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putting hands in mouth

mummy2-1 Joined: 19/03/2009 Posts: 471 putting hands in mouth 29/05/2009 03:55

hey ladies, my 14wk old lil man keeps putting hes hand in his mouth which sometimes is no prob, then other times he will push it in his mouth so far he makes himself sick, when i tell him "no" and take his hand away from his mouth he laughs at me and does it again!!! ive tryed all sorts to distract him from his hands eg toys, teethers, dummy, clapping games, etc but nothing is working im hoping its just a phase and im not worried as i suspect he will grow out of it but just wondered if any1 else had had the same prob? if so what did you do or try? xxx
gemma321 Joined: 27/05/2009 Posts: 12 Re: putting hands in mouth 29/05/2009 04:01 hi my youngest is nearly 5mths and i have the same problem but mainly when he's eating. I found puttin a bib on helps he'll eat the bib but cant get his hand in. Hope this helps x x
sarah411 Joined: 17/07/2008 Posts: 3 Re: putting hands in mouth 30/05/2009 00:43 My little girl is 7months and nearely does this. She puts her hands in and sometimes gsggs. Nothin u can do really realy. They are just learning about there mouth. Teething causes this as well. Let them enjoy themselves they will soon learn not too. Telling them no makes it into a game as they can only remember for about a couple of seconds. Good luck.
helen501 Joined: 17/11/2007 Posts: 52 Re: putting hands in mouth 30/05/2009 09:46 my little man does this when he is teething
dawn011 Joined: 23/03/2008 Posts: 57 Re: putting hands in mouth 31/05/2009 14:05 Hi my Abi she has always put her hands and fingers in her mouth now at the moment is just her two middle fingers for her its just a comfort thing mainly when she is tierd as she has never excepted a dummy but occasionaly she does this when she is eating but not to the extent she would make herself gag im hoping she dosnt try i guess its a phase they go through and im sure they will do themselves no reall harm if im concerned i guess i would remove them from her mouth and divert her attention to somthing else.
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