Fingers in the mouth My 2.5 years old ASD son puts his four fingers in his mouth sometimes. Is this common among ASD kids? daddy Daddy39181.2244675926yes. Mine did that for a long time. It is a sensory input function. Lachlan hs days where his hands (literally thehol had) is in his mouth. He appears to be gently biting and sucking on his fingers. Other days his hands dont go near his mouth.  assume its sensory - or maybe boredom. Mysh Alec does this, too, almost all day long!  He is very oral seeking and was addicted to his binky until right before his 3rd birthday. He does it mostly when he is anxious or concentrating on a movie (CARS!!).Sharlet does it all the time.  She has gotten sore fingers before from doing it so much. Ali does this a lot and it is getting more frequent.  She may suck on a finger, put nearly her whole hand in her mouth, bite her nails, or lick her hands.  I have noticed she has become fascinated with spit for some reason lately.  . Yesterday my sister was over with her new baby and she had left her car seat on the floor and in the car seat carrier was the baby's pacifier and a toy....well Ali was alone in the room for  a minute and when I came back in...she was contently sucking on her cousin's pacifier.  Carol does this and she will be three in July.  She accually chews on them and bites them in reaction to being scared or furstrated.  She hadn'tdone this for a long time but when her new speech therapist came she was doing it agan.Hi, I think it is a sensory thing for our kids.  Maybe a "chewy tube".  OT"s use this a lot, and it helps matt get "organized" as they would call it.  I think you can find them online.  They vibrate which gives lots of sensory input. nakama Erin actrually has callouses on her thumbs....they are constantly being mouthed.... Yup ... my guy does it to, and he puts his fingers in my mouth and over my mouth too all the time.  My son hasn't ever had any oral stims -- if anything he is probably oral defensive (tooth brushing has always been a challenge). If you want to learn more about sensory issues and stimming, I recommend these two links: http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/seehear/archive/mannerism.html #Chart http://www.sensory-processing-disorder.com/sensory-processin g-disorder-checklist.html Good luck with everything.
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