No matter when Crayons or drawing utensils are introduced to young children, there will be a period of exploring the tool with one's mouth even if they are able to purposefully make marks.
Xavier figures out right away how to use the crayons. Anna (his mom) indicated that he hasn't used crayons before but he holds objects with the tips of his fingers and makes a writing motion quite often.
I found Max's exploration of the crayons quite interesting. He would pick up one in each hand, look closely at them, and then drop one and chew on the other. Every time he spotted another crayon he would repeat the process. Amy (his mom) called this "the grass is always greener" syndrome. I just found it fascinating, like he was really thoughtfully choosing one over the other. Max also kept offering his crayon to Sebastien. Watch in the following video as he tries to tempt Sebastien into taking his crayon not once but twice...is he trying to make a trade or just get his attention?
Zadie tries out some banging and back and forth motions with the crayons.
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