My little boy has just recently started sucking his hand & fingers constanty. I know what your thinking, is he hungry? But trust me he's not.
Just yesterday he started to wimper & cry unless he has something to suck on, such as a passifier or me. He can't seem to keep a passifier in his mouth though. He accidently keeps spitting it out after a minute or two. Is it possible he is teething already? Do you think something else could be wrong?
Thanks for the great advise. He has learned how to suck his thumb instead of the pacifier.
So I am glad that he can soothe himself instead of having to rely on that. He does drool like crazy now but as long as I keep his little chubby neck clean it's no big deal. I read that you shouldn't give oragel to infants under four months old, so I will try the damp cold washcloth. That is a great idea. It will be easy for him to hang onto seeing he is still learning to control his hands and fingers.
Hi P., yes, it sounds exactly like teething. You can give him a little baby tylenol. Brendan liked sucking on a damp wash cloth. Good Luck!
My little girl is 2 months also and she is doing the same thing and I was wondering if she is teething... reading the advise on here is great! She doesn't take a pacifier either and I'm actually happy she doesn't so she learns to self soothe and doesn't developed a habit for it. She sucks on her hand and I thought she was hungry too, girl I know what you are going through... she's my 1st baby. It's good to see it's normal!
No, not teething. This is completely normal. My son could never keep a pacifier in his mouth and I was so jealous of people with kids that could! Let him suck on his hands and find teething toys for him. He will be doing this a lot the next few months. My husband and I were slaves of the pacifier his first 4months because we always had to be there to hold it, it was awful! I took it away at 4 months and started rocking him instead and letting him have teething toys and plastic spoons. Good luck!
I also have a 10 week old. She is my 8th child. Is your son gasy or have bouts with crying. My daughter only has one bowel movement a day and it seems when her stomach is real gasy she has to suck constantly. The sucking stimulates the saliva which reduces acid reflux. At first I was nursing constantly which I found was only making me sore. I was told to give her 1 tablespoon of dark Karo syrup with 4 oz of water 2 x a day. It has helped her. My sister said that her child had acid reflux and was told to give her .04 of maalox. I would check this with your doctor. Hope this info helps.
Always good to check with your pediatrician but sounds like teething may be the culprit in my non expert opinion. I've heard of kids teething early. There is some teething gel at walgreens that seems to work better than oragel. I just remember the brand name starts with an Hy. I think pink and blue writing. Maybe Hylands. I think they have tablets you rub too. It looks like an off brand but it really worked on my niece and my child and my friends child well. Also those teething rings that you freeze are nice and soothing. Good luck!
definitely possible some babies are born with a teeth, not likely but possible, maybe its just a comfort thing especially if you are breastfeeding. With the pacifier thing what kind are you using, the nuk brand seems to be easier for baies especially younger ones with tiny mouths, plus its orthodontic friendly and the only one that is. Maybe if he isn't really teeting they are starting to develop so he feels them. Good Luck let me know how it turns out.
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It could be teething, very possible. My oldest was about this age when he started. Not knowing I rushed him to the dr asking him what was wrong with my baby. He told me that my baby was getting colic, at 2 months he was starting I didn't like that answer. My mother in law told me all of her kids got teeth early so I figured that is what was going on. By the time he was 3 months old the first tooth popped up. So with my second and third both had teeth by the time they wer 4 months they had teeth. And both my older ones lost teeth earlier than any of their friends. My daughter is 6 and is getting read to lose her 8th tooth and some of her friends are on the second and thrid. best of luck stock up on oragel or Huricane Gel if you can find it (think it works better than Oragel)
It is possible. My oldest boy got his first tooth the day he turned 3 months old. So he was teething like crazy before that, but I didn't realize what was happening because he was so young. All of his crying made sense once I saw the tooth. I felt very silly. They can even have a low grade fever and a runny nose. Sometimes I would throw his pacifier into the freezer for a little bit then let him suck on it. He really seemed to enjoy that. Good luck!!
It is highly unlikely he is teething. Babies like to suck it sooths them and is a natural reaction for them. Don't worry so much and enjoy you baby. Let him suck on anything he wants as long as its safe. It will take him awhile to get the hang of keeping a pacifier in. Sucking on a finger or something else is ok. Nothing is wrong with him, he is a baby and babies suck it is this action that allows them to eat.
well my son is alomost 3 months, but did start around 2 and a half months putting his hands in his mouth and chewing on them and sucking on his fingers and drouling alot!!! i know around that age they begin to relize they have hands and that may have something to do with it or he is in fact teething??? i know with my first son (who is now 11 years old)when he started teething it was droul city i had to change bibs on him every 30 minutes, my son also spits out his passie but it is because he just doesnt want it in his mouth, maybe consider a different passie i had to change from the avent brand to the MAM brand and seems to hold it much better, Good Luck to you!!!!!!
Like she said, it is not teething. Sucking on the hand is a soothing motion. If he spits out the paci after 2 minutes, get rid of it. It is one less habit to break in the future because it can become a crutch for learning how to "self-soothe" when they get older. My daughter did the same thing and she is more peaceful without the pacifier. Just don't offer it anymore. Become accustomed to the child wanting to chew on you. My daughter still does a little at 10 months, but she is trying to break in her top teeth. Good luck
I don't think that sounds too out of the ordinary. I have heard of babies getting their first tooth at four months... and before that happens I think the teeth are moving under the gums. They may not break the surface for a couple more months yet, but it's possible they can just be moving around and causing Tyler to feel uncomfortable. Ask your doctor, but you might want to try a little bit of orajel and see if that seems to help. My son got his first tooth just after 5 months, but he was drooling and mouthing things for a couple of months prior to that.
Yep...he is teething. My three month does the exact same thing. He can't keep a pacificer in his mouth for the life of him, but he sure knows how to keep his fist in his mouth. Make sure you have plenty of tylenol and teething tablets by your side. Those work like a charm.
P.,
Hunnie! I feel you're anxioty.
When my daughter was still with us, she was just like this, I don't like paci's...too much of a habit to break later on. I knew that she wasn't hungry and I felt like I was a self-service milking cow. So I would take my middle or pointer finger(wrist upside down) and press it to the top of her mouth...she would suck instantly...and because it was my finger I could control how long and how much, and if you're just sitting with him it works...however, when you're not, I don't know what to tell you, my daughter wasn't with us for very long, and we never really had to deal with me not being by her side. I hope that this at least helps for when you're holding him in your arms.
my oldest started that at 6 weeks and just before she turned 4 months broke in 2 teeth at once, she teethed all her teeth in 2's and had all her teeth including 2 yr molars at 13 months, nuk is good but check it out if he is brest feeding it may be it doesn't fit like the nipple so he's pushing it out he'll get used to it. my second was a thumb sucker and only way i knew she was teething and yes that early as well was 2 days before they broke she would get diarea then bam teeth.
I've got 4 kids and they have all done this. The paci falls out of their mouth every couple of minutes at first. They are learning how to do it, but it takes time. Their little mouths aren't used to having to hold onto something. He coule take months to learn how to keep it in his mouth. You could try a different shaped paci and see if that helps.
They naturally suck to soothe themselves. My 3 year old will still make the facial movements of sucking while he's sleeping. It's ingrained into their personalities. Some go for the thumb or fingers, others need some help with a paci. It's frustrating, but it'll change and he'll grow. Keep up the good work!
It absolutely could be teething. My daughter (now 15 months) got her first 2 teeth by 2 1/2 months. We had no idea that she could be teething so early until one day she was sucking my husbands finger and there were her 2 bottom teeth. We don't know for sure when they first appeared, they were already through the gums when we first noticed them at 2 1/2 months. Now at 15 months she is getting her 2nd (final) set of molars which the doctor told us to expect sometime after she turned 2. Trust your instincts early teeth are very possible.
