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Daughter biting

Niblets
over 2 years ago

Hi again. I was here a few months ago, I intended to stay and get to know everyone better but life took over as it usually does. 

I need some help and guidance with my daughter. She has a diagnosis of autism and originally was obsessed with nibbling everything, her toys, me though never her dad and her clothes. But this has got worse in the last month. She's gone from gently nibbling to actually biting very hard, so hard that she has made my hands bleed and hurts her teeth. I did want to take her to the gp but they won't see her, only doing phone calls here still but the gp was so unhelpful said that she'll probably grow out of it. Well that's not good enough, she's hurting herself and hurting me. I'm worried she'll chip a tooth in the end as she literally bites everything. Please help us with this.

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  • over 2 years ago

    Hi there, this biting seems like it could possibly be a sensory need. Have you tried giving her chewelry or other specially made chewable toys to chew on instead of you?

  • over 2 years ago in reply to Kitsune

    Hello. Thank you! Yes I wondered the same as you, and chewelry is something both my husband and I thought of trying for her. But I wasn't sure I don't want to make it worse which is why I thought I'd ask here as we will understand Autism and may have experienced this or similar.

    I'm going to try this and change gp so we can get her as much help as possible.

  • over 2 years ago in reply to Niblets

    If someone has a sensory need, then they will find a way to meet that need. It’s best to find safe ways for them to do so. GPs don’t usually tend to be hugely informed about autism. Do you have local autism services who you could contact? Most areas have a ‘local offer’ (found via a quick Google search) which would inform you if local services. Also, social services tend to hold a list of local resources, sure they would send it to you if you asked.

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  • over 2 years ago in reply to Niblets

    If someone has a sensory need, then they will find a way to meet that need. It’s best to find safe ways for them to do so. GPs don’t usually tend to be hugely informed about autism. Do you have local autism services who you could contact? Most areas have a ‘local offer’ (found via a quick Google search) which would inform you if local services. Also, social services tend to hold a list of local resources, sure they would send it to you if you asked.

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