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Hands in mouth

phyllis17phyllis17 member
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My 12 week old is obsessed with sucking his hands. Is this normal, developmental? Or a sign that he is hungry? I notice he does it in the swing or on his mat.
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    helenkayjhelenkayj member
    Mine has started doing this all the time too! I'm pretty sure it's a soothing technique he's taght himself because he tends to do it when he's tired, even right after he's eaten.
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    RoxZ32RoxZ32 member
    imagehelenkayj:
    Mine has started doing this all the time too! I'm pretty sure it's a soothing technique he's taght himself because he tends to do it when he's tired, even right after he's eaten.

    Same thing for my baby girl.

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    TrulyBlessed22TrulyBlessed22 member
    It's a development milestone for self soothing. It was on my 2 month pediatric visit milestone questionnaire today. LO started doing this recently too, I was glad to see it means she's on track with self soothing.
     


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    MrsM1111MrsM1111 member
    Abbie does it too. Soothing for sure. Makes for lots of drooly outfits!
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    HZ2012HZ2012 member
    I've thought hunger a bunch of times because of this but it's not hunger. He just likes to suck on his fists!
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    pnutgpnutg member
    My son just started doing this recently. His hands are always balled up into fists. I have to basically pry them open to wash them. Anyone else?
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    kmcd23kmcd23 member
    imagepnutg:
    My son just started doing this recently. His hands are always balled up into fists. I have to basically pry them open to wash them. Anyone else?


    Mine too! Tight little fists. I'm looking forward to the open hands that are supposed to start soon.
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    rebaannrebaann member
    Yep, Rachel does it too.  It's very confusing.
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    MOMama987MOMama987 member
    Same here!
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    Same
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    wku2011wku2011 member
    imageHZ2012:
    I've thought hunger a bunch of times because of this but it's not hunger. He just likes to suck on his fists!


    Yes! I'm amazed at how determined he is in trying to get that jumbo fist into his tiny mouth.
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    be888be888 member
    My son has been doing this since about 8 weeks. When he's still hungry it only soothes him for a while.

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    LolalipsyLolalipsy member
    My little one does this and I think it's teething related in our case because she has frothy saliva and now we can see a tooth coming through.



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    TrulyBlessed22TrulyBlessed22 member
    It's actually a 2 month milestone for self soothing. It was one of the questions on my last pediatric visit milestone questionnaire.
    Well I should clarify, when they do it in a relaxing way when on the swing etc. Otherwise it most likely means they're hungry.
     


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