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4 Year Old Chewing a Hole in Her Lip- Help!

Our 4 year old daughter is constantly chewing her lip on the inside. It looks like a nervous habit. We catch her doing it often, riding in her carseat or watching TV. We remind her to stop. Last night she was eating and said the food was hurting her mouth. I got a flashlight and looked in there. I was stunned to see a huge open, excoriated area inside her bottom lip. It is the size of my thumnail and it looks awful, not to mention painful. We tried to ask her why she is doing it but she doesn't know. Has anyone else experienced this? What...