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Father of a 3 yr 9 m old girl3 years ago

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#AskTheExpert my daughter is 3&half months now , she started to lock her hand and want to lick her clothes for long time. what could be the reason. we are avoiding / denying her to lick clothes to avoid any infection but she starts crying when we remove

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Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 4 m old boy3 years ago

A. finger, thumb, hand,things insertion in the oral cavity is very normal at this stage and usually it is due to teething pain the child is experiencing along with inflammation and pain in the gums. just maintain hygiene of the child finger as well as any type of things which goes inside the oral cavity and also try to maintain the hygiene of your finger wdhen you are touching the hands of the child. to decreadse the teething pain you can press the gums of the child and if the child is very irritable and crying for pain you can give paracetamol also. it is a self limiting habit and no treatment is required.

Kalindi BhavsarMom of a 8 yr 2 m old boy3 years ago

A. Hi mommy Take healthy protein rich nutritious food including fenugreek ajwain butter to increase your breast milk avoid stress stay happy it also help to increase your breast milk you can take lactogen tablet to increase bm Burp well after evey feeding by holding your baby in straight right position and wait for burping atleat ten minutes

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