I need some ideas oral fixation

ckmommy

We were told C has Sensory Processing Disorder and they noted how oral he is. We are on a waitlist for speech, occupational and feeding therapy. It's great and all but he bit an adult today. I was given a generic list of things to do in order to distract him or re direct the oral fixation but this bite came out of no where. He is 3 so I'm not comfortable with giving him gum, does anyone have any ideas?

malcivar

-auntie-:

https://www.nationalautismresources.com/chewelry.html

plain aquarium tubing is also food safe.

Chewy tubes!  Chris was "addicted" to his for a while.  He's since gotten over his need to chew everything but I remember these.  They're great. 

zoeyandsummersmom

Another vote for chewy tubes - you can get a 4 pack on amazon for about $25.

mommy0411

malcivar:

-auntie-:

https://www.nationalautismresources.com/chewelry.html

plain aquarium tubing is also food safe.

Chewy tubes!  Chris was "addicted" to his for a while.  He's since gotten over his need to chew everything but I remember these.  They're great. 

this! Our SLP gave us one and it has saved my poor little guys hands! He was biting himself so hard he was leaving marks. Chewy tubes are awesome! 

ckmommy

Awesome thank you!

Brewtowngrl

DS chewed on his clothes. My friend suggested taking a shirt he already ruined and cutting it up so I could braid it and make it into a necklace.  

Florak8

The chewelry necklace from the site auntie linked to is working out great for my DS (3 yo). He had been mouthing objects and his hands and chewing his jacket. The chewelry makes a big difference. We have the one that looks like a telephone cord.

mightmom13

dcmetrobride:

Another vote for chewy tubes - you can get a 4 pack on amazon for about $25.

If you are in a pinch (as I myself say "no mouth" 20 or so times a day every day) my SLP recommended the non PCP tubing that wraps around pipes, cutting that, and making your own. 3 feet cost about $3 at our hardware store. She also recommended chewlry for when she gets older or older kids (she is 19 months).

kcisthebombdotcom

Ditto the chewlry! We got some and I love it. It's even helped with the speech.

ally81698

We use ARK products, specifically this - https://www.arktherapeutic.com/ARK-Grabbers.html  and these - https://www.arktherapeutic.com/Probe.html