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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Has anyone actually ever seen a neurotypical kid chewing on a window sil? My children have never licked a wall or a door jamb. I'm surprised how normal some pp's make that sound. [/quote]

The operation of the door or window creates dust, which then moves around the house and gets on everything including toys, food. If you do not have decades-old painted wooden windows and sashes, go with a realtor and tour some rowhouse fixer-uppers in DC neighborhoods and you will understand.

Also, most kids, including "neurotypical" ones, go through a phase during the crawling months when they experiment by putting things in their mouth that they find on the floor. I imagine your babies did that at some point. During this time, babies may find and eat paint chips that have fallen from windowsills or door frames.

The main reason why lead poisoning has a disproportionate impact on low income families and minorities is not that their kids are weird and like to lick windowsills. It is the lack of financial ability or understanding to remediate. For example, PP above that "replaced all trim before baby was born", that's very Type-A middle class behavior, and they could afford it. Not criticizing BTW, I'd do the same! Just saying that a lot of lower income families, especially in rental housing, might not be able to accomplish this or might be unaware of the risk.  
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