Strange problem re bed eating

[sannie]

Hi There,

Does anyone else's child eat their bed???

For the last few months or so my son has been slowly eating his cot!! I have to hoover out his cot at least twice a day to cope with all of the wood splinters (first thing in the morning and after his nap). He's working on about 4 or 5 seperate places especially at the side which is developing a large dent.

Fortunately, there's no varnish or paint on the cot so I'm not worried about poisening. I don't think it's anything to do with his teeth coming through - he just seems to enjoy doing it...

Have any of you experienced the same thing with your kids??

How old is your ds?
Can you take the cot sides off?

Does the cot not have those plastic covers to prevent this? And, yes, how old?

Does the cot not have a teething rail?

That's a bit worrying because he could get splinters in his mouth.

Have you seen the dentist? Personally I'd be very tempted to introduce something he could safely chew like a teething toy TBH. Rather that than raise a beaver!

lol @ raise a beaver

Ooops, he's 15 months old.

This is the first I have heard about cot teething rails which look fantastic!!!

Thanks

My DS completely ignored the cot teething rails at the sides and chewed the bed end instead! He didn't get any actual bites though, so no splinter worries - he just left lots of little teeth marks in the wood .