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If chewing and ADHD seem to go together, you're not imagining it. It's one of the most common things we hear about, whether someone is ordering for their child, a loved one, or for themselves. It can show up in a lot of different ways depending on what's within reach. Wet shirt collars. Flattened pen caps. Hoodie strings, pencil erasers, headphone cords, a game controller with teeth marks on the g …

Are you looking for safe, simple outlets for chewing on the collar or sleeves of shirts? We've got you covered! We have chew tools for a number of different sensory needs, and have a great list of top picks for shirt chewing. As a general rule, the best shirt chewing chew necklaces are either strung horizontally on the necklace cord to mimic the motion of pulling up the shirt to the mouth to chew, …

Mealtime should be one of the easier parts of the day. For some families, it's the hardest one. Maybe your child clamps their mouth shut the second the spoon comes near. Maybe they gag at the sight of anything lumpy, or live on the same short list of safe foods (beige, crunchy, predictable) and panic at anything new. Maybe the food goes in and then just sits there, or gets pocketed in the cheeks w …

Chewed shirts are visible - you can see the holes in shirt sleeves, the stretched out collars, the wet fabric. Chewed on pencils famously get indentations on them after just one bite. Pen caps will show marks pretty quickly too. If you chew on your fingernails, that can be noticeable at times too.  But chewing on the inside of your cheek, biting your lips, or biting your tongue - this happens …