Re: chewing on his shirts and toys

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Gum?

From: aryaandtara <aryaandtara@...>Subject: ( ) chewing on his shirts and toys Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 7:41 AM

HiI was reading the previous posts about chewing on non food objects. My 8 year old son chewed 2 of his shirts totally wet yesterday. I changed his first shirt and hours later his second shirt was all wet. I have seen suggestions about giving them appropriate things to chew on instead. How about getting them to stop all together? anyone has had luck with that? and if you did what methods did you use? Because I feel like the behavior is not acceptable in their peer group and I dont want him to be ridiculed for chewing on a tube. I hope I am making sense. Please help with any suggestions thanks

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Connie,

So far they hold up great! He has made lots of indents in them. Some are soft some are harder, its like a key chain set(they are not shaped as a key chain). He can really go through the plastic on a water bottle and then he gets the plastic piece left on the mouth piece takes it off and chews that to shreds we are scared he is going to swallow it. We just remind him if he needs to chew to go get his toys. Oh you should see the seatbelt in my van it is a mess, he chews on that too, I will at times let him take his chew toys with him when we go places if he is a chewing mood, I just tell him to leave it in the car.

Kathy

( ) chewing on his shirts and toys

Hi

I was reading the previous posts about chewing on non food objects. My

8 year old son chewed 2 of his shirts totally wet yesterday. I changed

his first shirt and hours later his second shirt was all wet. I have

seen suggestions about giving them appropriate things to chew on

instead. How about getting them to stop all together? anyone has had

luck with that? and if you did what methods did you use? Because I

feel like the behavior is not acceptable in their peer group and I

dont want him to be ridiculed for chewing on a tube. I hope I am

making sense. Please help with any suggestions thanks

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I thank God every day for this support group. It is like the only

time I can talk about my son and others understand. The seat belts,

the remotes, the finger nails and the toes, pens, pencils and bottle

caps. My son chews all that too. But chewing on his tshirts makes

him look gross. and I have heard other adults and kids tell him how

gross he looks.

unfortunately my son is very defiant and talking to him about issues

likes this is very difficult.

Just like one mother said he goes through cycles. He stops and then

he picks it up again. However I dont think it is due to anxiety.

because during school year which was very stressful for him, he did

stop (because I told him that I can not keep buying him his expensive

uniform shirts, and I also promised him if he stops for one month, he

can get a new ds game).

I am trying to keep his summer stress free (ie; no camps or new

social situations). But his shirt chewing has started all over again.

thanks for the gum suggestion. I can try that. thanks to all your

suggestions.

> Oh my gawd, my son Jake, he's 8, eats the remotes! Every remote we

have, we

> have 3, has been chewed on, all the rubber chewed off, and I swear I

am

> getting him puppy toys!

>

> The backs are also off of our remotes, he eats the back plate off of

them!

>

> He also chews his toes and fingernails until they bleed. CHEW CHEW

CHEW all

> the time.

>

> I did give him puppy toys as a baby because he teethed SO BAD.

Really who

> cares if Pooh or Elmo are on those things? LOL!

>

> The BEST teething product, for future reference, is a calf nipple

from the

> farm store. SERIOUSLY it works! Just cut it down in length for the

little

> ones. My kids went to town on these things!

>

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> In a message dated 7/9/2008 7:36:20 P.M. Central Standard Time,

> jrushen@... writes:

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>

>

>

> This must be part of the AS diagnosis...This must be part of the AS

> diagnosis...<WBR>.my son is oral also...bThis must be part of the AS

> diagnosis...<WBR>.my son is oral also...but he will put anything in

his

> mouth....pens,<WBR>pennies, tops of soda cans, bottle tops....This

must b

> There are sites to go to ...I remember reading about them from

somebody in

> the group. I would send my son to school with gum ....which I could

not

> beleive was allowed ...but I work in the same district and see even

teachers

> chewing gum...but towards the end of the year....his teacher said

no more. I think

> all the kids were asking him for gum and he has no problem sharing

and so I

> think kids were all chewing. Next year, if I have to, I will get a

note from

> the psychiatrist. Gum is sure better then the metal tabs from soda

cans!

> I hope someone remember the site so that they can give it to you. Try

> _www.sensoryintegratw_ (http://www.sensoryintegrate/) and see if

they have

> anything....

> Jan

>

> Janice Rushen

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> From: kberran@...<kberran@...>

> Subject: Re: ( ) chewing on his shirts and toys

> @ To:

> Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 4:46 PM

>

>

>

> Hi,

> I used Zinc for a while and it helped with the drooling and chewing

on non

> food objects. He knows not to chew on things when he is out and about.

> Sometimes when he gets nervous he chews on his shirt that is how I

can tell

> something is bothering him. I had a friend that made little squares

out of different

> cloth for babies and she made one for my son to chew on or just

rub. He went

> away from the cloth toy and now has a baby chew toy of plastic. It

stays in

> the house and we keep it hidden if friends come over. He was

chewing on all

> sorts of plastic items and we heard that chewing on stuff like that

is very

> bad with the chemicals that are used in making them. Also just

remind him when

> you see him chewing on his clothes or anything to not do that. We

do make

> Bryce stop espcially if he is out and is not thinking what he is

doing. But in

> our house he can do it if it helps. He can't watch a family movie

with out

> chewing on something.

> Kathy

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: aryaandtara <aryaandtara@ >

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> Sent: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 8:41 am

> Subject: ( ) chewing on his shirts and toys

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> Hi

> I was reading the previous posts about chewing on non food objects. My

> 8 year old son chewed 2 of his shirts totally wet yesterday. I changed

> his first shirt and hours later his second shirt was all wet. I have

> seen suggestions about giving them appropriate things to chew on

> instead. How about getting them to stop all together? anyone has had

> luck with that? and if you did what methods did you use? Because I

> feel like the behavior is not acceptable in their peer group and I

> dont want him to be ridiculed for chewing on a tube. I hope I am

> making sense. Please help with any suggestions thanks

>

>

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Oh yes! Reece's shirts have those crinkles in them after washing even. He is funny because when there is a hole in his shirt, he blames the dog! I hear him yelling at the dog for chewing his shirt and I keep telling him, "You did that!" It's like he doesn't connect the dots.

The only thing the OT could suggest was to have him chew gum. Also, have pretzels or other crunchy or chewy snacks available.

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( ) chewing on his shirts and toys> > Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 7:41 AM> > > > > > > Hi> I was reading the previous posts about chewing on non food objects. My > 8 year old son chewed 2 of his shirts totally wet yesterday. I changed > his first shirt and hours later his second shirt was all wet. I have > seen suggestions about giving them appropriate things to chew on > instead. How about getting them to stop all together? anyone has had > luck with that? and if you did what methods did you use? Because I > feel like the behavior is not acceptable in their peer group and I > dont want him to be ridiculed for chewing on a tube. I hope I am > making sense. Please help with any suggestions thanks>No virus found in this incoming message.

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I have never thought of anything to get my son to stop, just ask him not to but I always wondered why he did this and it's good to know that others have children doing this as well. I'm going to bring this up to the dr on our next appiontment as one of this things

Hi,I used Zinc for a while and it helped with the drooling and chewing on non food objects. He knows not to chew on things when he is out and about. Sometimes when he gets nervous he chews on his shirt that is how I can tell something is bothering him. I had a friend that made little squares out of different cloth for babies and she made one for my son to chew on or just rub. He went away from the cloth toy and now has a baby chew toy of plastic. It stays in the house and we keep it hidden if friends come over. He was chewing on all sorts of plastic items and we heard that chewing on stuff like that is very bad with the chemicals that are used in making them. Also just remind him when you see him chewing on his clothes or anything to not do that. We do make Bryce stop espcially if he is out and is not thinking what he is doing. But in our house he can do it if it helps. He can't watch a family movie with out

chewing on something. Kathy ( ) chewing on his shirts and toys

HiI was reading the previous posts about chewing on non food objects. My 8 year old son chewed 2 of his shirts totally wet yesterday. I changed his first shirt and hours later his second shirt was all wet. I have seen suggestions about giving them appropriate things to chew on instead. How about getting them to stop all together? anyone has had luck with that? and if you did what methods did you use? Because I feel like the behavior is not acceptable in their peer group and I dont want him to be ridiculed for chewing on a tube. I hope I am making sense. Please help with any suggestions thanks

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I didn't realize that there were other children doing this as well. I think that it is a good idea to have something specific they can chew on. I don't know why I didn't think of this before. My son mostly chews on his shirts but will chew on just about anything he can put into his mouth which is scary. Great idea!

Hi,I used Zinc for a while and it helped with the drooling and chewing on non food objects. He knows not to chew on things when he is out and about. Sometimes when he gets nervous he chews on his shirt that is how I can tell something is bothering him. I had a friend that made little squares out of different cloth for babies and she made one for my son to chew on or just rub. He went away from the cloth toy and now has a baby chew toy of plastic. It stays in the house and we keep it hidden if friends come over. He was chewing on all sorts of plastic items and we heard that chewing on stuff like that is very bad with the chemicals that are used in making them. Also just remind him when you see him chewing on his clothes or anything to not do that. We do make Bryce stop espcially if he is out and is not thinking what he is doing. But in our house he can do it if it helps. He can't watch a family movie with out

chewing on something. Kathy ( ) chewing on his shirts and toys

HiI was reading the previous posts about chewing on non food objects. My 8 year old son chewed 2 of his shirts totally wet yesterday. I changed his first shirt and hours later his second shirt was all wet. I have seen suggestions about giving them appropriate things to chew on instead. How about getting them to stop all together? anyone has had luck with that? and if you did what methods did you use? Because I feel like the behavior is not acceptable in their peer group and I dont want him to be ridiculed for chewing on a tube. I hope I am making sense. Please help with any suggestions thanks

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I got my son a cool looking bracelet and necklace that he could chew on when the need arised at www.abilitations.comStacey Speakman <mom2two23@...> wrote: I didn't realize that there were other children doing this as well. I think that it is a good idea to have something specific they can chew on. I don't know why I didn't think of this before. My son mostly

chews on his shirts but will chew on just about anything he can put into his mouth which is scary. Great idea! Hi,I used Zinc for a while and it helped with the drooling and chewing on non food objects. He knows not to chew on things when he is out and about. Sometimes when he gets nervous he chews on his shirt that is how I can tell something is bothering him. I had a friend that made little squares out of different cloth for babies and she made one for my son to chew on or just rub. He went away from the cloth toy and now has a baby chew toy of plastic. It stays in the house and we keep it hidden if friends come over. He was chewing on all sorts of plastic items and we heard that chewing on stuff like that is very bad with the chemicals that are used in making them. Also just remind him when you see him chewing on his clothes or anything to not do that. We do make Bryce stop espcially

if he is out and is not thinking what he is doing. But in our house he can do it if it helps. He can't watch a family movie with out chewing on something. Kathy ( ) chewing on his shirts and toys HiI was reading the previous posts about chewing on non food objects. My 8 year old son chewed 2 of his shirts totally wet yesterday. I changed his first shirt and hours later his second shirt was all wet. I have seen suggestions about giving them appropriate things to chew on instead. How about getting them to stop all together? anyone has had luck with that? and if you did what methods did you use? Because I

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I giggled when I saw the topic. My son is now 18 and it took me back to his chewing days. All the fronts of his t-shirts had little holes in them. I figured out real quick not to buy long sleeved shirts because they were just too much for him to resist. We gave him things to chew on. I even got the teacher to allow him to chew gum in 2nd and 3rd grade, it was in the IEP.

A few years ago he was complaining that he didn't have any long sleeved shirts and what was up with that. I realized that it was just my habit not to buy long sleeved shirts.

He still chews but it is usually gum or paper.

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LOL!! oh the paper.....=Pconniecindten@... wrote: I giggled when I saw the topic. My son is now 18 and it took me back to his chewing days. All the fronts of his t-shirts had little holes in them. I figured out real quick not to buy long sleeved shirts because they were just too much for him to resist. We gave him things to chew on. I even got the teacher to allow him to chew gum in 2nd and 3rd grade, it was in the

IEP. A few years ago he was complaining that he didn't have any long sleeved shirts and what was up with that. I realized that it was just my habit not to buy long sleeved shirts. He still chews but it is usually gum or paper. Get the scoop on last night's hottest shows and the live music scene in your area - Check out TourTracker.com!

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On Mar 7, 9:32pm, " aryaandtara " wrote:

} I was reading the previous posts about chewing on non food objects. My=20

} 8 year old son chewed 2 of his shirts totally wet yesterday. I changed=20

} his first shirt and hours later his second shirt was all wet. I have=20

} seen suggestions about giving them appropriate things to chew on=20

} instead. How about getting them to stop all together? anyone has had=20

} luck with that? and if you did what methods did you use? Because I=20

} feel like the behavior is not acceptable in their peer group and I=20

} dont want him to be ridiculed for chewing on a tube. I hope I am=20

} making sense. Please help with any suggestions thanks

My son's chewing needs stopped dramatically when he went on Tenex.

Not sure it's worth starting a medication for one symptom though, and

it might not even help you. Anyway, we have been giving him sugarless

gum since he got old enough for a chewy tube to start to be inapropriate.

Speaking as someone who also had a tremendous need to chew as a child,

I think you're better off giving him something acceptable than trying

to eliminate the behavior. JMO.

Willa

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On Mar 8, 3:26am, rushen janice wrote:

}

} There are sites to go to ...I remember reading about them from somebody in =

} the group. I would send my son to school with gum ....which I could not bel=

} eive was allowed ...but I work in the same district and see even teachers c=

} hewing gum...but towards the end of the year....his teacher said no more.=

} =A0 I think all the kids were asking him for gum and he has no problem shar=

} ing and so I think kids were all chewing.=A0 Next year, if I have to, I wil=

} l get a note from the psychiatrist.=A0 Gum is sure better then the metal ta=

} bs from soda cans!

It certainly is!

Gum chewing is in Bam's IEP. If sharing is the problem, maybe the teacher

could distribute your son's gum. Bam has an aide, so she does it.

Willa

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Yes, I am going to mention it to all his teachers and if I have to put it in his IEP...it sure does beat chewing on paper clips or metal soda can tops!

I have already contact the supervisor of SpEd in his school requesting to meet all his new teachers and the new principal. He will make it happen...he is a super person....

Jan

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} } There are sites to go to ...I remember reading about them from somebody in =} the group. I would send my son to school with gum ....which I could not bel=} eive was allowed ...but I work in the same district and see even teachers c=} hewing gum...but towards the end of the year....his teacher said no more.=} =A0 I think all the kids were asking him for gum and he has no problem shar=} ing and so I think kids were all chewing.=A0 Next year, if I have to, I wil=} l get a note from the psychiatrist. =A0 Gum is sure better then the metal ta=} bs from soda cans!It certainly is!Gum chewing is in Bam's IEP. If sharing is the problem, maybe the teachercould distribute your son's gum. Bam has an aide, so she does it.Willa