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[quote=Anonymous]My view on this sort of thing is that most people have some kind of weird or embarrassing habit that, to them, satisfies some sort of craving or even need. An OT would talk about this behavior as sensory seeking or a psychologist might say orally fixated or whatever. That doesn't mean it is a huge problem, though.

Assuming your child has this one habit and no real problems/challenges in the rest of her life, I would absolutely not seek an evaluation but rather try to channel it into something else or replace it with something more hygienic and socially acceptable. for one of my kids who put his shirt collar in his mouth and ended up with a wet shirt every day I googled "chewelry." I bought a ton of things and experimented until I found ones that worked. They could be cleaned every day (which I liked) and it just looked less weird, more like fidgetiness, than the shirt sucking.

I'll add that for my kids a lot of this sensory stuff is related to anxiety and completely goes away when anxiety goes down, only to return in stressful periods. So that might be something to keep an eye on.[/quote]

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