Emmalynn has bad oral aversions (although it doesn't compare to others). I spent about 10 minutes putting her toys in my mouth, then hers. I showed her it was ok and smiled and sang goofy songs. I was just trying to make it a positive thing. When Santa got her a pack of rings for Christmas, there was a plan behind it! See the rings have a bunch of different textures. Textures that Santa was hoping she might put in her mouth, suck on, run her tongue over, etc. So after our little 10 minute "it's ok to put things in your mouth" I gave her one and walked away, all the while watching her. She looked at it, moved it from hand to hand...then put it in her mouth! I wanted to cry. It's a big deal to get something other than a binky in her mouth! My first thought was yay, she has something new in her mouth that she put in on her own! My second thought was dang she's a smarty! I am a proud mom! Baby steps!
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