my girl is 3 months old. whenever she feels hungry, sleepy or any pain she is keeping her fingers in mouth. what to do for that??? will this become a habit???

Question

my girl is 3 months old.  whenever she feels hungry, sleepy or any pain she is keeping her fingers in mouth. what to do for that??? will this become a habit???

Accepted Answer

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 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.r
it is a self limiting habit and no treatment is required.
but if hygiene is not maintained then dirty things going inside the oral cavity can cause infection fever vomiting and loose motions.t
 dr

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good evening it has nothing to do with the child feeling hungry or having any other problem it is only about the habit of the child I would recommend you to try to discourage this otherwise it will cause problem in the future