How to Deal with a Child's Finger-Sucking

Patient's question:

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Doctor's answer:

The baby needs to suck. Newborn babies have a natural need for sucking. If this need is not met, they will find ways to satisfy themselves—sucking their fingers, which is a substitute and a form of comfort.
The baby eats their hands. When the baby is anxious, hungry, bored, or imitating other children who occasionally suck their hands, if parents scold them severely, it makes the baby even more anxious, which. Some parents, on the other hand, simply let the baby suck their hands without addressing the underlying reasons or taking corrective measures in a timely manner.