What would make a child

constantly put everything their mouth?

Like from toys to pens, to rings to bracelts hairties etc....just anything that can fit in there. The tv remote to be chewed on, or the telephone. Just to naw on it, and not even realize they are doing it?

I am always nagging dd to take stuff out of her mouth, and taking stuff away, and she always says she didnt even realize she was doing it. IDK frustrated with it, everything is always chewed up.

Quoting Coupon Lady:" constantly put everything their mouth? Like from toys to pens, to rings to bracelts hairties etc....just ... [snip!] ... away, and she always says she didnt even realize she was doing it. IDK frustrated with it, everything is always chewed up."

How old is she? DS does it constantly. We have a bunch of toys that are "mouth friendly" haha. He is 13 months and has done it since he figured out how to pick stuff up.

Quoting Javi's Mami*[Bazinga!]:" How old is she? DS does it constantly. We have a bunch of toys that are "mouth friendly" haha. He is 13 months and has done it since he figured out how to pick stuff up."

She is 10 years old.  

I dunno it's how they learn! Dd is 12
Months and just started to figure out what's edible and what's not.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Coupon Lady:</b>" She is 10 years old.  "</blockquote>


Oh...pica? Boredom? I ate tape when I was 10...I grew out of it

Quoting Coupon Lady:" constantly put everything their mouth? Like from toys to pens, to rings to bracelts hairties etc....just ... [snip!] ... away, and she always says she didnt even realize she was doing it. IDK frustrated with it, everything is always chewed up."

It sounds like a sensory issue. Checkthis link out for more info on SPD.

http://www.spdfoundation.net/

Quoting Elliot Grace's Mommy :" <blockquote><b>Quoting Coupon Lady:</b>" She is 10 years old.  "</blockquote> Oh...pica? Boredom? I ate tape when I was 10...I grew out of it"

Its not pica. been down thatroad, they said no, cause she dont swallow it, just chews on.

Quoting Coupon Lady:" She is 10 years old.  "

Oh! Well that's a tough one. A couple people I know have to always be doing something with their hands, like they can't keep still. But I don't know if there's a name for it or if it's even considered a problem. I mean, maybe she should take up knitting or something?

Quoting The Blissful Six:" It sounds like a sensory issue. Checkthis link out for more info on SPD. http://www.spdfoundation.net/ "

we did that when they were seing if it was pica, they said no it wasnt spd either. IDK its weird. lol

I chewed on the remote and phone antenna with out realizing it until I was like 13 or 14. And I still chew on pens and pencils until this day without realizing it.

Quoting Coupon Lady:" we did that when they were seing if it was pica, they said no it wasnt spd either. IDK its weird. lol"

Huh...just a habit then.

Sigmund Freud would postulate that she is orally fixated because of something that happened in infancy.... because of something sexual. He was little fixated with sex.

Maybe she has some kind of nutrient deficiency? Or maybe she just likes to put things in her mouth.

Quoting Coupon Lady:" Its not pica. been down thatroad, they said no, cause she dont swallow it, just chews on."

A sensory problem.

Thats pretty obvious unless you have already ruled that out.

My son sucks on his shirt. He has SPD and is Autistic.

Quoting TheCoopersKnitWitch:" A sensory problem. Thats pretty obvious unless you have already ruled that out. My son sucks on his shirt. He has SPD and is Autistic."

Its all been ruled out. IDK, its annoying constantly telling her and same teacher is tired of telling too, and when she talks to you her fingers are always in her mouth.

Quoting Coupon Lady:" Its all been ruled out. IDK, its annoying constantly telling her and same teacher is tired of telling too, and when she talks to you her fingers are always in her mouth."

I'd get a second opinion on the SPD.