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Child with Down's Syndrome biting himself, I'm worried!

by Becky2377, May 01, 2008 06:54PM
I know a child that is 20 months old and is biting himself to the point of breaking his skin and bleeding and causing bruising. I'm worried because you think that he would cry out in pain, but instead he just looks at you and laughs. What should I do?
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by mom@homenow, May 02, 2008 12:53PM
Does your son see an Occupational Therapist? A specialist such as this might be able to suggest ways to stop this behavior.

Meanwhile, do a search for "chewy tubes" on your computer. If you purchased a few of these and offered them to him as an alternative to biting himself, maybe he would bite these instead.
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