Re: Licking

[Guest guest]

My #3 PDD son licks when he eats a " bad food " . For him, it is

regression to the oral/baby stage. He will lick things and put

objects and his hands into his mouth. Once the bad food is removed,

he stops licking things.

I have not updated my hand-licking opinion to include this

information, but here it is for you, in case you do not believe your

child's licking is a regression thing.

http://home.pacbell.net/cscomp/handlick.htm

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> My daughter has recently started licking things (her hands, my

LEG!). Any

> suggestions on where this comes from or how to deal with it (stop

it). I

> tell her NO, but you know.

> Ysanna, 2.5 yr old, autistic, also GFCF on DMG, CLO, acidipholus,

and

> multivitamen.

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[Guest guest]

That was my thought as well, that the child may be seeking salt - not

necessarily a bad thing. Maybe a bit of salt on food could be in order. Or

maybe not, but just a suggestion.

Kate

barbeetofloyd@... wrote:

> I've heard that usually when children lick their skin it is because they're

> are licking the salt off their skin.

> MA

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[Guest guest]

I think it may be a sensory issue. Thanx for all the advice/suggestions.

----Original Message Follows----

Reply-To: GFCFKids

To: GFCFKids

Subject: Re: Licking

Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 21:07:04 -0500

That was my thought as well, that the child may be seeking salt - not

necessarily a bad thing. Maybe a bit of salt on food could be in order. Or

maybe not, but just a suggestion.

Kate

barbeetofloyd@... wrote:

> I've heard that usually when children lick their skin it is because

they're

> are licking the salt off their skin.

> MA

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