My 26 month DD still puts a lot of things (apart from food) in her mouth. Just wondering when this stops ?? I was told by the age of 2 they should've stopped it or reduced it a lot (unless they are teething - and my DD isn't teething eventhough she has one last set of molars to come out).

Thanks for your advice

All kids are different...

My DD1 well and truely stopped doing it before 2yo.

My DD2 is currently 2yrs,8m and still doing it... although admittedly, she has been much better the last month or two.

I am hoping DD3 stops early as DD2 does our heads in!

If she can get her hands on them, she still eats crayons, texta nibs, paper, plastic, gumnuts and other seeds/nuts from outside and dirt but just not as much as before LOL. She mostly just chews on them and will spit them out if catch her and ask her to.

Good luck with your DD

My 2.8 year old will still put things in her mouth, mainly toys though so that she sucks on. I'm not too worried, I am sure she will outgrow it eventually.

My 19 month old still eats chalk, crayons etc

My 3.5 year old DS STILL puts things in his mouth. Mostly the neck of the t-shirt he is wearing at the time but it is very annoying

OP, don't worry, it's all normal. Some kids are said to be more 'oral' than others. My DS is 3 next month and still eats/chews everything, especially when teething which he is right now. She will eventually grow out of it!

My DS (4.5) still puts things in his mouth, tee shirt, anything dangling off his clothes/hat, etc. If he is sitting watching TV and there is a toy in his hands it will be in his mouth, and he sucks his fingers. It's so annoying. When I see it I just ask him to take whatever it is out and he does straight away without any fuss so it's subconscious and he doesn't do it when he's busy which he used to so I guess he's growing out of it - very slowly.

DD (2) doesn't do it at all and never has.

They are just different.

My DS is the same, he is also 4. I cant wait until he grows out of it!

This is us! DD is now 4.3yrs and I took away her Crayola textas as she bit off/ate the tip of the green one on Saturday! We're working on the issue, as she has had tummy upsets in the past from eating playdough and craft supplies at preschool! Nothing like gree-flecked chuck from the raffia she'd eaten before Xmas!!!
It has to be survived, I guess. Hopefully school next year with the peer pressure will snap her out of it!