Looking for wisdom / advice / just generally how things have played out from parents of kids with PICA.
My 5 yo is eating so much non-food. As soon as we remove one thing from the environment he starts another.
A non-exhaustive list of things he has eaten:
- gravel (removed)
- lavender bushes (removed)
- dried leaves
- twigs
- plastic
- clementine peel
- Tumble drier lint (locked away)
- strips of wood he’s chewed off toys eg jenga blocks (removed)
- paper / cardboard / paper straws
- pencils (removed)
- wall paper he’s torn off the wall.
He’s already chipped two teeth, baby teeth - thankfully. His nappies have been terrible and I’m just a bit worried about it all.