6yr old still 'mouths' things

[misdee]

dd1 just tried to 'mouth' my new nexklace. she is alsways doing stuff like this. she chews clothes as well. drives me mad.

My 11 yr old still chews the neck of his t-shirt when he's on the computer!

maybe shes got worms?.......

to be honest, i wouldnt worry too much about it....i used to have a thing for chewing my necklace til i was 14 .......chewing sleeves was a phase too..... cant really give you more ..sorry!

Lots of kids do this, my son 13 really winds me up with the pull part on zips, always in his mouth. I cut the plastic bit off his coat to stop him doing it.

no no worms. she did have a dummy till she was almost 4, and still wants one now when she is ill.

Dd2 ate the cuff of her cardi the other week, it looked a right mess.

She also asks for a dummy when ill, but she knows she can't have one.

DS1 used to do this all the time - clothes, zips, anything. It stopped when I changed his diet, but so did lots of other things. I can tell when he's had too much of something he reacts to foodwise because he starts chewing his sleeves again (and coughs, gets a red rash round mouth and starts to behave like a PITA).

Don't think all chewing is food intolerance, though, but it was fascinating to find out that it was in DS1's case.