Comments on: How Did This Get There? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/how-did-this-get-there/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:15:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: AnneC http://www.blisstree.com/articles/how-did-this-get-there/comment-page-1/#comment-543685 AnneC Sat, 24 Nov 2007 06:46:05 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/how-did-this-get-there/#comment-543685 The house my family lived in when I was between the ages of 3 and 8 had a rather large (at least 12" x 12") hole in one of the bedroom closets. I remember very deliberately dropping various items into the hole (including a Kermit the Frog watch I never found again) and generally being fascinated by it. I also remember lying on the living room floor dropping papers, cards, and other small objects through the heat registers. And I've always tended to carry a backpack around with various familiar/useful things in it. There is definitely something about "putting things in places" (sometimes for storage, sometimes in a sort of "investigative" sense -- my putting things down the heat register vents felt vaguely like the scenes I saw in cartoons where people would throw pebbles into wells to see if they could "hear" where the water was.) The house my family lived in when I was between the ages of 3 and 8 had a rather large (at least 12″ x 12″) hole in one of the bedroom closets. I remember very deliberately dropping various items into the hole (including a Kermit the Frog watch I never found again) and generally being fascinated by it.

I also remember lying on the living room floor dropping papers, cards, and other small objects through the heat registers. And I’ve always tended to carry a backpack around with various familiar/useful things in it.

There is definitely something about “putting things in places” (sometimes for storage, sometimes in a sort of “investigative” sense — my putting things down the heat register vents felt vaguely like the scenes I saw in cartoons where people would throw pebbles into wells to see if they could “hear” where the water was.)

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/how-did-this-get-there/comment-page-1/#comment-543689 Kristina Chew, PhD Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:40:57 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/how-did-this-get-there/#comment-543689 Then there were the photos (favorite ones) Charlie put into the crack at the top of the stairs! Then there were the photos (favorite ones) Charlie put into the crack at the top of the stairs!

]]> By: mcewen http://www.blisstree.com/articles/how-did-this-get-there/comment-page-1/#comment-547123 mcewen Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:43:51 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/how-did-this-get-there/#comment-547123 Oh I know what you mean. Mine used to hide things in the same place [which was great!] now he's more inventive and trying to get inside his head and unravel things is more difficult than the average crossword puzzle. Cheers Oh I know what you mean. Mine used to hide things in the same place [which was great!] now he’s more inventive and trying to get inside his head and unravel things is more difficult than the average crossword puzzle.
Cheers

]]> By: Marla http://www.blisstree.com/articles/how-did-this-get-there/comment-page-1/#comment-543669 Marla Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:54:05 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/how-did-this-get-there/#comment-543669 We have this situation as well. If Maizie puts something somewhere chances are we may not find it for days! We have this situation as well. If Maizie puts something somewhere chances are we may not find it for days!

]]> By: ange http://www.blisstree.com/articles/how-did-this-get-there/comment-page-1/#comment-543642 ange Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:08:24 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/how-did-this-get-there/#comment-543642 luckily my little hoarder puts everything under thing that he can *just* barely fit under... the quilt rack, his bed, the baker's rack, and sometime the old chifarobe (sp?) in my bedroom. I find clothes, food (apples, pretzels, chew up stuff), candles, and lots of his "trinkets." I was going to say I'm lucky that I know where to look, but sometimes, it's not so lucky! luckily my little hoarder puts everything under thing that he can *just* barely fit under… the quilt rack, his bed, the baker’s rack, and sometime the old chifarobe (sp?) in my bedroom. I find clothes, food (apples, pretzels, chew up stuff), candles, and lots of his “trinkets.” I was going to say I’m lucky that I know where to look, but sometimes, it’s not so lucky!

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