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We have a 4 year old, she is a level 2, and she constantly picks at the walls until she can peel the paint and eats it. She doesn’t swallow it, and will give me the pieces after chewing on them. She’s been doing this for a couple of months and I’m not sure what to do. I told her pediatrician about it and she drew her blood and tested for an iron deficiency and lead poisoning, she does not have either. She also referred me to a pediatric behavioral health clinic, but we are still on the waitlist. Does anyone have any tips that could help? This worries me a lot for both for her health and the health of her 1 year old sister. Thanks to anyone who can help.
Edit to add: we have tried chewlry and she didn’t care for it. She likes her sisters pacifiers but I’m worried they’ll affect her teeth. She also seems to like her sisters teethers, but gets bored of them after awhile.
Sounds like PICA. My son was doing this so we had blood tests done and he was low on iron so we started him on supplements and now he is much better though he does still eat paper sometimes
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We use the wellkids multivitamin it's like a chalky sweet/ candy so he doesn't mind eating it