Sucking Fingers Can Cause Harm?

Many babies have a habit of sucking their fingers everywhere, anytime, many mothers think that it is natural and very normal. So, baby sucking fingers are beneficial or harmful, should we let children suck fingers, how to eliminate this habit?
Why does the baby suck his hand?
During infancy, suckling is one of the symptoms of a hungry baby and the need to feed. That makes the baby feel comfortable and feel peaceful.
When older than the habit of sucking hands in all situations such as fatigue, fear, boredom, drowsiness, anxiety, stress .

.. Sometimes children have to suck their hands to go to sleep and every time they turn around in the middle night.
According to incomplete statistics, 90% of hungry babies will suck their hands, and gradually will develop this habit even when they are not hungry even stop breastfeeding
Sucking fingers is harmful to the baby?
According to studies, the majority of children can be safe when sucking their fingers.



Usually, children only suck their fingers gently for a short time so they do not cause significant damage to the body.
Sucking untreated fingers is the source for children suffering from oral diseases such as hand, foot and mouth disease and gastrointestinal diseases.
Babies suck fingers too deep makes them prone to vomiting, especially after eating. In children who have strong sucking practices, even chewing or using the tongue can cause some damage to the skin of the fingers, teeth and jaw.
Finger skin cracked and cracked, which will allow external germs to penetrate under the skin, causing pyoderma. Sucking a lot of fingers for a long time causes deformation of the finger bones, creating abnormal finger shapes.
Even deformed teeth and jaws; the baby's mouth becomes chanted (due to the tooth and jaw being pushed out) or the mouth (due to a jaw inserted); dislocated bite; pronunciation disorders
In the future, you need to go to the dentist for treatment.



Psychologically, sucking fingers is often seen as a manifestation of shame, lack of confidence and easy excuse to make friends tease and embarrass the children when going to school.
How do children give up bad habits?
Breastfeeding mothers should breastfeed fully. If children only suck their hands occasionally, they just need to distract them, draw attention to other games, help them relax at the time of sucking.
Being hard to find ways to encourage and encourage children not to suck on their hands also brings about a gradual decrease in effectiveness and then resolves on their own. Besides, you can use some methods such as bandage or wear gloves to cover children, ... to reduce the interest in sucking, it also has certain effects.




For older children, it should be explained in the harmful effects of unhygienic habits, remind children to wash their hands often, cut their nails, and clean their skin to avoid spreading the disease.
If these efforts do not help, take your child to the pediatric psychiatric clinic..

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