This is a new one..... Maybe someone has advice.

[jbdamonm]

So, for the past 5 nights or so LO has been sticking her fingers to the back of her mouth after she eats dinner.

The first night she brought up a large chunk of said dinner when she did it. Since then, it's been minimal, but she continues to do it. At first it seemed to happen only when she ate blueberries so I wondered if it was the skin - but now it doesn't seem to matter what it is.

Anyone ever go through this? I should note, after a few seconds and a few gags she's perfectly fine. No signs of pain, illness, etc.

I'm really at a loss but I hate seeing it

The only thing I could possibly imagine is 2 year old molars..... No way am I getting back there to look... but even that seems like a stretch.

[ruthie]

Does she laugh or do anything else to make you think it is behavioral? A friend's son did it to get attention and my boys picked it up. We were able to curb it really fast, but it was super gross for a day.

[chiwifey]

C did the same for a bit and I do think it's related to teething. He never brought anything back up but would do it often and would do it more if we reacted. It sort of went from being something he did because of teething to something he'd do to get a reaction out of us. He stopped it after a bit.

[kaf7]

DS is 2 next week and for the past 2-3 weeks his hands are always in his mouth again. I think it is those last molars. Sometimes he gags himself but he seems to have learned not to. Perhaps your LO has a bigger gag reflex and maybe they are getting a bit of a kick out of your reaction too. But my vote is for a phase and not something serious.

[richzep]

DS has been doing the same thing for a while. I was giving it attention before (telling him to stop, taking his hand out of his mouth, etc.) but that totally fueled the fire. These past few weeks, I've left it alone. If he does it, I ignore it. If it sounds, like he's going to throw up, then I guess I'll have to clean it up, but that hasn't happened yet. I've noticed it's happened less and less though.

[bellalou]

P did this for a long time.

[jbdamonm]

Thanks ladies! I feel better knowing I'm not the first one to deal with this. I also talked to her daycare teacher who tells me she's not doing it there, so I'm not as worried. In the meantime ill stop giving it any real attention!