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| 494.1 | Habits of Concentration?? | MAJORS::MANDALINCI | | Fri Nov 09 1990 10:53 | 20 |
| I'm trying to think about this one...my son is 2.75 now and he does
occasionally drool (not buckets full though) because he has decided to
get some extra molars. I notice it because he "slurps" more while
sleeping. If your son is drooling while concentrating, I say it might
be because he has just relaxed his mouth/jaw and slowed down the
reflexes in his throat to swallow it. Sounds more like a reflex of
concentrating than anything else.
If they think that it is affect his speech, then I would try to correct
it. Otherwise, I'd just ask his pedi if he think he's got an overactive
saliva gland. Kids do alot of unconscious things while they are
concentrating. My nephew used to make the sound of a small motor
whenever he was concentrating - he outgrew it by himself while he was
3. The pedi wasn't worried about it.
I would definitely question whether it is affecting his speech first
and not worry about it.
Keep us posted.
Andrea
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| 494.2 | | TSGDEV::CHANG | | Fri Nov 09 1990 12:12 | 8 |
| My son is 27 month old now and he still drools occasionally. He
used to drool a lot, but lately it seems to stop. His drooling
has a lot to do with teething. I don't think 2.5 is too old
for drooling. I have seen kids drooling at 3 and 4. I also
doubt that drooling will affect one's speech. My son talks
at 6 month old. Drooling certainly didn't slow him down.
Wendy
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| 494.3 | | CHCLAT::HAGEN | Please send truffles! | Fri Nov 09 1990 12:55 | 3 |
| 494.4 | | RDVAX::COLLIER | Bruce Collier | Fri Nov 09 1990 16:05 | 8 |
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My kids had pretty much stopped drooling by this age, but they each had
pre-school classmates who had not, including one that could have been
used as a portable fire hydrant. All these kids just gradually dried
out over the next year or two.
- Bruce
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| 494.5 | | DATABS::TAYLOR | | Fri Nov 09 1990 17:32 | 7 |
| The speech therapist is not relating the drooling to speaking. In other
words I don't think it affects his speech. She said that it could b a
result of low muscle tone.
BTW, she pointed out another sign of low muscle tone, that is
sitting W style. She told me to discourage that cause it can stretch
the ligaments.
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| 494.6 | | MORO::NEWELL_JO | Jodi Newell - Irvine, Calif. | Fri Nov 09 1990 17:48 | 9 |
| Gale,
Michael (now 3.2 years) drooled well into his second
year. I was worried also, especially since he wasn't much
of a talker (said his first words at 24 months). Now that
he is three and in preschool, the only thing that drools
is his nose...constantly...I don't know which is worse.
Jodi-
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| 494.7 | | RANGER::CANNOY | Hey, girls! Bring rusty pliers. | Mon Nov 12 1990 20:26 | 4 |
| Shoot, I am 34 and still have to pay attention whenI am concentrating
on something so that i don't drool. SIlly isn't it? But I wouldn't
worry about it.
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| 494.8 | I think you lost me on the clubhouse turn | TLE::RANDALL | self-defined person | Tue Nov 13 1990 13:07 | 9 |
| > BTW, she pointed out another sign of low muscle tone, that is
> sitting W style. She told me to discourage that cause it can stretch
> the ligaments.
I'm not sure what you're describing here??? Is the therapist
trying to say that sitting in a certain way -- and I'm not sure
what "W style" is -- causes poor speech development?
--bonnie, seeking clarification
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| 494.9 | "W" style - am I right? | JAWS::WOOLNER | Photographer is fuzzy, underdeveloped and dense | Tue Nov 13 1990 13:13 | 7 |
| I assumed that "W" style is when you sit on the floor with your ankles
to either side of your body. Lots of "tods" sit that way, but as kids
get older it gets less comfortable (the joints get tighter). It's
downright painful at my age! So I can see the tie-in with "low muscle
tone". (Isn't that what we used to call double-jointed?)
Leslie
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