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16 month old shoves EVERYTHING in her mouth

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charx · 20/10/2010 20:39

OMG. Please help. DD2 shoves everything in her mouth and I am now going bananas at it. I thought it would wear off. It's got beyond a joke - and the list is endless: washing up gloves, scooter wheel, money (filched from my bag) playmobil, sylvanians, hand cream, sand (handfuls), shoes (chunks out of DD1 crocs) and recently and more worryingly I found her with an open safety pin in her mouth. No idea where she found that - cos as you can imagine I am pretty careful about things on the floor - but now my darling with terrorist climbs onto the sofa and onto the bookcase - or moves a chair to climb onto in order to reach whatever she wants. And its never ending.

Fishing stuff out of her mouth is not easy either (she bites). And she will happily swallow whatever it is - I've had cardboard and playmobil nappies already. I now grab her, turn her upside down and fish it out - upside down as I'm guessing it is more difficult for her to swallow in this position.

The final straw - is that I have had tonight had to admit to myself that my eternity ring has gone missing. I had taken it off a few weeks ago as I had bad eczema on my hands and it was in my jewellery box. I had seen her walking around with a bead bracelet in her mouth from there which I quickly removed and put back - but my fear is that she ate the ring and, because her nappies are so rank, as I don't examine her nappies that it is now in landfill somewhere.

Sorry this is so long, I am so fed up, this has been going on forever. When will it stop? and has anyone any tips? I'm reaching for the tabasco sauce?!

Daren't tell DH about the ring as he really will flip.

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piscesmoon · 20/10/2010 23:03

She is exploring-it is what they do at that age. Keep small things away from her. It is a phase and will pass. She will then be onto the next one.......

5DollarShake · 20/10/2010 23:11

I was just commenting yesterday that DS no longer puts EVERYTHING in his mouth as a matter of course. He is nearly 21 months.

puppie · 21/10/2010 12:36

my DS still does this and he is 3!

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puppie · 21/10/2010 12:36

but don't panic charx I think he does it for the attention and not out of compulsion!

Octaviapink · 21/10/2010 13:51

My 17 mo still does it - I just have to keep an eye on her and make sure that nothing she can reach or open contains things she could swallow (or would be harmful if she did swallow). She regularly eats the gravel at the front of the house.

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