Baby sticking hand in mouth

[Starlight32]

My 8 week old likes to stick her hand in her mouth when going to sleep. I think she does it to comfort herself. She won't take a pacifier though. Is that really strange?

 

[Left wonderin]

Nope my now 5 month old sucked her hand from very early on and still does

 

[noon_child]

Just wait till the fun stage where they like to explore their gag reflex by sticking their hand as far back as it will go, over and over again!

 

[loeylo]

Nah, my wee one did this from less than 24h old. She was born at 4am, we have a video of her around 6pm that day sucking her fingers really loud. Just wash their hands regularly with a wet cloth and make sure you dry them. My wee one still does it at 9.5 months, but now she puts EVERYTHING in her mouth.

 

[Kiwiberry]

Nope not strange at all. My baby still does that and she is 22 months old. Sometimes it could mean they are hungry / thirsty but most of the time they just like it.

 

[CRWx]

My DD does this, some of the faces she pulls when they're in there are hilarious, then continues to do it

 

[Twinmum87]

My boy is the same. Used to suck on 2 or 3 fingers, then eventually just a thumb. Has always refused dummy and is not a big thumb sucker either. Just now and then he will suck on it for a minute or 2, if that.