What’s wrong with a three-month-old baby who keeps eating his hands?

Three-month-old babies always eat their hands may be babies in zinc deficiency, explore the outside world, emotional tension, hunger and so on have a relationship.
1. zinc deficiency: zinc deficiency can cause xenophagia, the baby if the lack of zinc may also have the symptoms of hand eating.
2. Explore the outside world: three-month-old babies are more curious and will explore the outside world by eating their hands, such as eating their hands to feel the shape and size of their fingers, which is a normal phenomenon.
3. Emotional tension: babies may have tension that cannot be appeased, and may eat their hands to relieve tension and find a sense of security.
4. Hunger: the baby may also be drinking not enough milk, when hungry may also produce the phenomenon of eating hands.
Three-month-old baby always eat hands may also have other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor’s treatment.