I should have phrased that better...Its not a string...its more like a rope. Paris doesn't show any interest in eating the string she just carries it around with her. She certainly doesn't want to eat the string cause I am pretty sure she loves it! I worried about her eating it but I am certain she won't do that now...Or she would have. She treats it more like a security blanket. Its the strangest thing and I would have thought she would have grown out of it by now. But she loves the thing.... I just can't take it away from her...Or she looks all over for it. Only she knows where she puts it. Its will disappear for a couple of days and then all of sudden it will be in bed with me...I don't know its pretty strange but she likes it and that is all that matters Its like a kid with a security blanket its really hard to take it away....