Ds 11 months old like the taste of metal and batteries

[mummyrayjay]

Do you think he could be lacking in something?

Someone said perhaps he is lacking in zink?

zinc maybe ?

how do they test to see if babies are lacking in zink? is it blood tests?

is he teething, it could be the metal is cold and soothing. How on earth is he getting hold of batteries?

yes he has been teething from 4months.

He bangs the tv remote control to get them out, or can get them out of my cordless phone. As much as we try to keep them out of the way he finds a way...

Put them on high shelf, u can get a shock from batteries.

Just don't let him chew batteries! Honestly...

sounds like you've got a little engineer on your hands

batteries are dangerous

take care

they are considered an item that should have special dispoasdal

Sorry but gaffa tape all your gadgets that have batteries. Batteries are well dodgy.

He could be anaemic. My mother had an urge for such things when she was pregnant with me.

Yes I know batteries are not for babies, I do my best to keep them out of the way and I have just put cellotape on my remote.

I used to love metally tastes when I was a child - i remember at 5 or 6 craving metal. I don't know if I was deficient in zinc, maybe I just liked the taste?

cellotape not enough, you need gaffa tape. He'll get the cellotape off in no time.

Incidentally, mine licks windows (no pun intended there), shopping trolleys, chairs, walls, doors etc. There isn't anywhere he's been that hasn't been left with a dribble of saliva thanks to ds. I put it down as a phase, or being orally fixated, not a deficiency.

licking windows is quite common i think

keys are of corse ver popular

Mmm, probably a glass deficiency

Mmm, probably a glass deficiency

zippi - he kisses shoes too. Of random people.

and mercury batteries can be fatal

kidding aside

you ned to make them unavailable

rhubarb - how old is dc? sounds funny (apart from the germs he might collect)

And he always has his mouth round something. Always. Orally fixated. He was spitting into his glass today in a restaurant and then drinking it.

Oh no, I was hoping ds wold stop utting things in is mouth at some stage, sounds like it gets worse

Oh no, I was hoping ds would stop putting things in is mouth at some stage, sounds like it gets worse