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My girls have always had a thing with hair since I have waist length hair. They petted it while nursing as tiny ones and it progressed as they aged. Beth will sometimes chew hers when she is stressed. That has eased as she has gotten older.
One thing that helped me was to get them each a doll from loveybabies.com with my hair. They can chew it, pet it, what ever. This came about because Sam had extremely bad colic. I could not sit still with her. Well, Beth could not go to sleep without my hair. Thus, I cut a huge chunk out of my hair and sent it to loveybabies. Beth was thrilled. She had mommy's hair. I stayed in the room with her to be close but I could walk with Sam and Beth could have my hair. Now they have two each. Sam still prefers my hair but I will not let her pull or chew it. She has to do that to "doll-doll". These dolls have been life savers. And, because it is a part of me they are still attached to, I feel better about them being attached, even partially, to something other than me.
I had a strong sucking need as a child and still suck my own tongue a lot. I sucked my thumb until 12 years old A LOT. Then after that whenever I got upset.
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