My 5 month old baby is addicted to thumb sucking. He sucks on his thumb almost all the time. What do I do for making him stop this? Will the addiction go away over the time??

1 Answer

Dr GhouseGuardian of 3 children3 years ago

A. baby is only 5 months of age it is not addiction this is stimulation baby will be having not habit farming not a sign of hunger no need to use any medicines for this

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