Fingers Constantly In Mouth

unaveragejane · May 2014

For the past 2 months or so, DS constantly has his fingers in his mouth if he's not actively playing with something. It's kind of driving me nuts. If he touches anything, it gets slobber on it, and there's always slobber on his face. When we came in from playing outside today, he shoved his filthy dirt-covered hand (we had been planting) right on in there. Blech! I see no signs of his 2 year molars (or any other teeth) coming in. I don't know whether to keep reminding him to get his hands out of his mouth or just to leave him alone about it and hope he grows out of it. FWIW we did away with pacifiers before Christmas, and the hands-in-mouth thing didn't start until late March or early April. Is this common for kids this age? Is there anything I can do, or should I just ignore it?

RN2011 · May 2014

Our DD does this as well. The only thing is that she does use a paicfier but when she doesn't have it in fingers go directly in her mouth. I did notice that her molars are starting to peek through. Maybe his are too but you just can't see them yet? I don't really have much advise but I wanted to let you know you are not alone.

wholenewworld · May 2014

I think this is still normal/par for the course at this age, especially if he's teething. It's gross, but probably not harmful unless the skin on his fingers is cracking as a result.

jnnfrrose6 · May 2014

DS is a thumb sucker, but lately he's been sticking one or multiple other fingers in his mouth. I figure he's got some teeth coming in that I just can't see yet.

orangecrush32 · May 2014

We got rid of DD's binky on Tuesday and she has had her hands in her mouth non-stop since. I'm hoping it's just teething.

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