She mouths everything and I need HELP

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I am having a hard time keeping Phoebe from putting her face and mouth on

everything in public spaces. She is seven, but has issues with an immune system

that is very susceptible to infections. I have to find someway to control this

because it is affecting her health in a bad way.

I just do not know what to do about it. At home it dos not affect her. But

anytime I take her out, it is mouth on the counter tops, I cannot even trust her

to walk in a hall with trash cans because as soon as I am not looking she has

her mouth on it! I know this sounds completely gross but I need to tell someone

that might can help us!!

We sit in a waiting room and the mouth goes on the arm rests. I take her to the

bathroom with me so I can pee and the mouth goes on the railings or the counter

top! I cannot even wash my own hands because I am trying to corral her mouth.

We get on an elevator and her mouth goes on the hand rails. In the doctor's

office she wants to roll on the floor or lick the walls and I come off as a

complete wacko mom who loses her mind trying to make it stop!!

It is completely frustrating and I feel like I am just banging my head on a wall

because no amount of correction helps. She is still putting her hands

completely in her mouth and if Im not looking the feet go in her mouth too.

Shoes and all. She gravitates to the most germ filled thing as possible to chew

on!!

I have got to get this under control and if there is anything therapy related to

address this behavior I sure would appreciate it. Insect repellent seems to

taste nasty enough to make her stop on the fingers for awhile, but once she gets

it rubbed off, she is sucking her entire hand into her mouth. She also chews

the neckline off of every shirt she has.

A very frustrated Phoebe's mom,

julie