In the past six months, DS1 (8 in June) has started chewing and sucking the sleeves and the front neckline of his clothes. At Beavers, he practically sticks his whole scarf in his gob!
Aside from slowly ruining his clothes and making him look a bit odd, I'm more concerned about why he's doing it.
He doesn't seem to do it at school (but he is in a shirt, tie and wool jumper). He'll do it on the football pitch, whilst watching TV or talking to grandparents. I did think it might be when he's nervous but I can't see why he'd be nervous in those situations.
Anybody got any ideas to stop him? I've tried rubbing chillies onto the clothes but he just sucked all the taste out and kept going! I'd imagine the stuff to stop nail biting would probably dry hard on clothes? Thinking about giving him a "toy / soother" that he can play with instead....
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How to stop 8yo DS chewing / sucking sleeves?
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girlynut · 18/03/2013 18:31
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