cope with the situations. Like i've mentioned before, its not about treating the actual sensory problem, but finding ways to help everyone cope better with it. I certainly can't force ash to start dealing with a certain feeling or certain clothes, but we have come up with ways to help her.