5 year old still 'mouths' stuff like a baby...is this normal?

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DS2 continually puts stuff in his mouth to chew/suck...in particular his toys. If you give him anything, the first place he will put it is his mouth I have lost count of the number of toys he has broken by doing this and he looks like an overgrown toddler

is it normal not to have grown out of this stage?

My almost 4 year old does this and it drives me mental. If it's not a toy or whatever it's her hand in her mouth. It's like she can't help it, it's a habit.

My 6yr old grew out of it very quickly, I can't remember him doing it once he was around a year old.

I don't know if it's normal but I know it annoys me having to tell her constantly to take things out of her mouth.

I used to do it until I was about 7/8

I can remember not being allowed toys with small parts and kinder eggs were banned as the whole plastic egg would go in my mouth

I stopped when I progressed to nail biting

My 9 yr old ds still chews things, zip tags, cuddly toys, jumper cuffs etc. but he's quite a 'fiddly' boy too, always has something in his hands or scratching at something he shouldn't! He just needs quite high levels of sensory input I think.

Thanks for the replies

Glad that he is not alone...he is currently sat here chewing the remote control

Maybe some children do just need more sensory input.

yes my dd does still a bit.

Urgh mine chew their clothes ffs. They're 8 and 6!

Check out sensory perception and see if this sounds like your child. X