Is it normal for kids to go through a phase of biting/chewing on everything?

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I remember when I was about 7-9, I went through this phase where I had this feeling of wanting to bite on things with my front teeth and chew on them. It became such a habit. Anything that looked tough or rubbery I'd want to bite on it. I'm reminded of it now cos I'm looking through some of my old things and a lot of them have small chunks bitten out of them. Things like books covers, the rubber grip of my tennis rackets, anything leather, etc.

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  • Doesnormalmatter
    4 years ago

    Oral fixation. Not the kind my girlfriend has, but look it up. It is a part of Freud's stages of develeopment. Seems that you encountered this stage much later than normal though.

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  • FromTheSouthWeirdMan
    4 years ago

    Yeah I did that too. We had a rubber armrest infront of our keyboard and I wanted to bite a chunk of it out.

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  • SmokeEverything
    4 years ago

    Seems like you needed a serious beating

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  • chuy
    4 years ago

    Yes infants and young toddlers but not kids as old as yours.

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    • RoseIsabella
      4 years ago

      Precisely!

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  • Ellenna
    4 years ago

    I'm not sure what age I was, I think from maybe about 8 on for a few years, I used to tear the corners off the pages of books I was reading and eat the paper.

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