A one and a half year old baby suddenly eating hands, may be insecurity, is growing teeth and other physiological reasons, may also be bad habits, lack of trace elements and other reasons.
1. Physiological factors: baby insecurity, may be through eating hands to obtain psychological comfort; or baby teeth eruption, caused by gum discomfort, may also be relieved by eating hands.
2. Unhealthy habits: When babies see other children eating hands or some hand-eating videos, they can imitate them, and then sudden hand-eating may occur.
3. Lack of micronutrients: when the baby lacks zinc, iron, etc., the phenomenon of heterophagy may occur, resulting in hand eating.
One and a half year old baby suddenly eat hands, there may also be other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.