bad habit

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Updated on Feb 15, 2013
Dear Parents, My son is 5 and half months old and has acquire a bad habit of sucking his hand thumb. please advise how to get rid of his this habit.....

| Feb 15, 2013
Hi Anamika! Please check this link out, a similar earlier talk. hope this is helpful. Please CP (copy paste) this url. https://www.parentune.com/parent-talk/thumb-sucking/243


| Feb 15, 2013
Hi Anamika, you may find some useful suggestions in the link given by Nitin. May I also add that the act of sucking is something which comes naturally to a baby and that too, soon after birth. Babies find comfort and as Neena has said, it is a way to soothe themselves. The natural urge to suck reduces after the age of 5 months. You may try to introduce your baby to a pacifier if you are not very happy with him sucking on his thumb. Weaning a baby off a pacifier is easier than the thumb. If this helps- both my children loved their pacifiers but gave it up as soon as they started teething. They were around 7 months and 5 months respectively.



| Feb 17, 2013
Hi Anamika. As your son grows, he will put all sorts of things into his mouth. It is a natural thing to do and as Neetu mentioned, it is all a part of exploring and discovering parts of the body and other objects too. Trying to keep things clean and hygienic as much as possible, is all we can do, I'm afraid. He will certainly grow out of it :)
