Treatment for newborn baby sucking his thumb

Nowadays, examples of newborns sucking their thumbs are not uncommon. The reason for this may be that the fetus has not developed well in the mother's body and there are a series of problems. We may have heard of newborns sucking their thumbs. It is not a disease, but a normal phenomenon. However, it has also caused great trouble to many parents. Every parent hopes that their children will grow up strong and healthy. So, is there any good way to treat newborns sucking their thumbs? Next, we will introduce in detail the treatment method for newborn baby's thumb sucking.

Treatment:

1. When breastfeeding your baby, you should not only provide nutrition to your baby, but also provide enough care and warmth. Breastfeeding is undoubtedly the best choice.

2. If it is artificial feeding, the size of the nipple opening should be moderate, not too large, so as to effectively control the flow rate of milk and allow the baby enough time to satisfy the sucking needs.

3. When breastfeeding, the mother should keep calm and not be anxious or irritable so as not to cause stress to the baby.

4. After the baby wakes up, do not leave him alone in bed for too long, so as to prevent the baby from feeling bored and putting his hands in his mouth, thus developing the habit of sucking his fingers.

5. If your baby has shown a tendency to suck his fingers, take his fingers out of his mouth as quickly as possible and use toys or other things to attract his attention.

6. Spend more time with your baby. Use your free time to talk to him, sing nursery rhymes, play with building blocks or read books, etc., so that your baby will forget to suck his fingers during the game activities.

7. When the baby just starts to show the tendency to suck his fingers, it is a feasible measure to extend the sleeves to cover the fingers.

Of course, it is not impossible to persuade babies to give up sucking their fingers by applying bitter or spicy medicine on their fingers, but you must be especially careful, because many topical medicines cannot be licked, so you must be especially careful to avoid accidents.

The above content introduces us to how to treat the problem of thumb sucking in newborns. I believe that the above content will be helpful to everyone. The above methods are proven and very effective methods. If our children also have the phenomenon of thumb sucking in newborns, we might as well try the methods introduced above!