Fist sucking/chewing!
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Topic: Fist sucking/chewing!
Posted By: peachy
Subject: Fist sucking/chewing!
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 7:13pm
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Lauren is only 8 weeks old and constantly chews on her fist as of last week. She is not at all hungry, is gaining weight at a million miles an hour and is a very energetic wee thing. It doesn't bother me at all that she has does this, but I just wondered why she does it?? She is quite advanced for her age already apparently.
I guess its just something they all do, I thought only when they started teething though? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: NikkiB
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 7:21pm
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Rex is also doing this...could it be that they have just discovered their hands? ------------- A very lucky mummy to two gorgeous boys: RB 3/10/2008 JB 29/12/2009 |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 7:27pm
| Its just how they explore and experience new things, everything ends up in the mouth. |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 7:44pm
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Everyone will start telling you your baby is teething cos they want to chew on stuff and in turn dribble lots. But its just how they learn about everything, through their mouth. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 7:45pm
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Oh yeah, and it lasts for ages. hannah has only just stopped putting everything in her mouth recently... ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 7:49pm
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Eva also sucks on her hands and fingers. I think it's just a self-soothing thing. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 7:54pm
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kabe I thought that too, sometimes the thumb slips in and I'm like eekkkkkkkkkk!!! Oh well!!
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Posted By: 3boys
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 8:37pm
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Cohen shoves them in there whenever he can. even between sides of the boob! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 9:02pm
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It's an exploring thing. There are more feelers in the tongue at that age than in the finger tips. So they like to feel everything with their tongue. -------------  |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 9:42pm
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It's so cute when they do it though eh? Cooper has moved on to his blanket now..it's very cute seeing him sucking on that, and also trying to put our fingers in his mouth. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 9:45pm
It is super cute although sometimes she tries to get hands, fingers and fists in her mouth and my boob! Needless to say they all can't fit in at once and she gets mighty frustrated by that  !!------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 9:55pm
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LOL Cooper does that with his bottle has to try and hold it and stick the fingers in too.. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3)
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 17 December 2007 at 11:05pm
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As others have said it's their way of learning - they get alot of info about something from sticking it in their mouth, not only how it tastes but texture, contour etc as well.
Also.. it's how babies brain and motor development develop, they develop head to toe, inner body to outer body.. ie, feet come last.. walking etc, for lauren she has mastered some control over her hands finally instead of them just getting to mouth by pure chance, she can now actually purposefully put them there and wow it's great!  .
As others have also said beware the comments of "oh she's teething" we got that for 12 months till paris finally got her first tooth. also you get the comments of "oh she must be hungry still, maybe you should try solids" argh.. hate those people. It you know she's happily not hungry then let her go to it and make sure you have a super-absorbant bib on her!  ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 18 December 2007 at 8:45am
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Ella loves sucking her thumb- she uses to help her self settle and I notice that when she gets tired she starts sucking it even more. When she is teething I notice that it tends to be more of a frantic suck...like she HAS to have something in her mouth ALL the time and gets really grumpy if I try taking it away from her. Just wait until she discovers her feet & toes and spends ages trying to get her toe in her mouth- looks so cute ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: megrac
Date Posted: 19 December 2007 at 1:11pm
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at 8-12 weeks thay learn to bring their hands to their mouth and thay start to dribble this is their taste and smell comming in. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 19 December 2007 at 6:45pm
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Anyssa started chewing on her hands last week. I'm quite happy that she does - anything to shut her up! She sucked her thumb in the hospital right after she was born, but then seemed to lose that ability. Yesterday she scratched the inside of her mouth with her thumb nail and started crying - oops... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 19 December 2007 at 6:52pm
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So funny last night Lauren put her hand in her mouth so far that she gagged on her fingers! I quickly pulled her hand out and she started screaming like I had done something to her! She did it to herself silly billy!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BabyOnBoard
Date Posted: 19 December 2007 at 7:55pm
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Arabella did that and managed to bring up her milk. . Dad told her she was suppossed to that in the toilet ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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