anyone have a DC who hums while they eat

[Anonymous]

DD has done this since shortly after starting solids. I never thought twice about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi, I'm a 28 year old male who still to this day Hum's while eating. However, I don't do it consciously, nor all the time, but I find that it occurs the most when it is food that I really like combined with a place or people with whom I am very comfortable, ie: I will be humming when eating food I like around my close friends at my home or their homes, but if I'm out with strangers or at a public restaurant etc. then I generally don't hum. Most of my friends find it hilarious, especially since they can call me out on it when I'm doing it and I will stop for a few minutes till I forget about it while I'm eating and start up again and then they all start laughing and I realize it again. I have heard all kinds of different explanations ranging from food releasing Dopamine in the brain, to it being a sign of schizophrenia. I don't really know what it means, but I have been doing it for this long without any negative effects, so I consider it to be mostly harmless. I don't know that this is relevant, but I have a six year old son who does not (and never has) hum while he eats, none of my other immediate family members do either, so I don't think its something that is genetic or learned behavior.

Thank you for sharing.

I am the OP. I actually thought to update a couple of times but kept putting it off. So, it has been about 3 months. I am not sure that it has gotten worse, but since first posting this it has felt like it. I think I just think about it more. We also had an incident at a nice family (quiet-- which was the problem) dinner. Basically someone asked us to stop her, but we could not. We had to remove her from the dinner. (It had turned into a "can't you control her" situation. It was yucky, and we are both still upset about it.) Since then, I have put more effort in trying to figure this out. But, I am still clueless.

She is four. She does it at every meal. If she is chewing something there is at least a 50% chance she is also humming. She is showing no signs of growing out of this. In the grand scheme of things it is not a big deal. However, as she gets older I can see more issues like the one we had at a family dinner.

I was also wondering if anyone has any experience with this being a stim associated with ASD.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I has a 6 year old boy with high-functioning autism who has always hummed when he was eating. Now that he is older he understands that it is "not something you do". He loves to adhere to rules (for the most part) so he stops when I tell him to stop. Lately his special ed teacher (he is in an inclusion class) was worried that it is also happening more when he is really trying to focus. There are ways to modify behavior, but it'll always be part of his personality, so it no longer bothers me that much.

[Anonymous]

Oh geeze, "I have" of course, not "I has"

[Anonymous]

I had a boyfriend while in graduate school that did this. As a child....adorable. As an adult (well, in age alone)....it was unbelievably annoying.

[Anonymous]

A person's time is a person's time but $10 for sitting there and doing your own thing while a child is sleeping is perfectly reasonable. We have a wonderful babysitter who is glad to come for that amount while our kids are sleeping. Different rate when direct care is needed. I think that's fair and she happily comes whenever we've asked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi, I'm a 28 year old male who still to this day Hum's while eating. However, I don't do it consciously, nor all the time, but I find that it occurs the most when it is food that I really like combined with a place or people with whom I am very comfortable, ie: I will be humming when eating food I like around my close friends at my home or their homes, but if I'm out with strangers or at a public restaurant etc. then I generally don't hum. Most of my friends find it hilarious, especially since they can call me out on it when I'm doing it and I will stop for a few minutes till I forget about it while I'm eating and start up again and then they all start laughing and I realize it again. I have heard all kinds of different explanations ranging from food releasing Dopamine in the brain, to it being a sign of schizophrenia. I don't really know what it means, but I have been doing it for this long without any negative effects, so I consider it to be mostly harmless. I don't know that this is relevant, but I have a six year old son who does not (and never has) hum while he eats, none of my other immediate family members do either, so I don't think its something that is genetic or learned behavior.

Thank you for sharing.

I am the OP. I actually thought to update a couple of times but kept putting it off. So, it has been about 3 months. I am not sure that it has gotten worse, but since first posting this it has felt like it. I think I just think about it more. We also had an incident at a nice family (quiet-- which was the problem) dinner. Basically someone asked us to stop her, but we could not. We had to remove her from the dinner. (It had turned into a "can't you control her" situation. It was yucky, and we are both still upset about it.) Since then, I have put more effort in trying to figure this out. But, I am still clueless.

She is four. She does it at every meal. If she is chewing something there is at least a 50% chance she is also humming. She is showing no signs of growing out of this. In the grand scheme of things it is not a big deal. However, as she gets older I can see more issues like the one we had at a family dinner.

I was also wondering if anyone has any experience with this being a stim associated with ASD.

A friend's child diagnosed with Dyspraxia (and who I also believe is on the spectrum but my friend won't go there) hums while he eats.

Does your child show any other behaviors that would make you question whether she is on the spectrum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi, I'm a 28 year old male who still to this day Hum's while eating. However, I don't do it consciously, nor all the time, but I find that it occurs the most when it is food that I really like combined with a place or people with whom I am very comfortable, ie: I will be humming when eating food I like around my close friends at my home or their homes, but if I'm out with strangers or at a public restaurant etc. then I generally don't hum. Most of my friends find it hilarious, especially since they can call me out on it when I'm doing it and I will stop for a few minutes till I forget about it while I'm eating and start up again and then they all start laughing and I realize it again. I have heard all kinds of different explanations ranging from food releasing Dopamine in the brain, to it being a sign of schizophrenia. I don't really know what it means, but I have been doing it for this long without any negative effects, so I consider it to be mostly harmless. I don't know that this is relevant, but I have a six year old son who does not (and never has) hum while he eats, none of my other immediate family members do either, so I don't think its something that is genetic or learned behavior.

Thank you for sharing.

I am the OP. I actually thought to update a couple of times but kept putting it off. So, it has been about 3 months. I am not sure that it has gotten worse, but since first posting this it has felt like it. I think I just think about it more. We also had an incident at a nice family (quiet-- which was the problem) dinner. Basically someone asked us to stop her, but we could not. We had to remove her from the dinner. (It had turned into a "can't you control her" situation. It was yucky, and we are both still upset about it.) Since then, I have put more effort in trying to figure this out. But, I am still clueless.

She is four. She does it at every meal. If she is chewing something there is at least a 50% chance she is also humming. She is showing no signs of growing out of this. In the grand scheme of things it is not a big deal. However, as she gets older I can see more issues like the one we had at a family dinner.

I was also wondering if anyone has any experience with this being a stim associated with ASD.

A friend's child diagnosed with Dyspraxia (and who I also believe is on the spectrum but my friend won't go there) hums while he eats.

Does your child show any other behaviors that would make you question whether she is on the spectrum?

Her eye contact can be very spotty around strangers, even her preschool teacher or grandma. She also has a hard time with conversations with people other than her mom and dad. But, she is pretty social despite all this. Also, her language skills developed really early. She was speaking in 10 word sentences at 18 months with near perfect grammar.

She is not behind in motor skills. I would not even call her clumsy. But, she does have an awkward way about her sometimes. The preschool teacher has commented that she is hard to direct physically. almost impossible. She also has a very awkward wave. It does not come natural to her-- like she has to really think about what she is doing. People wave to her, and she has to think about what she is supposed to do. You can tell there is some confusion each time. Then she waves back stiffly. Also, sometimes when she is trying to be social she will wave to random people in public but without making eye contact first. So, they are not even looking at her.

She is wicked smart. She taught herself to read when she was 2 and was reading second grade readers easily before she was 4. But, we had her tested by the WPPSI-III and she did not do as well as anyone thought. Her verbal was high, and her performance was low (in the teens.) The psych just said she was too young for the test. She was not even 3.5. We have also had her evaluated by our local school district and they were not concerned enough to refer us out. No one in real life has ever thought ASD. Whenever I bring up her quirks, everyone laughs them off. She is affectionate and has a huge imagination.

Please. If you have any leads for me, I'll take them. But, ultimately, when I get these thoughts about ASD I just think "give her a break. She is four."

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

I heard Albert Einstein hummed while he ate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I heard Albert Einstein hummed while he ate.

Thanks PP. That made me smile for some reason. I can see that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hi, I'm a 28 year old male who still to this day Hum's while eating. However, I don't do it consciously, nor all the time, but I find that it occurs the most when it is food that I really like combined with a place or people with whom I am very comfortable, ie: I will be humming when eating food I like around my close friends at my home or their homes, but if I'm out with strangers or at a public restaurant etc. then I generally don't hum. Most of my friends find it hilarious, especially since they can call me out on it when I'm doing it and I will stop for a few minutes till I forget about it while I'm eating and start up again and then they all start laughing and I realize it again. I have heard all kinds of different explanations ranging from food releasing Dopamine in the brain, to it being a sign of schizophrenia. I don't really know what it means, but I have been doing it for this long without any negative effects, so I consider it to be mostly harmless. I don't know that this is relevant, but I have a six year old son who does not (and never has) hum while he eats, none of my other immediate family members do either, so I don't think its something that is genetic or learned behavior.

Thank you for sharing.

I am the OP. I actually thought to update a couple of times but kept putting it off. So, it has been about 3 months. I am not sure that it has gotten worse, but since first posting this it has felt like it. I think I just think about it more. We also had an incident at a nice family (quiet-- which was the problem) dinner. Basically someone asked us to stop her, but we could not. We had to remove her from the dinner. (It had turned into a "can't you control her" situation. It was yucky, and we are both still upset about it.) Since then, I have put more effort in trying to figure this out. But, I am still clueless.

She is four. She does it at every meal. If she is chewing something there is at least a 50% chance she is also humming. She is showing no signs of growing out of this. In the grand scheme of things it is not a big deal. However, as she gets older I can see more issues like the one we had at a family dinner.

I was also wondering if anyone has any experience with this being a stim associated with ASD.

A friend's child diagnosed with Dyspraxia (and who I also believe is on the spectrum but my friend won't go there) hums while he eats.

Does your child show any other behaviors that would make you question whether she is on the spectrum?

Her eye contact can be very spotty around strangers, even her preschool teacher or grandma. She also has a hard time with conversations with people other than her mom and dad. But, she is pretty social despite all this. Also, her language skills developed really early. She was speaking in 10 word sentences at 18 months with near perfect grammar.

She is not behind in motor skills. I would not even call her clumsy. But, she does have an awkward way about her sometimes. The preschool teacher has commented that she is hard to direct physically. almost impossible. She also has a very awkward wave. It does not come natural to her-- like she has to really think about what she is doing. People wave to her, and she has to think about what she is supposed to do. You can tell there is some confusion each time. Then she waves back stiffly. Also, sometimes when she is trying to be social she will wave to random people in public but without making eye contact first. So, they are not even looking at her.

She is wicked smart. She taught herself to read when she was 2 and was reading second grade readers easily before she was 4. But, we had her tested by the WPPSI-III and she did not do as well as anyone thought. Her verbal was high, and her performance was low (in the teens.) The psych just said she was too young for the test. She was not even 3.5. We have also had her evaluated by our local school district and they were not concerned enough to refer us out. No one in real life has ever thought ASD. Whenever I bring up her quirks, everyone laughs them off. She is affectionate and has a huge imagination.

Please. If you have any leads for me, I'll take them. But, ultimately, when I get these thoughts about ASD I just think "give her a break. She is four."

Wow, sounds like you are trying to find a problem with your child. The only problem you have with your child is that she hums? I can see you putting her in a psych ward real soon.

[Anonymous]

What a rotten experience that dinner sounds like. It sounds like you couldn't control her humming, and neither could she. It sounds harmless enough, and it's too bad your family member couldn't understand it wasn't willful.

If you're wondering about its being a disorder, what about a tic, like Tourette's? It would be sad to stigmatize a harmless behavior but might help you and family relax if you can say if really is medical and not
voluntary.

[Anonymous]

Hi,

I am 32 and still hum when I eat something I really like and feel happy and content. It is a sign that I am happy! I always catch myself doing it too now, but when I was a kid i did not even think about it, and my grandma would always smile and say: "It's really good for you, isn't it" and smile at me. And I would smile back and say yes, because my grandma was and still is the best cook in my world!

To the OP:

Those people that tried to make your daughter stop should be ashamed. If that was me and one of my children being made to leave the dinner table because of humming I would not dine with them again.

And please stop worrying about it, that will make it a part of what your child thinks about to, and children that worry are not happy. Children that hum when they eat are!

[Anonymous]

My 32 year old sister hums. We mock her. Just make sure the habit gets broken.

(She also has terrible table manners, but that's another story)