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Chewing/sucking

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My 9 WK old has recently been chewing/sucking on hands all the time. She rarely takes a paci. She used to only do this when hungry or tired now she's doing it all the time. Anyone else's LO doing this?
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  • mariahrbmariahrb member
    yes! all the time...and it came with more drool too. i learned at a mommy and baby support group that around 2-2.5 months they get more saliva enzymes. not sure if the hand chewing/sucking is because of the extra drool or coincidence. 
    Bradley Houston - 04.01.13
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  • ClandestineXClandestineX member

    Yep, he only does it if I don't feed him fast enough. His hands fly towards his mouth, usually hitting himself in his eye before his mouth finds them. 

    He chews on my finger too. 

     
     
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  • mariahrbmariahrb member
    imageClandestineX:

    Yep, he only does it if I don't feed him fast enough. His hands fly towards his mouth, usually hitting himself in his eye before his mouth finds them. 

    He chews on my finger too. 

     

    yep, total bash to the face really hard or he'll gag himself on his fingers. i love these little uncoordinated boogers!  

    Bradley Houston - 04.01.13
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  • meganmccrmeganmccr member
    Yes!!8 wks and loves sucking on fingers and paci:
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  • RussianMommyRussianMommy member
    Yup! I'd rather him suck his hand than a paci so that he can self soothe
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  • danuli8danuli8 member
    9 wks tomorrow and yep, my DS sucks on my arm, my finger, his wrist, fist, fingers...whatever he can manage to get in his mouth. He won't take a paci. And yes, he's droolier than a St. Bernard.
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  • jaime52005jaime52005 member
    Same here
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  • lou_lou_sdlou_lou_sd member

    imagedanuli8:
    9 wks tomorrow and yep, my DS sucks on my arm, my finger, his wrist, fist, fingers...whatever he can manage to get in his mouth. He won't take a paci. And yes, he's droolier than a St. Bernard.

    Oh, thank goodness I'm not the only one.  I thought it was weird that my little fella likes to suck on my arm.  I figured it was because he doesn't breastfeed (I EP) that he decided my arm was enough.  But, nope - looks like everyone's little ones are doing this now around the same timeframe.  Whew!

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  • Smartie26Smartie26 member
    imageRussianMommy:
    Yup! I'd rather him suck his hand than a paci so that he can self soothe


    Same here, ITA.
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