Nearly six month old putting EVERYTHING in his mouth - when does this stop?

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DS is a cheerful little chap but is absolutely chowing down on anything he can get his hands on at the moment. Including my nose, chin, neck, hair...you get the picture

He often seems agitated by toys as he concentrates for ages to try and get them in his mouth then seems displeased with the result and starts flailing

At the moment I am constantly covered in gummed on slobber oh and sick...I smell of baby sick always.

He's also trying to get his feet in his mouth at the moment and gets very red faced and frustrated when he can't seem to do it (not flexible enough?)

Is it normal for him to be so frenzied over everything going in his mouth?!

When he s seven??

Yes it's a normal part of development.

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I think what PP is trying to say is that they do it for ages!

Never. My 5 year old still puts everything in her mouth.

I also still chew things and I’m 26.

@chiyo666 please tell me he won't still be chewing my face at 26 😆

Mine did this for years. Sorry. I know he was still doing it when he started Reception because he chewed the fingers off umpteen pairs of gloves at school, and the collars and cuffs of several school jackets.

Depends if he discovers bath salts or not

It's a normal part of development - he's exploring the world around him. The repeated action is will be helping his brain develop. Have a look at Body Shock brave new world, its based on the 1st 16 weeks but the info on brain development is interesting to know. This might be helpful too foundationyears.org.uk/what-to-expect-when/

Aww man my DD was like this , it’s so yuk! However it’s very normal and it’s just them getting a sensory hit. My DD stopped when
She was about 15 months .

Normal. My two stopped around 2ish but ds2 started again recently chewing penlids. He's just turned 4.
I had an organic rubber bath toy that was the right shape to fit in their mouth and I would give them that to chew on when they were babies. It's generally linked to teething and also exploring shapes/textures.
Have you offered some finger foods for him yet?
One of mine liked to pick up pebbles when they were a toddler and pop them in their mouth. I had to watch like a hawk when out and about.
Enjoy!

Mine was still doing it at 4. He's stopped now at 5!

DD is 16mo and doesn't do it that much but in some ways that's worse as you drop your guard and then suddenly notice she has a pig magnet in her gob.

DD will be 3 in Sept and still puts everything in her mouth. Sand, mud, glitter... you name it. Her nursery say she's just a very sensory loving kid!

It seems to really depend. Ds1 stopped by about 14 months but ds2 is still going strong at 18 months which is unfortunate as we have hundreds of tiny bits of toys we never had when ds1 was a baby so I have to watch him like a hawk

My six year old is forever being told to take things out of his mouth.
Can't get him to eat real food, but give him a random bit of grubby fluff off the floor and he's like 'yummy!'
Mind you, my 3 year old daughter doesn't do it any more.

Haha, it was years for DC1 to stop, definitely reception age. DC2 was easier as we'd child proofed better, and she was generally less 'sucky', probably around 2.

I can also confirm its quite common in reception class (TA), pencils, rubbers, counting blocks, fingers, sleeves, books, etc. That's why we were so surprised government prioritised reception class returning to school over year 6! It's a constant job keeping the class and kids clean!

Have you ever met a baby before?

My middle son was 6 before he stopped putting things in his mouth.

6!!