The Things We call Chewies

My kid chews on everything—shirts, sleeves, jacket collars, even plastic items, which worried me for safety and health reasons. We found Medical Grad, FDA compliant safe chewies. They provided the sensory input he needed. They’ve been a hit since age 4— and still using them at age 6 but not as frequently. Our top favorite right now is actually the the yellow chewy in the photo that is hollow and more flexible. It’s actually marketed for newborns but the flexible chewing quality of it is very satisfying. The more robust red chew with the little bumps is also a favorite. I suppose it just depends on the child. I can’t find the purple one we used to have but this is where you can get it online too…it’s called ARK’s Grabber Oral Motor Chewy. To be honest, the purple one seemed a little less sturdy…it started getting a little bend cracks in it. I’m not sure why because all the other products from the ARK Therapeutic Store has been really top notch.

When I first bought a few different necklace chews to tested them out, my son was around the age of 5 yrs old. I was nervous about him getting the necklace caught on something. Even though it came with a break away safety clasp that I tested and it seemed to work just fine. Maybe he just wasn’t old enough to wear a necklace for an extended period of time? (The website on Ark Therapeutic recommends for at 5 and up.) I thought it would solve the issue of constantly having to search for those hand held chewies mentioned above. Alas, it just wasn’t for my child. Art Therapeutic has a store on Amazon, but for some reason they don’t offer as much there as they do from their own website. Their own website offers way more styles…it’s there I ordered the diamond chewelry necklace, shown above in the photo.

I loved this idea, a discreet, soft and absorbant wearable wristband. Why? Because on the long sleeve shirts my kid would wear, he would chew around the wrist edges. I thought this would be a perfect thing for him. I’m not sure where it went wrong. He just wouldn’t keep it on his wrist. Maybe he just didn’t like to wear anything extra on his body…kinda like those chewelry necklaces. There’s still a possibility it was just my child’s preference as I couldn’t see anything wrong with them. I like how the Fun and Function company is woman owned so I will continue to check out products from them.