anyone else's kid constantly blow raspberrys?? or have advice how to stop it??

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over the last few weeks or so my DS (9) has taken to CONSTANTLY 'blowing raspberries' whether on his own hand or arm, or on his siblings...

I know its not doing any harm (other than annoying his siblings) but I could really do with some ideas to stop/distract him (especially when out and about)

I have no idea why he does it, and when asked he just says he likes it, but if asked to stop, or not do it at certain times its as if he cant, like its done without him even realising... ive explained its inappropriate at certain times, e.g. in a restaurant because people wont like hearing it while they are eating dinner, sometimes he will agree not to and then do it anyway but genuinely apologise after when he realises he has, other times he will refuse to stop & do it constantly

... am I just being daft?? I know there could be much worse behaviour (and sometimes OMG their really is!) but its just becoming frustrating for the whole family :-/

He went through a phase of constantly cracking his knuckles before this, and before that clapping all the time...starting to wonder what will be next?!

just me then? lol.

Mine blows raspberries a LOT but not constantly. Maybe you could give him something to blow them against something other than his siblings but apart from that I haven't a clue. I've given up trying to stop ds after 3 years of trying.

Thank you blueeyedmonster good to know its not just me!

I have started making sure he takes a teddy along when we go for a meal, as ive noticed raspberries against a soft toy r a lot quieter (although he sometimes decides too quiet and uses his hand instead defeating the point! lol)

His only diagnosis is epilepsy, but i'm starting to wonder (have been for ages tbh) if there is something else going on too...not just because of the raspberry blowing obviously, there's lots of little things, but then I could just be overly thinking it

My DS does this but when waking during the night. When I look back it was the first of his quirks we saw although because he was only a baby we thought it was cute at first and had no idea DS had any issues at that point.
He's 6 now and still does it, glad to see he's not the only one!

Ds used to love that too between about age 4 and 6 and I agree it could be difficult socially. He still loves to blow raspberries and make silly noises - its obviously fun! It then progresses to chewing his clothes and then hands then fingers which has only just about stopped at 13. We send him to his room or the bathroom if he wishes to make unacceptable noises at the table, although generally stopping him makes things worse for a while. Ds has sensory issues and some ticks alongside his autism, but I think the chewing etc is a sensory thing, so have given him chewing fiddle toys. I am sure too that there is or certainly was a limit to his ability to control his compulsions but he has got better at the control side with time. Even at 13 (ds has learning disability)we take fiddle toys or lego men (or the nintendo ds) if we go out to a cafe as ds cannot just sit and wait. He needs to fiddle!

Definately not the only one. I can't remember when ds didn't blow raspberries!

Definetly not the only one. My son did it all the time for about 8months especially when he first started school. Unfortuantly he'd do it in his classmates faces causing him to eventually lose the few friends he had made but also in his teachers face now hes stopped & replaced it with a horrible screaching noise. I think i prefered the rasberries.