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Mom of a 2 yr 10 m old boy2 years ago

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Hello Dr My 4.5M old son always sucks his finger and his finger swells over night and he within 10 minutes he removes mittens Even tied mittens he makes wet. Tried Pacifier but not accepting Any Suggestions?

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RashmiMom of a 11 yr old girl2 years ago

A. Teether you can introduce seems like your child is having its teeth so that is why your child is having so much of restlessness and trying to keep the hand into the mouth most of the times and please avoid using mittens and they can create infection into the stomach of the child you to regular sucking and pacifiers R completely restricted to cannot be giving them to the child

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