Guest guest Posted June 1, 2002 Report Share Posted June 1, 2002 julie, its so good to hear from you...and thanks for the site. that is one i havent heard of ...will bookmark and save... my goodness how time flies ican't believe the baby is almost a toddler two year old. as for pushing.. ashton used to push cameron down too..... but she has gotten better... only when he is the way of her movie will she get em...lolol take care, leah >From: " Marc Tollefson " <tollytx@...> >Reply- >< > >Subject: Re: Pica >Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 10:37:08 -0500 > >Lyn, >My 7 year old put things in his mouth forever and we didn't give up the >pacie until about 2 years ago. I didn't know what to do. This year we >realized what he wanted was just something in his mouth for sensory input. >He currently have what is supposed to be a rubber pen holder. He wears it >around his neck and when he needs to put something in his mouth, that's >what >he puts in. Another thing you might consider for your daughter becuase >she's so young, are vibrating things. There is a company that I have order >through before that is for oral input and difficulty. It has lots of cups >and utinsels for children with special needs and a lot of things like >vibratingfacial massagers and things like that. The name of the company is >New visions. at www.new-vis.com. > > > Pica > > > > Hello, everyone. > > I have a question regarding Pica. Which my concern is > > for my 22mo. daughter. She seems to gravitate to > > putting very odd things in her mouth and licking and > > sucking them. Such as metal objects, the other day > > she was licking on this little metal rod that locks my > > son's jog stroller. And she used to do this alot when > > she was little. But I kept her pacie in her mouth to > > deter her from it. Now we are presently weaning off > > the pacie and she seems to be doing it a gain. How do > > you test for Pica and exactly what is it and how do > > you treat it? If in fact that is what is the problem. > > Maybe she likes the sensory input. She isn't biting > > objects so I don't think it's teething. And info on > > Pica would be greatly appreciated. I have a dr. appt. > > lined up for her this coming Tues. > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > ===== > > Lyn mom to JM-17, Josiah-5 DS/ASD, Tabitha-22mo. > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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