Brush Body
The brush's roughness against the skin can feel completely different from day to day, sometimes pleasant, sometimes almost sharp. The steps below let a child know in advance where the brush goes and for how long.
♀Brush body
A girl brushes her arm with a body brush.
About this visual support
Skin is not equally sensitive from one day to the next. The same brush that felt soft yesterday can feel like it scrapes today, depending on tiredness, the state of the day and how well the body handles touch right then. For a child this means brushing the body is never quite the same thing twice, and the uncertainty about how it will feel can make the whole moment hard to agree to.
What calms is not pushing the feeling away but knowing what is coming. A visual support shows the order in which the body is brushed, arms, legs, back, so no touch arrives as a surprise. When the child sees the next area in advance, the body has time to prepare, and an expected sensation is almost always easier to carry than an unexpected one.
Let the child set the pace and choose which area comes first, since their own control over the touch lowers the discomfort more than any technique from outside. The one who steers the brush rarely feels the same resistance. In the Routined app you can build the order so the child recognises it every time.