I even tried giving him dog toys - he still has a couple he can chew on.
Ew, but, Sure, do your thing … Then he developed a really strong bite.
I was just like, Okay, he likes to eat that. As a mom, you kind of think, My child’s a bit unusual, but there’s nothing “wrong” with him. But mouthing on books is not “abnormal.” And most toddlers and babies chew, eat, and lick. He’s a huge reader, so he would eat the sides of his books. Say I gave him a Nerf ball: He’d down the whole thing. But then he started biting and swallowing things. When he was 2, he was diagnosed with “sensory processing disorder.” Chewing on things is one of the ways kids with this condition relieve themselves. He’d nibble the heck out of it, but I just thought, Oh, he’s a baby. When he was a little baby, he loved chewing on his pacifier. Tell me a bit about the first time your son ate something inorganic. Here, a single mom from Chicago describes life with her 9-year-old son who likes to eat magnets, paper, clothing, crayons, plastic, and anything coated in rubber. What It’s Like When Your Daydreams Are Just As Real As Life It was recently reported that hospitalizations for people who had dined on objects like dirt, chalk, and paint had nearly doubled within a decade, and in 2009, 31 percent of childhood pica cases were found in autistic children, which has led some to conclude that this uptick could be related to the higher rate of autism diagnosis in America. There are theories that suggest a relationship to iron or other mineral deficiencies, or even desperation among kids who are not given proper meals at home. Given the shame associated with the condition, medical studies are sparse. However, the precise pathophysiology of the syndrome is unknown. Young suggests that this craving is more common in the tropics, where pathogenic viruses and bacteria are more prevalent. In her book about the culture of eating clay (which goes as far back as biblical times), Sera L. Pica refers to “the persistent eating of substances that have no nutritional value,” and it’s most commonly associated with women who desire things like dirt or chalk during pregnancy (it’s been suggested this is because women may crave these specific substances to make up for missing mineral nutrients or to counteract nauseating toxins released during pregnancy). (Among my arsenal of standout tales is the time a friend’s 2-year-old son merrily noshed on a dehydrated pellet of fecal matter he’d adventurously discovered on the floor of an airplane restroom while wriggling away from his harried mom.)īut for some kids, the urge to eat inorganic objects can become an obsession stretching beyond the normal developmental stage of “oral fixation,” where anything from one’s own toes to the shiny fridge door may be nibbled or sucked. Talk to any parent and you’re bound to hear at least one horror story about “that time” their child ate something that did not belong in his or her mouth, let alone the digestive tract. Photo-Illustration: Photos: Roy McMahon/Getty Images
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