Newborns eat hands usually because of hunger, micturition period and xenophagia.
1. Hunger: If the newborn feels hungry and is not fed in time, the newborn can not distinguish what can be eaten and what can not be eaten, and will eat the hand that can reach the side of the mouth.
2. Micturition: Three-month-old newborns will experience micturition because of the sucking reflex, and they like to explore the world by sucking on objects they can reach with their mouths, which is usually a normal phenomenon.
3. Ectophagia: when the newborn’s body lacks zinc, iron and other trace elements, it will cause ectophagia, which can appear in the newborn’s frequent hand eating.
There may be other reasons for newborns to eat their hands, 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 to give targeted treatment or treatment.