Re: Salt, soap and shving cream craving

[Guest guest]

Liz,

I have heard that some children have an uncanny ability to find products

that contain gluten or casein. Some parents say that their children eat

paper, butter sticks, etc. All of those products could have gluten or

casein and your child could be getting their " fix " off of them.\

F.

Mom of three boys

Salt, soap and shving cream craving

> Help! Would anyone know why a child craves salt? Also, my son eats soap

and

> shaving cream. Any help would be appreciated.

>

> Thanks

> Liz

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I also heard a story - at a lecture - of a child who drank

her mother's liquid foundation for her gluten fix. Sounds like an

alcholic drinking cough medicine for the buzz......

Moira

> Liz,

>

> I have heard that some children have an uncanny ability to find

products

> that contain gluten or casein. Some parents say that their

children eat

> paper, butter sticks, etc. All of those products could have gluten

or

> casein and your child could be getting their " fix " off of them.\

>

> F.

> Mom of three boys

>

>

> Salt, soap and shving cream craving

>

>

> > Help! Would anyone know why a child craves salt? Also, my son

eats soap

> and

> > shaving cream. Any help would be appreciated.

> >

> > Thanks

> > Liz

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I would assume that there is something in them that he is allergic to!!

See if they all have a 'like' ingredient. Beth

At 11:39 AM 07/26/2001 -0400, you wrote:

>Help! Would anyone know why a child craves salt? Also, my son eats soap

and

>shaving cream. Any help would be appreciated.

>

>Thanks

>Liz

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My older son used to eat salt by the handfull. I know that having him on

the diet and finding the right balance of supplements (for him) seemed to

cure it. Either that or he just outgrew it on his own (he's 5 1/2 now).

He also still loves cinnamon, which I know to be highly phenolic, and it

really sets him off. He never ate soap or shaving cream, but was always

putting rocks in his mouth. Our kids have such weird sensory issues that

who knows what these things smell and taste like to them.

Hope this helps.

( & Malachi's mom)