How to stop baby from sucking his fingers

When children are young, they like to suck their fingers very much. It is very difficult to stop babies from sucking their fingers. They will start to have the reaction of sucking their fingers after 5 months. Sucking fingers at this time can soothe the baby's sense of security, so there is no need to stop it at this time. Don’t let your baby suck his fingers after he is one year old. There are a lot of bacteria on his hands at that time. Be sure to avoid letting your baby suck his fingers after he is one year old, and pay attention to the baby’s hygiene.

1. Find out the cause and prescribe the right remedy

For children, if it is due to incorrect feeding methods, they should be trained to have regular eating habits, with fixed food quantities and a sense of moderation in hunger and fullness; if it is due to loneliness and other reasons, children should be given some interesting toys to give them the opportunity to play with adults or other children, and to cultivate their interest in the environment and games, so as to divert their attention and gradually correct such bad habits; if the body is lacking in trace elements such as zinc and iron, it is best to take the child for a trace element test first, and then give the corresponding treatment method.

2. Relaxed and warm family environment

Parents can create a relaxed and warm family environment for their children, which will help them release stress. When interacting with their children, parents should smile, speak in a relaxed tone, squat down to talk to them, and maintain an equal posture with the baby, all of which will help meet the children's various emotional needs. Appropriately improving the requirements for children, not being too strict with them, not over-emphasizing competition, not putting pressure on them, not demanding perfection from them, etc., will also help create a warm, comfortable, stable and relaxed growth atmosphere for your baby.

3. Correct education, avoid being rude

Thumb sucking and nail biting are natural in early childhood and should not be simply prohibited as this will reinforce the behavior and make them feel more nervous. Only by actively providing a variety of interesting things to do, such as handicrafts, games, etc., and not viewing them from an adult's perspective, can their confusion be naturally resolved and these bad habits be prevented from developing.

Therefore, it is harmful and useless to forcibly stop such children's bad habits. Ridiculing, mocking, intimidating, beating and scolding are even more inappropriate. Doing so will only make the child more nervous and anxious, and even cause unhealthy psychological problems such as inferiority complex and loneliness.

1. Cultivate your baby's regular eating habits

For babies who have developed the unhygienic habit of sucking their fingers, the reasons for this bad habit should be found out. If it is due to improper feeding method, the wrong feeding method should be corrected first to overcome the bad feeding habit. It is necessary to cultivate regular eating habits for your baby, ensure that he eats at regular times and in regular amounts, and knows when he is hungry or full.

2. Correct the baby patiently and do not force him/her

Parents should correct their children's finger sucking behavior patiently and calmly. For this type of children, it is important to avoid using simple and rough educational methods. Do not laugh at, threaten, beat, scold, or use coercive methods such as tying their arms or wearing cots. Because doing so is not only ineffective, but will also make children feel painful, depressed, emotionally nervous and uneasy, and even cause inferiority complex and loneliness. And given the opportunity, the baby will want to suck his fingers more, making the bad behavior of sucking fingers stubborn.

The best way to do this is to understand whether the child's needs are being met. In addition to meeting the baby's physiological needs (such as hunger, thirst, cold, heat, and sleep), we should enrich the baby's life and give him some interesting toys so that he has more opportunities to play. We should also provide favorable conditions to allow babies to participate in more outdoor activities and play with their friends, so that their lives can be fulfilling and lively. Distract attention from inherent habits, maintain a happy and lively mood, and give the baby psychological satisfaction.