Why does my baby like to suck his lips?

When babies are young, they will always do some things unconsciously. If parents don't stop them correctly, they will leave bad habits in their children. For example, many babies have the habit of sucking their lips. Some children will recover after a while, but some will leave bad habits because of this. Therefore, parents should guide their children correctly. So why do babies like to suck their lips?

1. Divert attention: When your child sucks his lips, pretend not to see it, so that your attention does not reinforce his behavior. However, you can provide more rich parent-child activities to divert his desire to suck his lips. Or when your child wants to suck his lips, divert his attention as if nothing happened and guide him to do something else.

2. Reinforcement method: Make an agreement with the child that if he does not suck his lips for a day, he can get a smiley face or something. When he accumulates a certain number of smiley faces, he can exchange them for something he likes. At the beginning, you can allow him to exchange them with a small number of smiley faces in order to motivate him.

3. "Deterrence" method: Let the child see the consequences of his behavior in a more intuitive and vivid way, let him establish an understanding of the consequences of lip sucking, and consciously restrain his behavior. You can find some related picture books or CDs. I'm sorry I can't think of any specific recommendations right now.

But no matter what intervention method is chosen, the child should be given unconditional love and respect. A child who receives sufficient love and respect will be calm and secure inside, and abnormal behavior caused by problematic psychology will lose its foundation.

Why do babies like to suck their lips? You should have some understanding now. So when the baby has such a situation, parents should give the child correct guidance, and not use coercive or violent methods on the child, otherwise it will cause psychological trauma to the child and is not conducive to the child's healthy growth.

I am worried about whether this behavior will have any impact on personality. I think it is difficult to say what impact a specific behavior will have, because behavior is usually just an expression of psychological needs. What really affects personality development is the mental health state behind the behavior. As long as we give children more respect and love, their psychological development needs will be met, abnormal behavior will naturally disappear, and personality will naturally develop healthily.