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6 year old with throat clearing habit

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MissAdventure Sun 13-Sept-20 20:25:58

Both of my grandsons had all sorts of strange 'tics' at one point or another.
They have both grown out them, though. Mostly. smile

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Hetty58 Sun 13-Sept-20 20:23:58

One of mine developed a habit of constantly sniffing (after having a cold) at around that age. It drove me up the wall. We got him to blow his nose, nothing there, even got prescribed antihistamines for him. We had to ignore it and he soon stopped!

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MellowYellow Sun 13-Sept-20 20:12:07

My 10 year old grandson, a very sensitive and quite easily worried lad, developed a 'tic' when he was six and I was really bothered by it but as a family we chose to ignore it and it went. And the interesting thing is that I can't remember what he did, it may even have been a cough. Now if he gets worried he draws or makes clay models. I've had two more grandchildren since those days and wouldn't be worried if it happened with them. I hope you find some reassurance.

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tanith Sun 13-Sept-20 19:52:06

One of my GS did this when he was similar age sadly it drove his Dad nuts and he would get cross with him. He stopped the throat clearing but developed shoulder shrugging instead, his GP told my daughter it was best to ignore it and he did eventually stop.
He’s now 6’ and a confidant 21 yr old. I’d ignore it for now and he’ll probably grow out of it.

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Grannyjacq1 Sun 13-Sept-20 19:20:46

6 year old grandson has recently developed a habit of constantly throat clearing - not quite a cough. Otherwise healthy. I noticed it when he came to see us recently, and his father said he has been doing this for a few weeks. I'm not sure if my grandson is aware that he's doing this, and we didn't make any comment. He recently returned to school post-Covid closure, but the 'cough' developed before this. Is it a nevous 'tic' caused by anxiety? Is it best to ignore this or draw his attention to it? I need to find out if he continues to do this in school - I can imagine others in the class finding it annoying. It will probably stop just as suddenly as it started, but just wondered if anyone else had had experience of this in children, and the best way of responding to it. Thank you.

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