8 year CHEWED through a cable wire!!!

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Wondering if anyone has advice or product recommendations please? My She recently chewed threw her iPad USB cable and through the wire of her child headphone!!!
Thank the Lord above the wire wasn't plugged in other wise it could have really injured her or worse and I made sure she was strongly aware of how dangerous this could have been! I now have removed all the wires in the house out of reach of her.
I will forever have ptsd from this incident
But she does it all the time. Chewing on anything that has a hard plastic surface.. mainly buttons on clothes small plastic bits from toys(choking hazard) all the time whether she is Relaxing, reading, talking, eating, or playing. Every day.

Did it on her dummy as a baby but Seems to be more prevalent since he lost his front teeth and new ones are slowly coming through.

No SN or other causes for concern, but does zone out into another land until you say something she will then concentrate on task/conversation in hand.

I'm really at my wits end as I'm so worried she will chew something more dangerous when I'm not present school/friends/grandparents house!

Are the chew necklaces any good ?

At at chewy chews and put on a lanyard.

Some people just like the feel of chewing and this is a safer way!

At at chewy chews and put on a lanyard.

Some people just like the feel of chewing and this is a safer way!

Buy one and trial it, it's the only way you'll know if it works for your child.

Keep a note and take photographic evidence of these chewing incidents because whilst your child does not have a diagnosis of an additional need now they may well require one in future and you'll need evidence to support it and this is not typical behaviour. You may want to look into Pica.

there a lots of chew toys you can buy for autistic kids. maybe get one or several to use instead of cables (and lego - I used to chew lego as a child)

Buy one and trial it, it's the only way you'll know if it works for your child.

Keep a note and take photographic evidence of these chewing incidents because whilst your child does not have a diagnosis of an additional need now they may well require one in future and you'll need evidence to support it and this is not typical behaviour. You may want to look into Pica. Many children don't get diagnosis until High School if not older.

I would provide some kind of teething necklace or ring to use instead of chewing wires.
I’m sure she will grow out of it eventually and if it provides comfort it’s not so bad. Life is so tough now for children growing up.

My DD has one of these chew necklaces. They come in different tensions so I’d probably choose the strongest if your DD prefers the chew on hard things like buttons. Mine seems to prefer soft things like clothes!

www.tinknstink.co.uk/ark-s-saber-tooth-chew-necklace.html

I have a chewer! Very much linked to anxiety in our case. We use the chew necklaces and they aren't bad, she prefers a certain type and it took a few tries to find the shape she liked. She had also been known to chew through the necklaces! They have saved a lot of clothes though as previously she would chew holes in her sleeves.

Sounds like retained reflexes, it's a very primitive reflex.

Buy one and trial it, it's the only way you'll know if it works for your child.

Keep a note and take photographic evidence of these chewing incidents because whilst your child does not have a diagnosis of an additional need now they may well require one in future and you'll need evidence to support it and this is not typical behaviour. You may want to look into Pica. Many children don't get diagnosis until High School if not older.

Wow so mine wasn't the only MN that was down. Lots of multi posts lol

Thank you 🙏🏻 for all the advice! And Thankyou MN for the double posts 🫠

She is a very sensitive child and easily gets upset and frustrated when she doesn't get things right as she is a bit of perfectionist! something else we are working on! I have thought about taking her to the GP to maybe see of a referral or some type as her school don't seem to think anything is wrong 😑.
It's just really upset me when she chewed through that wire and I have taken photos of it too etc. I will look at the chew necklaces, I've seen bracelets and pencil toppers too ! Has anyone had any luck with these ??

At what age does this chewing become problematic/apparent? I have an anxious little boy (almost 4) who chews holes in dummies, it's more about having something in his mouth than the sucking action. I'm pondering a shift to a chew, but he doesn't chew other things? Not a big eater either.

My son has this chewing issue too and we just can't figure out. We mentioned it to our GP who always has brushed it off.
We bought pencil topper chewer but he only used it for short time.
He too likes to chews on hard plastic things