advice son nearly 3 started weird tounge sucking thingy

[madmum]

Hi all,

my darlingf son who will be 3 next month has just developed this weird tounge sucking thing??? We got rid of his dummy before his 2nd birthday so i dont think it can be related to that...He mainly does it when he is tired or watching telly, he sort of sticks out his tounge a bit and looks like he is sucking on it (like it was a dummy) very strange...prob will take him to see health visitor but just wondered if anyone else little ones do it? He does have a little lispy thing going on when he is talking perhaps its related

Help advice gratefully received.

x

[sunbob]

Our daughter, 2 and three quarters has started in the last 2 weeks to frequently make spitty bubbles down her chin. We have been treating it as naughtiness, but maybe there's more to it and she has some kind of pain in her mouth??

[Bumpkin]

I think most kids develop various tics at times which pass relatively quickly esp if you try not to comment on it. My 3 yr old had 3 going on at one point(a very irritating fake cough, a pronounced blink and a strange gutteral noise!), usually when tired. It lasted maybe a month or so but has gone now. May be worth getting checked out, depends if you think it's actually a problem.

[chantelle]

yeah, probably just a phase. My 3 year old has started sucking the corner of his shirts/fleeces, and sometimes puts his fingers in his mouth too to suck. A totally new and random thing for him.