ASD son constantly jumping on furniture

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Wow, problem solved in an unexpected way. Received a nice big bean bag from Grandma and Pap for Christmas. Smaller than a trampoline and easier to find a corner for it. And he can jump on it all he wants! (I do still have to be careful where he sets it to jump--he had it right next to the Christmas tree this evening and obviously, that needed to be a place to sit on it, NOT to jump on it.)

Outer material is extremely sturdy--it should take quite a bit of jumping--and when he smashes all the inside beads flat, it unzips so you can refill it. And it doubles as a cozy spot for him to sit under his weighted blanket when he is relaxing instead of stimming.

So, in case someone else comes upon this thread sometime looking for a solution for a similar problem...here's another option.

OP, I am glad you found a good solution!

On another thread those exercise balls were brought up as a solution for this jumping around stimming issue. They make some of them with stabilizing weight in the bottom, and they come in different heights. You can bounce on them (seated) and sometimes kids will even use them as chairs at their desks so they get proprioceptive feedback while they work. My son has this same stimming need.

Your parenting is fine. I really hate when the parenting/mommy wars have to be dragged into things, as though there is not too much of that out in the world as there is. In my experience if a child has a stim, you have to be careful taking it away until you find a substitute s/he will accept that is less disruptive/harmful than what the kid is already doing. So, it is not so simple as tough love and making them stop b/c if you take away a stim they need to center themselves, they will find something else on their own which may be worse, or you end up with other behavioral/mood problems. Sometimes standard parenting procedures work if the need is not too central, but there are many times when you sometimes have to accept a sub-optimal situation for awhile until you figure out a better work around for everyone's benefit.

YAY!

Glad you found something that worked for you and your son.

One word of advice...

If that bean bag chair ever breaks open (look over the seams and zips once a week), use a wet/dry vac OR a broom with dust pan to sweep up most the spillage.

The pellets will fry out a regular vacuum.

(We had that issue when one opened up in school.)

Also if you need refills, get them when you see them. The stores usually have them during Christmas and Back to School sales. My friend would buy 4 sleeves and that way she was never put of pellets. Once the stores sell out, they are usually out for a while.

Hope you had a wonderful holiday!