Should I stop my child taking his fingers inside his mouth? whenever he gets up he takes his fingers inside his mouth and keeps sucking.

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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 irritablef and crying for pain you can give paracetamol also.
it is a self limiting habit and no treatment is required.
but if hygiene is not maintained then dirty things going inside the orald cavity can cause infection fever vomiting and loose motions.

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thank you for the response sir. but he is just 2 n half months old. can such a small baby get teeth or gums pail?

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Oh yes absolutely it’s a very filthy habit and if you do not put a stop to do not stop your child continuously from doing it it is going to increase over the period and that is not good for your child in general it’s important for you that you stopped