Does anyone else's child nail bite or pick scabs at school? Since the summer when my daughter (age 6, nearly 7) has her knees out she slightly grazed her knees then picks at it, mostly at school. And also found other bits to pick on her knees. This morning I put 5 plasters on her and she came home with a mark on her elbow where she's been sucking it. Since she started school she bites/picks her nails and they get better in the holidays.
I mentioned to her, but kinda wish I didn't about whether any children in her class have fidget toys and if I should ask the teacher if she can? First she pulled a face and said how it was just disruptive children. But when I said if it would help her concentrate and I could ask the teacher she's become keen. However, the teacher hasn't messaged back and I am wandering if the arm sucking was deliberate because she wants to toy, and I don't even know if it's for the best! I never see her teacher because I work except wednesdays when her teacher is out of the classroom for the afternoon.
There are a few autistic children in my family but I've never thought of her as autistic, neither have any teachers suggested it. she's very sociable so well behaved at school and very bright, but maybe too bright, and I some characteristics seem immature. Also a couple of years ago at a performance she was licking the instruments, licking her shoe. Strange thing is she didn't mouth much as a toddler and could do hamma beads without getting silly, was very into jigsaws, had an amazing attention span, from about 16 months. Now I have a toddler boy who is much more what I was expecting from a 2 year old.
Thanks for reading this far.