Parents often consult, saying that babies always like to eat fingers, not allowed to eat and sometimes even cry, help him out of the mouth, the baby soon put his hand into the mouth again and began to eat, then the baby eat fingers is normal? What are the special ways to make babies stop eating fingers? Why do babies like to eat their fingers? There is evidence that some babies even before birth began to eat fingers, and many babies will appear to eat fingers, we can consider it a habit, and this habit is very common, may not realize that the baby himself, eat fingers more happens when the baby feels stressed or more tired, eat fingers can make the baby calm down and get self-soothing. What should parents do if their baby eats his fingers? Generally do not deal with special treatment, because more than half of the babies in about 7 months of age will no longer eat fingers, some babies may need to be older before they do not eat fingers, parents do a good job of cleaning, help babies wash their hands often to reduce the risk of hand – mouth transmitted diseases. When your baby eats fingers, you can use distractions such as a pacifier or let your baby play with other toys. When do I need to take my baby to the doctor? 1.Baby who is still eating fingers when he/she is 5 years old needs to see a pediatrician or psychologist. 2. Swelling or infection of the finger occurs. What treatments are available? Treatment will usually only be given to babies over the age of 5 who are still eating their fingers because as the baby gets older and starts school, he will progress quickly and due to peer pressure, he will at least change his habit of eating his hands during the day. At first, gentle reminders can be used, especially during the day, to encourage or reward him if he reduces the number of finger eating. If the gentle reminder does not work, you can take the “aversion method”, the main method is to apply bitter or spicy things on the baby’s fingers, wrapped in a bandage on the fingers, etc. The purpose is to remind the baby every time he eats his fingers, so that he gradually become averse to eating fingers.