Fingers in the mouth..

[robbie]

Hi, I am a daycare provider and just wondering, how many people think its OK for toddlers, babies to suck on their fingers. I have more kids in my daycare now who suck on their fingers like a "binkie".
Some even have worn sores on them. I have a couple who seem to stay sick a lot and my belief is that these fingers are in their noses, on the other children, on toys touched by other children and also end up places that we can only imagine.
I had pacifiers for my kids (although I hated it) but its a natural thing for them to want to suck and these can be put into the washer and sterilized. In the store tonight I saw three more children doing this. I've even got an older girl who has not outgrown this. To me when they are broke of the pacifier then thats it. How do you break the habit of the fingers when they are always there.
Thanks so much.

 

[RoseRed]

Not good for their tooth development if they carry on for too many years.

 

[Special_K44]

Fingers in mouths

There is a disease call Hand-Foot and Mouth Disease. It is transmitted through coughs, sneezes, dirty hands - here is the link from Webmd.com for more information


Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease-Topic Overview

 

[Sweet 16]

Not good for their tooth development if they carry on for too many years.

I sucked my thumb until I was almost six and amazingly never needed braces. Babies use their mouths to "feel" things because their fine motor skills aren't developed enough to use their hands. They also have a natural sucking reflex which enables them to eat from the moment they're born. Since you can't keep a pacifier in their mouths 24/7, the fingers are a natural substitute. In the case of older children, sucking on their fingers may act as a security blanket to calm themselves or if they were "weaned" off their binkies too soon. Or it may just be a bad habit. Just wash the toys and their hands several times a day.

 

[Kain99]

Let em' suck! Geez!!! I'm 41 and wish to God I could suck my thumb some days!

Learn great cleaning habits and this will not be an issue!

One word - "MICROQUAT"

 

[vraiblonde]

I cannot believe that someone is upset that babies and toddlers suck their fingers.

I wish Al Qaeda would blow us all up and do it quickly because I can't take anymore.

 

[Kain99]

I cannot believe that someone is upset that babies and toddlers suck their fingers.

I wish Al Qaeda would blow us all up and do it quickly because I can't take anymore.

I Love You Vrai!

 

[meangirl]

I cannot believe that someone is upset that babies and toddlers suck their fingers.

I wish Al Qaeda would blow us all up and do it quickly because I can't take anymore.

Do you ever wonder how so many of us got to be in our 40's with the way our parents smoked, let us ride with no seatbelts, and let us suck our fingers?

 

[Kain99]

Do you ever wonder how so many of us got to be in our 40's with the way our parents smoked, let us ride with no seatbelts, and let us suck our fingers?

If this lady was watching my kid I'd whip her arse!

 

[vraiblonde]

Do you ever wonder how so many of us got to be in our 40's with the way our parents smoked, let us ride with no seatbelts, and let us suck our fingers?

It's a miracle

 

[Pete]

Do you ever wonder how so many of us got to be in our 40's with the way our parents smoked, let us ride with no seatbelts, and let us suck our fingers?

I run with scissors and have been known to eat and go swimming right away.

 

[vraiblonde]

I have a couple who seem to stay sick a lot and my belief is that these fingers are in their noses, on the other children, on toys touched by other children and also end up places that we can only imagine.

You are a very scary person.

 

[Kain99]

You are a very scary person.

I don't even want to think about her nasty azz fingers!

 

[meangirl]

If this lady was watching my kid I'd whip her arse!

There is no way nowadays I'd let anyone else watch my young children. Geesh!

It's a miracle

I run with scissors and have been known to eat and go swimming right away.

Really though some of these young parents today actually scare me.

 

[Sonsie]

My girl is a finger sucker and I'm just happy because, unlike my son, I never have to search the house for the damn pacifier!

 

[meangirl]

My girl is a finger sucker and I'm just happy because, unlike my son, I never have to search the house for the damn pacifier!

She's also building up her immune system!

OR...getting and spreading germs...depending on who you listen to.

 

[Sonsie]

She's also building up her immune system!

OR...getting and spreading germs...depending on who you listen to.

Now that I'm staying home full time and have no kids in daycare we are all remarkably healthy! They roll around in the grass, chew on the cats, and eat dirt but almost never get sick anymore.

 

[mAlice]

Are you going to run around all day pulling fingers and thumbs out of babies mouths?

Thumb Sucking


Leave the babies alone and let them be happy. Let the parents worry about braces.

 

[(((echo)))]

I cannot believe that someone is upset that babies and toddlers suck their fingers.

I wish Al Qaeda would blow us all up and do it quickly because I can't take anymore.

sounds like someone needs to get laid

 

[surfer1]

I run with scissors and have been known to eat and go swimming right away.

I saw video where they once thought it was Ok for kids to run behind the misquito spray truck!!!! The kids were running and getting doused and having a ball!! Wonder what those kids are up to now??!! We are lucky to be alive!