What are the pros and cons of babies eating fingers, and what are the pros and cons of babies eating

Almost every baby will have the habit of eating fingers when they are growing up. As for the matter of eating fingers, some parents will try their best to interfere with and stop it, but some parents will go with the flow, so what are the advantages and disadvantages of eating fingers?

1. The harm of eating fingers. 1. Hygiene issues. Before the baby's little hands are put into the mouth, they must be out of the way, which may cause a lot of bacteria on the hands. If you put your hand in your mouth and suck it, it will cause diarrhea and other conditions.

2. Cause saliva rash. When the baby puts his hand in the mouth to suck, it will lead to the continuous secretion of saliva, and then part of the saliva flows out, or it is brought out when the hand is taken out, if it is not wiped in time, it is easy to cause saliva rash for a long time.

2. Stabilize your mood. In addition to crying and laughing, the baby's expression of their own emotions is to suck their fingers, which is more about stabilizing their own emotions and has an important role in their psychological development.

3. Relieve the discomfort caused by teething. In the budding stage, the baby will cause gum discomfort, or itching, at this time the baby will put his fingers in the mouth to relieve this feeling.

For babies like to eat fingers, should parents interfere to stop it? In fact, it should be more determined by age. If you still like to eat your fingers after the age of one, then you have to interfere, which is a bad behavior; But before the age of one, what parents need to do is to ensure that the baby's hands are clean, and there is no need for too much interference.

Hands: Babies often eat hands, small hands soaked in saliva, pressed by teeth, and prone to finger molting, swelling, infection, and deformation over time. Teeth: Small hands placed in the mouth will affect teething, and over time may cause irregular tooth alignment and poor tooth closure.

Hygiene: The baby's little hands move around, sticky to a lot of dirty things, as soon as you eat your hands, the dirty things will be in the mouth, which is easy to cause diarrhea, infection with parasites, etc.

Psychology: If the baby forms a bad habit of eating hands, it will not only affect the baby's physical health, but also easily produce bad emotions such as nervousness, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, etc., which will affect the baby's mental health.

Generally speaking, there is nothing wrong with sucking your fingers, but you must be careful to observe the effects and not let your baby suck your fingers too much and affect your health in the future.

1.In the process of sucking fingers, if you happen to encounter the growth of permanent teeth, because of the direction of force used when sucking fingers, the teeth will grow in the wrong direction, which will affect the alignment and bite of the teeth, which is easy to cause oral problems.

2.The upper and lower jaws of the mouth may be deformed due to improper application of force.

3.The appearance of the face will be distorted by an incorrect bite, and the baby may be ridiculed for it, resulting in bad emotions such as low self-esteem.

4.Because the teeth are not aligned, speech will leak or slurred words, resulting in slurred speech.

5.It may bring germs into the mouth, and babies are prone to colds or gastroenteritis.

There is no benefit, and it is easy to have diarrhea.

Babies love to eat their hands, and many babies like to put their fingers or small fists in their mouths and suck with relish.

It is a way for babies to self-soothe. For young babies, the mouth is the most important way to explore and perceive the world. Eating hands satisfies their curiosity about the world.

If the baby only sucks his finger occasionally, parents need not worry at all.

Although it is understandable for babies to eat their hands, it is unhygienic to eat them regularly, so for babies at a young age, alternatives such as pacifiers can be sought.