Children's Fascination with the Forbidden

@megs85 (3142)
Australia
December 7, 2006 3:10pm CST
My son is obsessed with paper and plastic bags at the moment. How do you discourage them from not eating the paper and not playing with the plastic bags? Other than not leaving them within reach. He is seven months old and so of course everything goes into his mouth immediately (oral fixation stage- I think thats the name for it) Has anybody else experienced this? I think he just like sthe sound the paper/plastic makes when he rustles them...
2 responses
@kids91911 (4363)
• United States
12 Dec 06
I just wouldn't let them have them and scold them when they get them.
@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
7 Dec 06
My daughter eats anything she gets her hands on, so I just take it away and give her her toys to play with instead.