Biting a limb

[luvboston]

Have any of your kids ever bitten their arms or legs due to pain or a feeling of pins and needles?

Ds started doing it today.

[mrsbuttinski]

Mine did something like that once.

He had a couple of baby teeth extracted in first grade; the roots hadn't dissolved and they were crowding permanent teeth. His pedodontist used nitrous and Novocaine. As the latter wore off, he nearly chewed off his upper lip "because it felt funny". I'd left him dozing on the couch while I fixed him a milkshake and came back to a bleeding mess.

He had an appointment with his psychologist the next day. The psych flipped the f*ck out on me because I hadn't called or taken him to a psych unit for SIB; his pedi saw him and was more concerned about healing with scarring and avoiding plastic surgery.

Given his age, this might be expected behavior to be managed with redirection. But I would run it past his team or physician.

[chickypoo2468]

Do you mean pins and needles feeling in his arms and legs or his mouth?
If you mean his limbs- Does he have good control back of his hands? If not I could see that. I realize it's a totally different situation, but O still can't always use his hands well so he goes after everything with his mouth, especially when he's angry or getting excited. If he's mad or in pain he will shove his hands in his mouth and bite. If you're holding him then he will bite you. I have bruises to show for it.

[luvboston]

He has use of both hands, sometimes he loses the right if he loses the whole arm. Pins and needles in his arm. It happened when he was swimming which usually makes his pain go away in the colder water.