Diaper eating. Sounds great doesn't it? Ayden has been a diaper eating crazy kid for about a month or so now. Seriously. I have written about other oral fixations he's had, such as when we first moved into this house and he was pulling little carpet pieces out and eating them.
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| Back in February, when he was a carpet eater. |
He's always had a fascination with hair. He went through a phase of playing with people's hair constantly, whether it was on your head or arms, it didn't matter. When his hair got long enough, he started pulling his own hair out and eating it. At the advice of his pediatrician, we buzzed his hair off in order to make it a non issue, and made sure to redirect him anytime he played with anyone else's hair.
Most recently, he's been picking at his diapers pulling little diaper fuzzies off, and then eating it. He now knows how to pull his pants down for access to his diapers, and he can unzip his pj's. One morning when I went in to get him out of bed, he had his pj's unzipped and was happily sitting there eating his frickin diaper! It's gotten so bad (tmi alert!) that about a week ago while changing a poopy diaper, I literally had to help pull out a LARGE wad of fuzz that was stuck half in, half out.
I had planned to address this issue at their 2 year check up in January, but at the advice of several wise mommy friends I know, I called and scheduled an appointment to get him in sooner. So that is what we get to do tomorrow afternoon. I get to take him to the doctor because he's become a diaper eater and fuzz pooper.
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Oh no Ayden!! Izzy has started to take off her pants and diaper when she goes down for a nap- both at home and at school but thankfully hasn't tried to eat her diaper. We are planning on putting her in a zip up onesie so that she stops- and if need be I have heard of putting them on backwards.
ReplyDeleteThankfully he's not taking his diaper off (yet), and he's only picking at the outside of the diaper and eating the fuzz and NOT the inside! Blech! I need to invest in some onsies, overalls, and non-footed zip up pj's so I can put them on backwards. I'm not really looking forward to that expense considering he already has a full closet and dresser of clothes!
DeleteI'm hoping it will be something as simple as him having some sort of vitamin/mineral deficiency that we can make dietary changes to solve this issue.
My thought was vitamin/mineral deficiency. But no matter what, getting him seen is very important and I'm glad you're advocating for him. Poor kid. And poor you!!! Hang in there mama
ReplyDeleteThank you Cristy! I do hope that is it, but Rylee doesn't have the same issue, so I don't know if it will be that simple. Ayden has always been an oral baby, putting stuff in his mouth, which is pretty normal, but he takes it beyond normal. There could be worse things I suppose!
DeleteOkay, 1st how much has he grown since February when he was eating the carpet!!!! OH MY!! 2nd, thanks for the TMI alert although I had to think about that and then went EWWWWWWWW. Does make one wonder and I'm seeing Cristy's vitamin deficiency suggestion and thinking that's highly possible and hopefully an easy fix!!! Good luck tomorrow and may it be an easy fix and not just Ayden's special charms at work!!!! Much love and hugs to all of you, Auntie PS: Keep us informed.
ReplyDeleteOy... We had shirt chewing, but not actually eating. Hope you get good answers from the pediatrician.
ReplyDeleteHoping the pediatrician appointment went well. Hang in there.
ReplyDeleteOh I hope your appointment went well!! I'm interested to hear their thoughts!
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