Many parents find that their babies especially like to eat their fingers for a period of time, no matter how to stop it is sure to suck their fingers. What’s more, some babies are one or two years old will still have the habit of eating fingers. Many parents are in a dilemma about whether to stop this behavior of their babies; some say to give the baby to eat, because it is normal, after a while it will be fine; some parents feel that this is very unhygienic, the child is easy to get sick, and think that “eating” fingers is not a very good habit, must be stopped! I. What is the micturition period? Baby from birth to 1-2 years old, that is, the stage of eating breast milk, baby’s “pleasure” is mainly concentrated in the mouth and lips and tongue parts, that is, by sucking the nipple action to achieve the original desire to meet, this is the so-called “oral period This is the so-called “micturition period”. Finger sucking is a typical symptom of the baby’s oral appetite period The typical characteristics of this stage of the child is everything to the mouth, like to suck fingers, blow bubbles, especially when the baby is about 3 to 6 months old, the baby’s sucking needs become particularly prominent, so his little hands reach anything will be stuffed into the mouth, the baby sucking fingers, spit, giggle, and feel very happy about it all. This stage of baby eating hands is a normal physiological phenomenon. Second, should I stop my baby from eating fingers? This matter should be divided into time periods 1 year old before the baby eat hands do not need to deliberately stop: baby in about 2 months old began to cognitive world, the nervous system of various functions began to develop, in fact, the baby’s neurological development order is first from the center to the periphery, the little baby’s mouth around the nerve than the hand nerve development earlier, the mouth for 2-5 months old baby, is very important it! So we will find that babies are generally like little gluttons, what they meet, they lick. This time, the mother do not overly stop it, this is the baby is learning it! Before 4 months, the baby in the eating hand, and not clearly know to eat the “hand”, he is studying this with five “fork” with his mouth, this time, as long as the baby eat enough, play enough, sleep enough, he will be very happy to play His little hands, eating hands. You can let your baby eat to his heart’s content to satisfy his cognitive desire. Within 6 months of age, babies eat hands, toys and clothes are normal processes that should be fully satisfied under the premise of cleanliness and hygiene. One year before the baby’s attention usually only lasts a few dozen seconds, but for the matter of eating hands, that’s a big deal, the baby is eating hands, the attention to hands will be relatively long, this is because the baby is slowly exploring other objects other than the mother’s nipple through eating hands. Studies have shown that the richness of external sensations and stimuli can effectively promote the growth of the baby’s cerebral cortex. Do not underestimate the simple action of eating the baby’s hand, it will stimulate the excitement of a piece of nerves in the cerebral cortex. The more stimulation, the thicker and larger the cerebral cortex will grow, the deeper the sulcus will be, and the smarter the baby will be. So eating hands is a milestone in the development of your baby’s attention and a leap in your baby’s intellectual development. Eating hands is a way for babies to satisfy their oral desires, and forcibly stopping it can lead to a host of psychological behavior problems in adulthood. The more rudely parents interrupt hand-eating, the more serious the child’s psychological problems tend to be in adulthood. How old is your baby’s hand-eating behavior that needs to be corrected? Hand eating is a very necessary behavior for babies under 2 years old as it has a good psychological boost and can bring a sense of security and belonging to the little one, as well as reduce tension and combat loneliness. But after the age of 2, your baby’s finger-sucking behavior will gradually disappear because he needs to use his hands to try other more interesting things! So, until your baby is 2 years old, you just need to do a good job of disinfecting toys so that your baby doesn’t catch a disease. If your baby still eats his hands after the age of 2, parents will have to help your baby make the transition to the micturition period.