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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]6.5 year old chewed on his shirt collar, sleeves and pencils. I bought his a chewigem skull necklace to chew on. It's a skull so he thinks it's cool. There a lot of products out there. I found this on Amazon. The necklace has saved his shirt collars from being destroyed. I'm wondering if he will grow out of it.[/quote]

Dad here.  At that age I chewed shirt fronts, and then after graduating from that, I switched to pencils. I eventually grew out of it, never became a gum chewer or smoker, though I was an occasional nail-biter.  I have to believe this is really common, no big deal, and just a matter of your child learning to channel this form of nervous sensory-seeking in a socially aware way.  Doesn't really need to happen on any particular timetable.  For what it's worth, I've had a great life and this never became an issue or got in the way.  (Though in private moments, at home, the spouse has caught me nail-chewing or even grazing on arm hairs, I know, ewww. . . )[/quote]

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