https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:55:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-old-enough-to-know-better-lo-still-eat-play-doh-and-chew-everything#post-2612427 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 06:27:26 +0000 looch 2612427@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If this were my son, I would start looking at the cause of the issue. My son was extremely mouthy as a baby, but by the age of 3, he had pretty much completely stopped putting anything in his mouth that wasn't supposed to be there.</p> <p>When you give her playdough, what tools/toys are you giving her with it? Could it be that they are too complicated and she doesn't know what to do with it? I can tell you that my son has been playing with playdough since he was around 2 and he only recently began playing with it "correctly." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-old-enough-to-know-better-lo-still-eat-play-doh-and-chew-everything#post-2612352 Sun, 28 Aug 2016 21:00:52 +0000 brownepiano 2612352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 2.5 and he's been putting toys and fingers in his mouth a lot! I just take it away if i see it in his mouth (usually with a warning first), but other then that i don't know that to do either. He puts his fingers in his mouth without thinking so that's harder to break. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-old-enough-to-know-better-lo-still-eat-play-doh-and-chew-everything#post-2612285 Sun, 28 Aug 2016 17:21:15 +0000 Foodnerd81 2612285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catlady: this. She might do things without thinking at first but then she definitely keeps doing it to get a reaction. I trust her to not put dangerous things in her mouth at this point so it's better to mostly ignore it (or deal with the tantrum when I take it away completely). </p> <p>@Cherrybee: from what I have heard of E, I would guess a lot of it is attention seeking to get a rise out of you, not that she has a need to suck on something. C has recently started requesting a pacifier and walking around with it "because I'm a baby!" Mind you this kid never ever took a pacifier despite me trying every brand on the market. So I let her have one specific one and mostly ignore it and she seems to be moving on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-old-enough-to-know-better-lo-still-eat-play-doh-and-chew-everything#post-2612252 Sun, 28 Aug 2016 14:53:54 +0000 MrsSRS 2612252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe get her a therapeutic chew pendant necklace? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-old-enough-to-know-better-lo-still-eat-play-doh-and-chew-everything#post-2612243 Sun, 28 Aug 2016 13:49:09 +0000 Truth Bombs 2612243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3.5 year old was a paci addict, and ever since we took them away she replaces that with sucking on her shirt for comfort. But she does it unconsciously. When I remind her to stop, she does. She doesn't actually chew on or eat things that aren't food. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-old-enough-to-know-better-lo-still-eat-play-doh-and-chew-everything#post-2612232 Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:58:27 +0000 catlady 2612232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, mine was very "mouthy" as a young toddler and while she has mostly grown out of it, she definitely still puts things in her mouth that she shouldn't. Yesterday, she won a bead necklace at a fair and kept putting it in her mouth over and over again. I think she starts out not thinking about it and then after I tell her not to, she just does it to get a rise out of me. She'll do the same thing with rocks and acorns outside. Gross. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-old-enough-to-know-better-lo-still-eat-play-doh-and-chew-everything#post-2612229 Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:52:07 +0000 Modern Daisy 2612229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 3 and still eats the play doh! And he always at least threatens to put everything in his mouth and now that we are potty training wants to touch the poop. Huge tantrums every time that he tries and can't! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-old-enough-to-know-better-lo-still-eat-play-doh-and-chew-everything#post-2612154 Sun, 28 Aug 2016 05:34:38 +0000 Cherrybee 2612154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Or is it just mine? </p> <p>E is 3 now and this is still a problem. The rule is one warning and then, next time, the play doh goes away..... and every time I have to put it away while she screams and cries. </p> <p>Its not just play doh - she chews her books, her foam bath letters, you name it. Yesterday, she took an eraser out of the drawer (that shes not allowed in) and chewed it to bits. </p> <p>Is this common? I always thought this was a behaviour they grew out of early. </p>