Monday, January 17, 2011

Chewing

Neither of my sensational boys has every been a chewer.  David avoids nearly anything in his mouth and Caleb has been pretty typical.

Till now.  He's chewing on everything.  The DSi stylus, LEGO bricks, his nails, his toenails.  I bought him Twizzlers to chew on, but he doesn't like them.  What are other good chewing foods?

I want to make him a chewy necklace for school.  The only thing I've come up with is buying a baby chew toy and drilling a hole for a necklace?  He's five, so he needs something that's big boy and definitely boyish.  He is in preschool, so it's not like he has a pencil in his hand to have a pencil topper.

I feel so bad for him.  He gets embarrassed when I catch him.  I don't scold him, I tell him he needs something safe to chew on and offer a Twizzler or crunchy food.  I don't like offering food because of David's eating issues.

1 comment:

  1. We have chewing problems too. Kaia chews on dolls, her shirt, her jacket... anything but food (go figure!). I found a couple web site that might help you... bee looking at getting one of these for Kaia (and they have some nice "boy" ones in black and white)

    http://www.chewelry.ca/index.html

    We did get her one of these. For out and about (where the chewy can get dropped on the floor accidentally), this is a life saver.

    http://www.affordabletherapysolutions.com/teethingblingdonutpendant.aspx

    Hope it helps!
    Karla

    http://helloworlditskaia.blogspot.com/

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