Pen chewing

[dragonflysg]

I remember my mum rubbing chilli onto the pencil without telling us…

[MrsSeah]

Oh.. please tell me got any cure? I also a pen chewer. :oops: :oops: :oops: I also don't know why I chew. I always chew when I am thinking something / day dream and it automatic go into my mouth. I chew anything - pen, pencil, straw, stick... as long as anything I hold on my hand and the next moment I noticed, I am chewing. Even my dd know my bad habit and will shout \"MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!\" when she noticed it. :nailbite: :nailbite: :nailbite: :nailbite:

[mongz]

I understand that it may have started from boredom or even anxiety and most of the people who did so subconsciously. My nephew was recently being bullied in school, he is only 7 years old and he started doing that. Chewing on things subconsciously. Monitor and check if there is anything affecting her. If there is really anything, then need to cure that at the source

[spwriting]

haha... and did you stop?


I tried pepper but she got rather angry. She say her pencil case now smell like some herbal soup! she says many of her classmates also chew pens and their mothers do not do anything about it.

so her pens continue to have teethmarks. Can't imagine too all her saliva on the pens after all the chewing and then next day she chew on them again. eeew.

dragonflysg:

I remember my mum rubbing chilli onto the pencil without telling us...

[dragonflysg]

I vaguely remember I did stop after a while. The shock of spicy chilli after you just got into a daze is a good wake up call! Pun intended!

spwriting:

haha... and did you stop?

I tried pepper but she got rather angry. She say her pencil case now smell like some herbal soup! she says many of her classmates also chew pens and their mothers do not do anything about it.

so her pens continue to have teethmarks. Can't imagine too all her saliva on the pens after all the chewing and then next day she chew on them again. eeew.

dragonflysg:

I remember my mum rubbing chilli onto the pencil without telling us...

[schweppes]

MrsSeah:

Oh.. please tell me got any cure? I also a pen chewer. :oops: :oops: :oops: I also don't know why I chew. I always chew when I am thinking something / day dream and it automatic go into my mouth. I chew anything - pen, pencil, straw, stick... as long as anything I hold on my hand and the next moment I noticed, I am chewing.


Even my dd know my bad habit and will shout \"MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!\" when she noticed it. :nailbite: :nailbite: :nailbite: :nailbite:

Alamak, MrsSeah... even your emoticons are showing that u are chewing on your fingers :yikes:

(just kidding don't get angry hor.... :please: )

[MrsSeah]

schweppes:

MrsSeah:

Oh.. please tell me got any cure? I also a pen chewer. :oops: :oops: :oops: I also don't know why I chew. I always chew when I am thinking something / day dream and it automatic go into my mouth. I chew anything - pen, pencil, straw, stick... as long as anything I hold on my hand and the next moment I noticed, I am chewing.


Even my dd know my bad habit and will shout \"MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!\" when she noticed it. :nailbite: :nailbite: :nailbite: :nailbite:

Alamak, MrsSeah... even your emoticons are showing that u are chewing on your fingers :yikes:

(just kidding don't get angry hor.... :please: )

:rotflmao: Yahor!!!!

[mgnvr]

My 7 year old dd has this habit of chewing her pencils. She does it unconsciously. She can chew until the pencil lead is exposed. I tried putting pencil caps and she bites the caps too. I’ll try your suggestions of applying spice.

[spwriting]

Hi Mrs Seah,


I have tried giving her a few metal pen and pencil and threw out all her chewed up pilot pens! She still sucks them once in a while but because its quite hard, she can't quite chew them. Initially she left a few dents on the metal pen but after a while, i think she stopped chewing but just merely put in her mouth. So maybe that might work for you.

Did you have the habit to chew your pens since school days? I am hoping she will stop the habit before she becomes an adult.

Also, do you know if you are chewing your own pens or do you ever accidentally chew someone else's pens? My dd doesn't seem to care and she chews her sisters, cousins and or even mine pens too! All full of her saliva smell somemore.... yuck!

MrsSeah:

Oh.. please tell me got any cure? I also a pen chewer. :oops: :oops: :oops: I also don't know why I chew. I always chew when I am thinking something / day dream and it automatic go into my mouth. I chew anything - pen, pencil, straw, stick... as long as anything I hold on my hand and the next moment I noticed, I am chewing. Even my dd know my bad habit and will shout \"MOMMY!!!!!!!!!!!\" when she noticed it. :nailbite: :nailbite: :nailbite: :nailbite:

[MrsSeah]

spwriting:

Hi Mrs Seah,


I have tried giving her a few metal pen and pencil and threw out all her chewed up pilot pens! She still sucks them once in a while but because its quite hard, she can't quite chew them. Initially she left a few dents on the metal pen but after a while, i think she stopped chewing but just merely put in her mouth. So maybe that might work for you.

Did you have the habit to chew your pens since school days? I am hoping she will stop the habit before she becomes an adult.

Also, do you know if you are chewing your own pens or do you ever accidentally chew someone else's pens? My dd doesn't seem to care and she chews her sisters, cousins and or even mine pens too! All full of her saliva smell somemore.... yuck!

Yes I have this bad habit since young. I chew anything that I hold (including straw), my office pen have dent on top of the pen. :oops: :oops:

I tried to be more self-conscious at work lah but still will chew when I am concentrating on something. :oops: :oops:

Good to hear that metal pen worked for your girl, hope it can change her bad habit with your help. :xedfingers:

The funny thing is my kids don't have this habit. Lucky this bad gene never pass to them. :rotflmao: