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Fist In Mouth

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Becky77 · 20/08/2008 17:11

My LO constantly tries to fit her fist into her mouth... She's 10 weeks... Could this be early signs of teething (she also dribbles all the time) or is it just normal behaviour for this age?

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ummadam · 20/08/2008 18:21

normal she has found out that she has hands and they feel nice in her mouth!

my son did this for about a month at 8 weeks and is a complete dribble-monster - at 7months we still have no teeth

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Tigger13 · 20/08/2008 18:23

My DS3 also does the same even stops feeding to shove fist in his little (ish) mouth he is 14wks and been done this for a good month or so.

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LackaDAISYcal · 20/08/2008 18:35

perfectly normal...all part of her becoming aware of the world around her....just wait till she realises they actually belong to her and that she has control over what they can do

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Lib76 · 20/08/2008 19:27

my DS is 10 wks too and does the same, i worry that sometimes he will make himself sick!! he is a boy who loves his fingers, no need for a dummy in this house!

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