Three years old self-gagging for fun...?

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My dd, 3 years old, has recently started to put her hands in her mouth, for the fun of it. It happens usually when she is hyper / tired. The other day in the car I ignored the behaviour, thinking it would stop, but instead she continued until she threw up, and found it funny. I had to hold her hand for 10 minutes until she stopped.

I don`t know why she does it and i find it very upsetting, has any one been through this? Any advice?

She has GDD, will be ADHD, possibly ASD as well, and his currently not sleeping (3am here).

I will try to go back to sleep now, but will very much look forward to your replies in the morning.

my sons going through the really bad lack of sleep at the moment its exhausting isnt it the making her self gag sounds like shes feeling out of control so shes trying to reegain it by doing this and like all DC esp ours they do seem to do it all the more when they see your concern and anxious about it its not as if like a lot of other undesired behaviour you can just ignore that one is it,im wondering if their is a way to get her to see its unhealthy we dont want to scare her esp as shes so little, with my DS whos 10 i really have to explain things blatently or he wont stop the behaviours that are dangerous to him eg: dont jump 5 ft off the climbimg frame or you will end up in hospital and break your leg and it will hurt, awful i know but sometimes with my DS ive had to be graphic or show him pictures of things so he will stop another eg; was he did science at school to do with electricity and after kept putting things in the sockets (i didnt have child covers on them hed stopped touching them yonks ago) HTH

my ds age 10 does this a lot. he has severe autism, adhd, gdd, low muscle tone. dont know why he does it. he sometimes even puts things in his mouth ie a sock, towel etc which also makes him gag once he starts he wont stop for up to an hour. i just keep taking his hand away and telling him no (no communication, and is difficult to know how much he understands). no idea what else to do, so will watch this thread to see if others have suggestions. :)

My 4 yo with cp does it. (Don't think he has anything else going on at the moment.) You have to be really on the ball to stop it straight-away and give him something else to chew.
Not sure why he does it. (Does it much more school days.) Was thinking tiredness plus the fact he gets away with doing it and then can't stop.
Our SALT was originally saying he's looking for oro-stimulation so massage, vibration, unusual tastes,food on lips and strong-tasting food was all good. Don't think he gets anty of this at school. Not sure whether that's still her view.

Thanks,
YomellamoHelly, does your ds laughs while doing it? That is probably the most annoying factor for me...

My dd does not have any food issues, apart that she likes to stuff her mouth, again for fun...she really finds herself hilarious

Dd1 used to do it and then she mastered the art of just making her self vomit without using her hand, to start with it really upset me but then i started to ignore, clean her up and cary on as normal (didn't talk or make a fuss), she grew out of it when she was 4 years old but would still gag when she was 4-5 but if i threatened to make her clean it up she would stop.