Babies like to eat their hands during infancy, and small hands have become their closest 'toys'. Most babies will gradually lose this behavior with age, but some children may not lose it, and some may even become more severe. Psychologists say that hand eating addiction is a behavioral disorder, and parents should actively help their children quit this bad habit. So, what should we do if the baby eats their hands?
1. Identify the cause and prescribe the right medicine
For children, if it is due to incorrect feeding methods, they should be cultivated to have regular eating habits, such as eating regularly and in moderation; If it is due to loneliness, solitude or other reasons, it is necessary to give children some interesting toys, so that they have the opportunity to play with adults or other children, cultivate their interest in the environment and games, shift their attention, and gradually correct such bad habits; If there is a lack of trace elements such as zinc and iron in the body, it is best to take the child for trace element testing first, and then provide corresponding treatment methods.
2. A relaxed and warm family environment
Parents creating a relaxed and warm family environment for their children can help them release stress. When interacting with children, parents with a smile on their face, a relaxed tone, squatting down to talk to them, and maintaining an equal posture with the baby all help to meet the child's various emotional needs. And appropriately improving the requirements for children, not being too strict with them, not emphasizing competition too much, not putting pressure on them, not demanding perfection from them, etc., is also conducive to creating a warm, comfortable, stable, and relaxed growth atmosphere for babies.
3. Correct education, avoid being rough
Finger sucking and nail biting are natural in early childhood, so they should not be simply prohibited, otherwise it will only reinforce this behavior and make them feel more nervous. Only by actively providing various interesting activities such as handicrafts, games, etc., without applying an adult perspective, can one naturally alleviate their confusion and prevent the emergence of these bad habits. Therefore, forcibly stopping the bad habits of such children is harmful and useless. Mocking, mocking, intimidating, and scolding are even more inappropriate. Such actions can only make children's emotions more tense and uneasy, and even lead to unhealthy psychological states such as inferiority and loneliness.
4. Disgusting therapy
In childhood, if children develop a habit of sucking their fingers or biting their nails, aversion therapy can be used for treatment and correction. Apply Huanglian water or chili water on children's fingers to make them feel the pain of biting their nails or sucking their fingers, and thus quit this bad habit.
