i might sound ridiculous but this has been bothering me. My baby, when she started grabbing her toes, used her left hand more. Infact she started using her right hand only recently to grab her toes. However now she uses her right hand almost all the time and keeps her left hand in her mouth. Is this normal? She is 19 weeks(almost 5 months) old. Also when she flaps her hands whike lying on bed, she can raise her right hand more than her left hand. what is this? should i be worried?

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is normal
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 when you are touching the hands of the child.
to decrease the teethindg 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.