AngelsfromtherealmsofgloryDog ·
14/12/2011 22:18
23 m.o. DS has all his teeth including the two year old molars. Within a week of the last molar coming through the gum he started biting and gnawing on everything. He's also chewing his hands a lot (and dribbling lots while he does it).
He has eczema and when teething it used to spread to his hands because he gnawed on them - which is happening again now. 
He bites on hard things and soft things. He often says 'eat' before he bites them. Very occasionally he says his teeth hurt, but most of the time he says they don't. Usually he's reasonably reliable at telling me whether something does or doesn't hurt.
He used to be a very oral baby and explore things with his mouth, but that had pretty much disappeared by about 18 m.o.
He did have a short phase of chewing the inside of his cheeks, although that seems to have stopped.
It's driving me to distraction and is the cause of some friction between us, especially when we're out shopping. 
Any ideas why he might be doing this - could there be anything other than teeth causing discomfort? It's been going on for about a month now.