Re: Re: Chewing on everything***been there***

[Guest guest]

I've been lucky with this, for some reason, (maybe the consistecy) my son

never swallowed the gum. He prefers dropping it on the carpet, or his new

trick is to put it in the fridge and get it out the next day!

Kathy, I get Orbit gum, Evan likes the orange flavor or the bubble gum

flavor.

Mindy

Re: Chewing on everything***been there***

Now I just need to get him to throw away in the trash can when

> he's done chewing.

>

LOL, before we could do that, we had to teach our son not to *swallow* it!

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my son chewed his shirts apart at the collars and

sleeves/cuffs. It was awful. Then suddenly, he

stopped. I really can't relate it to anything that

happened. It went on for about a year tho, when he

was about 9.

--- jeni golding <ggolding@...> wrote:

> I am soooo comforted to hear that my child isn't the

> only one eating

> his shirts.......Chewing gum is a more appropriate

> way of meeting the

> need for oral stimulation also saves a few tee

> shirts. eucalyptus oil

> helps remove the gum off carpet. I have found that a

> piece of gum

> before we enter the shops helps reduce the clapping

> and wall feeling

> that my son develops when his sensory needs are

> hightened.

> Implimenting the sensory diet (at home and at

> school) given to us by

> our O.T. also relieves my son during these times.

> Jeni

>

> > > Can you guys suggest any feedback concerning my

> son always

> putting

> > > everything in his mouth and he is chewing on his

> clothes alot. He

> did

> > > this a long time ago and I don't remember what

> the cause is. I'm

> sure

> > > it's some sensory thing. Could it possibly be

> strep related?

> Thanks for

> > > any suggestions, Jerri

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

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> > > opinion of the Research Institute and/or

> the Parent

> Coalition.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

My son is a big chewer too! We can't give him gum (he will swallow it). The

chewing seems to worsen sometimes and taper off at others, but I have no

idea why. Some of his shirt sleeves and collars are a mess. But right now,

during winter, it is his snowsuit and mitts that take a beating. I have to

take his snowsuit in to the tailor today to have a new zipper put in (again)

because he chews the top off. At school, they forget to stop zipping when

they hit the chewed part and the slider comes right off! We have tried those

rubber chewy sticks, but he shreds them in no time. He also grinds his teeth

sometimes and we are waiting to get in to see a pediatric dentist to make

sure he hasn't done any major damage.

BTW, he has always been a chewer. As a baby, he used to chew on the side of

his crib! I am hoping someday he will grow out of this (or I will find some

miracle cure to stop it).

Rhoda

Re: Re: Chewing on everything***been there***

> my son chewed his shirts apart at the collars and

> sleeves/cuffs. It was awful. Then suddenly, he

> stopped. I really can't relate it to anything that

> happened. It went on for about a year tho, when he

> was about 9.

>

> --- jeni golding <ggolding@...> wrote:

>

> > I am soooo comforted to hear that my child isn't the

> > only one eating

> > his shirts.......Chewing gum is a more appropriate

> > way of meeting the

> > need for oral stimulation also saves a few tee

> > shirts. eucalyptus oil

> > helps remove the gum off carpet. I have found that a

> > piece of gum

> > before we enter the shops helps reduce the clapping

> > and wall feeling

> > that my son develops when his sensory needs are

> > hightened.

> > Implimenting the sensory diet (at home and at

> > school) given to us by

> > our O.T. also relieves my son during these times.

> > Jeni

> >

> > > > Can you guys suggest any feedback concerning my

> > son always

> > putting

> > > > everything in his mouth and he is chewing on his

> > clothes alot. He

> > did

> > > > this a long time ago and I don't remember what

> > the cause is. I'm

> > sure

> > > > it's some sensory thing. Could it possibly be

> > strep related?

> > Thanks for

> > > > any suggestions, Jerri

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Responsibility for the content of this message

> > lies strictly with

> > > > the original author(s), and is not necessarily

> > endorsed by or the

> > > > opinion of the Research Institute and/or

> > the Parent

> > Coalition.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >