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For children that are extemely oral there are chewies designed to be pinned to the child and in varying sizes and thicknesses right up to teen use - available through special needs supply catalogues. This kind of "toy" gives the child who has outgrown a soother the opportunity to do what they feel the need to do but in a safe way. Just the same as we would tell a child that wants to hit to go hit a pillow or a punching bag or some other safe thing to hit to get it out of their system. As Sunnydays said the urge is overwhelming and something the child can not control in the heat of the moment. Logical thinking does not enter into this type of child's thinking at all.