My child won't shut her mouth!

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My daughter has a new compulsion! She has spent every waking moment for the past

week with her tongue on her chin and spit pouring out of her mouth. I know it's

pretty typical with DS to play with the tongue and leave their mouth open at

times, but I'm talking always. She doesn't talk and she doesn't eat, so I really

do mean ALWAYS! She also understands the command, " put your tounge in your

mouth. " I've always said that to her and she puts it away when told, but not

now. She doesn't respond to the command anymore and when I push it back in her

mouth with my finger she screams at me. It's important to me that my kids are

excepted in the 'real world'. So, they dress nice and have their hair done ect.

When your have your mouth hanging open and spit pouring out it's hard to be

taken seriously. Of course, she's also much cuter when she doesn't have her

tongue sitting on her chin! I don't know why it bugs me so much. Because she

refuses to obey, because it makes her look dumb, because her skin is a mess, all

of the above?? Do I need to chill out and not worry about it? It's driving me

crazy!