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Baby constantly sucking fingers
My 3 month old baby is on combined feeding. She is constantly sucking her fingers and totally avoids bottle feeding. How to know if baby is hungry or not
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Dr. Madhu Patel
Pediatrician
20 yrs exp
Mysore
Finger sucking isn't a guide for hunger. It's a non nutritive suckle to exercise the cheek muscles. It's a stage of fixation every baby goes through. It actually sooths n gratifies the baby. Please don't interfere the process else the baby continues to do so for a longtime. Usually they grow out of it in few months. If forced to stop it, chances of cultivating habits like biting, smoking, bad mouthing etc increases in latter life. It's definitely not gonna make baby have buck teeth or pouty lips.
Next Steps
Watch your babies urine out put. If it's around 10 - 12 times or > 4 wet diapers and a monthly weight gain assessed by your doctor, Would b your guide for feeds.
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