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HomeQuestions & Answersmy baby is 4 months 20 days old. keeps sucking his hands and fingers and gets distracted while breastfeeding and startss to put his hand in mouth. if I try to take his hand. he starts crying. what to do it's this normal.
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Guardian of a 4 yr old boy3 years ago
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my baby is 4 months 20 days old. keeps sucking his hands and fingers and gets distracted while breastfeeding and startss to put his hand in mouth. if I try to take his hand. he starts crying. what to do it's this normal.

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Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 4 m old boy3 years ago
A. finger, 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 tthe child. to decrease 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. .is normal
Sunita MahatoMom of 2 children3 years ago
A. this is a normal habit which baby develop in this age.. try restrict, remove as you notice.. during the teething phase it may be because of itching gums.. start with calcarae phosphorus a homeopathy medicine for teething, calcarae phosphorus helps in easing teething effects as teething fever loose motion green stool itching gums drooling..
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