Chewing

kwalk1

So this might be a silly question, as I'm almost certain it's probably just a normal developmental thing; but did your toddlers chew? Like everything in sight, literally. My DD has no other outward signs of teething ( no drool or extra fussiness) other than this. She will chew any toy she has, almost all of her cardboard books have chew marks and tears all over them, she likes to put paper in her mouth and rip it, just anything. This afternoon she found a dryer sheet on the floor that I missed from folding laundry and put it in her mouth and immediately ripped a piece off. Also this evening I put some socks on her that had the rubber on the bottom, and she tried sticking her foot up to her mouth to try and chew that off. It just seems a bit excessive to me to be normal. She never tries to swallow what she rips off, just pulls it out and puts it on the floor. She has plenty of teething toys, do you ladies have any other advice to give? I'm a FTM so could use it. TIA!
ETA: she's 14 months

pb_bride

Not so much chewing, but DS was a big mouther - everything goes into the mouth for exploration.  Most of his peers were past the mouthing stage by 14, 15 m.  DS was still going strong at 18m (when most toddlers should stop putting things in their mouth).  He is now almost 22m and I'd say he finally stopped mouthing when he was 21m.

ashiscute

Both of my kids chew things.  DD is 3.5 and has Oral Sensory Disorder.  We have an age appropriate teether for her to use and then DS wants one too.  Her teether is rubber and is harder to chew.  She craves extra stimulation so this helps her.  Maybe when you find her chewing on something you don't want her chewing on you can trade her for something that is more appropriate.  

They do make extra strong teethers and rubber tools for older ones.  She is still little enough that a quality teether may do the trick.  

christinasullie37

My dd sis this for about 6 months. She staryed doing it about the same age as your dd. Shes now 22 months and just stopped doing it about a month ago. Only she'd swallow too. We had to take away all stuffed animals, any plush blankets, even ate the sherpa lining on her winter coat. Dont stress out about it. It will pass. Just keep offering tethered and I also found brushing her teeth helped.