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Hi Doctor's, My 4 and half month old baby has started sucking her thumb from the last month.. At the starting people said that it is necessary for hand to mouth coordination and self soothing and we allowed her to do that. However these days, the intensity of sucking the thumb has very much increased. She is doing this all the time. Please help us to come out of this. I have seen a child in my neighbour who was doing this till 5 years of age so I am very much afraid.
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Hi, don’t worry use mittens for the hands of the baby.
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Don't worry it's normal
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