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Chewing bracelets?

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allaboutme · 10/01/2010 15:29

I vaguely remember hearing about these before for autistic children... do they actually exist??

DS has ruined yet more clothes chewing the neck and sleeves constanly and I am hoping he might be persuaded to chew on something designed to be chewed on his wrist perhaps?

Can anyone help please?

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trace2 · 10/01/2010 15:41

we have a chew cube!!

4nomore · 10/01/2010 15:44

There are bracelets (I'd try Googling for them) but we use chewy tubes and they're pretty successful

r3dh3d · 10/01/2010 15:50

What we have is a replacement chewy object (in DD1's case it's a rubber teething ring which we can only buy in a specific supermarket in France but I should think a square of sweatshirt material with a hole in would be best in your case) tied on a ribbon. The other end of the ribbon has a small karabina clip on (outdoor shops sell them as keyrings). Clip that end to the centre back belt loop of trousers. Ribbon goes up inside clothes and out over shoulder of active hand. Ribbon is adjusted to be long enough that the object is mid-chest - accessible but not getting caught in things. When he starts chewing, redirect to the chew. Karabina can be removed and the rest chucked in the washing machine.

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