CHEWING

JUST A QUICK ONE ABOUT CHEWING    DAKOTA DOES A LOT OF CHEWING IN THE PRIVACY OF HIS OWN HOME. I HAVE TRIED TO KEEP THING AROUND TO ACCOMODATE HIS HABIT

I FOUND THAT WITH MOST AUTISTIC BEHAVIOR WILL REPLACE IT SELF WITH ANOTHER BEHAVIOR SO YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO ELIMINATE ONE BEHAVIOR YOU CAN TOLERATE FOR ONE THAT WILL DRIVE YOU TO DRINK OR ????

AT FIRST I TRIED TO FIND THING FOR HIM TO CHEW ON THAT WERE AGE APPROPRIATE  ESPECIALLY WHEN IT WOULD SURFACE IN A PUBLIC PLACE  BUT NOW THAT IT SEEMS TO BE FAIRLY ISOLATED TO HOME IT HAS BECOME MORE OF AN ISSUR OF PUTTING SOMETHING IN HIS MOUTH THAT I WANT HIM TO HAVE RATHER THAN AN OBJECT I DONT WANT HIM TO RUIN OR HURT HIMSELF , THIS KID WILL CHEW JUST ABOUT ANYTHING ACCEPT WHAT HES SUPPOSED TO --LIKE GUM---THAT HE SWALLOWS   WEIRD RIGHT??

SO I WENT DOWN TO THE LOCAL PETSMART AND FOUND A SPHERE COMPOSED OF SEVERAL SEPARTE SECTIONS  --YES THATS RIGHT A DOG TOY  SOMETHING HECANNOT DESTROY AND SOMETHING  THAT WILL NOT DISCINIGRATE IN ONE SESSION AND IT IS BY FAR THE BEST THING I HAVE FOUND  I WILL TRY TO TAKE A PIC AND POST IT BUT YOU PROBABLY KNOW YOUR CHILD WELL ENUF TO PICK SOMETHING APPROPRIATELY. OH YEAH I DID NOT TELL HIM IT WAS A BALL FROM PETS MART --- I JUST WASHED IT AND HANDED IT TOO HIM WHEN HE GRABBED SOMETHING I DIDNT WANT HIM TO HAVE.

ALSO I BOUGHT SOME LIGHT WEIGHT WHITE HAND TOWELS 10 IN A BUNDLES WASHED AND FOLDED THEM AND PLACED THEM  IN A DRAWER AND DIRECTED DAKOTA TO THEM. HE HAS CHEWED HAND TOWELS FOREVER AND ACTUALLY THE DENTAL HYGENIST SAID IT PROBABLY IS ONE OF THE REASONS HE HAS NO CAVITIES SO WHY STOP THAT BEHAVIOR??? I HAVE 10 OR 12 LOADED AND READY TO GO AND AS HE USES THEM I DEPOSIT THEM IN THE LAUNDRY  AND HAVE ENUF TO GET THRU THE WEEK USUALLY

SO I HOPE IF THERES SOMEONE OUT THERE STRUGGLING WITH THIS BEHAVIOR I GAVE YOU A COUPLE OF IDEAS!