My daughter chews to calm down

My daughter regularly put things in her mouth, even when she got older. I often said something about it, ‘get … out of your mouth, you’re not a baby, are you?’

[Blog written by Irene]

Sensitive to structures of nutrition

It was only later that I started to realize that my daughter’s chewing has to do with sensory sensitivities.

For example, it is very sensitive to structures of nutrition. The foods she doesn’t like to eat are similar in structure, even though they taste different.

As a baby, she never sucked her thumb. She also didn’t need a pacifier quite early on. But she does bite on products and materials, she is only too happy to explore everything with her mouth.

Chewing to unwind

The moments when she puts things in her mouth at home are times when she is often tired, there is too much noise or a combination of stress factors that make it difficult for her to relax.

When she puts things in her mouth to chew in public places, ‘en plein publique’, they are products she does not know. Then she grabs her fingers or clothes to suck on and chew to calm down.

From school I heard that she bit her pencil a lot, on the one hand not nice that she was not careful with the materials, but on the other hand the teacher noticed that it did help her to work calmly and concentrated in class. So on the advice of the teacher, I started orienting myself on chew jewelry that could help her with her chewing needs.

A chewing chain as an alternative

I was a bit afraid of what people would think or say when they see our daughter chewing on a necklace. But we have never had any comments about it in practice. The chewing chain also looks cheerful and people don’t immediately realize that it is a special bite chain. In addition, we also provide variety with these 5 tips for chewing needs in children.

My daughter is very satisfied with Chewigem’s chewing jewelry. And would love to adapt her collection to her outfit 🙂

Want to read more about chewing jewelry? -> Benefits of chew jewelry.