Children always have some small habits from childhood to adulthood, such as eating their hands. Many parents will find that their children have the habit of eating their hands. Eating hands during infancy is a good thing for babies, but if they still eat hands when they are older, it is definitely not a good thing. So, why do children like to eat their hands? Let's learn about it together.
The first year after birth is the basic stage of personality development, which also belongs to the "oral desire period". Babies need a strong sense of security, so the sucking sensation brought by eating their hands is very strong, which is a very normal physiological phenomenon. On the one hand, babies will feel very comfortable and their anxiety can be relieved; On the other hand, the feeling of a baby eating their hands is very different from that of breastfeeding, so even if the baby is full, they will still continue to eat their hands.
But as children grow older, if they continue to eat their hands, it may be a bad habit or a manifestation of a lack of care and security. The former only requires parents to help their children gradually change this habit, while the latter requires parental companionship, because if a child feels unsafe, undervalued, or unloved, eating hands can bring a sense of security to the child and alleviate their anxiety and depression. Parents should communicate and interact more with their children, play more games, etc., so that children can fully feel their parents' love.
