On eating and other stuff.

[conuly]

I'm clumsy. Klutzy. Uncoordinated. Awkward, at times. Prone to stubbing my toe. I drop stuff because I forget I'm holding it. I can't catch or throw a ball... well, I can, now, but even now I'm prone to drop it, to wildly miss my mark, or to insanely over/undershoot.

And I spill food. I wasn't lying when I said to rho that I spill food every time I eat. Well. I might've been exaggerating slightly. I rarely spill long pasta, and I can usually avoid spilling solid fruit or peanut butter sandwiches, that sort of thing. And the spillage lessens when I use my fingers instead of silverware. I was so happy when I realized that I could do that when by myself :)

But here's the embarassing confession. I'm not always so hot at the "keep your mouth closed" part of eating. When I was little, it was easy to attribute this to my horribly crooked teeth (this also explained away my speech problems). Later, my mom realized that, like her, I'd had a huge problem breathing through my nose. This made eating with my mouth shut hard, because I'd suffocate.

But now my sinus problems are (mostly) cleared up, and my teeth are (pretty much) straight... and yet, sometimes, I'll find myself mouth closed, mouth closed, chew, chew, still closed, oops, there's some food falling out of your mouth!

And I don't know why this happens.

I know why I spill bringing food from plate to mouth - I'm clumsy.
I know why I mutilate food while cutting it - I'm uncoordinated.
I know why I always try to get other people to put the food on my plate - nobody likes to clean up the table.

But why the chewing thing? Didn't I outgrow this?

Comments

[rainbow-goddess.livejournal.com]

I have the same problems, including chewing with my mouth open. I had two jaw surgeries to correct my crooked teeth and jaw, and they were supposed to clear my sinus problems, but I still have a stuffed-up nose a lot of the time.

I can chew with my mouth closed if I really think about it. The problem is that I seldom think about it.