Chewelry

Several weeks ago I was at my wits' end about Henry because he all of a sudden couldn't stop chewing on everything. His shirt, his hands, the Disney infinity players and Wii controllers. He wasn't a chewer growing up but all of a sudden, age 5, he was a CHEWER. It was like having puppy in the house - nothing was safe. It didn't seem to be anxiety based but more of a habit that had developed and now could not be broken.

I took my gripes to the twitters and one of my sweet people recommended chewelry. This would not have occurred to me to be for anything other than teething babies, but I went ahead and ordered a piece and lo, it's amazing. He loves it, and he loves that it just looks like a Lego so it's not particularly noticeable that it is what it is. He still chews on things but if I notice, I remind him about his necklace and off he goes to retrieve it from his door knob, where he keeps it most of the time, or his bed cubbie where it sometimes hides when he's sleeping.

Two unchewed thumbs up.

And man, I hope he grows out of this soon.