[tri-med] Re: Some questions about fussiness and teeth grinding....

On Saturday, August 20, 2005, at 09:11 AM, toomey wrote:

> I was just talking to a friend who used to grind her teeth in her 
> sleep.
> One day she was at a massage therapist and mentioned that this was =
> happening
> so the therapist massaged the muscles inside her cheeks by sticking her
> fingers in her mouth, and she has not grinded since.

Very interesting!  We've done mouth exercises (basically muscle 
massages) with Keren since she was less than a year old, and 
teeth-grinding is actually one of the self-stims we haven't had to deal 
with.  Hmmm...is there a connection?  It would be nice if there was a 
cure-all for all for every behavior!

Loren (wife to Kraig, mom to Keren Elyse, T18, 2 1/2 years old 
(9/27/02), and Clarissa Joanne (7/17/05) )
Southeast Michigan
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