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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

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.

[b]I was also wondering if anyone has any experience with this being a stim associated with ASD.[/quote][/b]

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?[/quote]

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