From the moment she's born, your infant is looking for ways to comfort herself when she's tired, uncomfortable or hungry. And once she discovers that her hands and fingers are, well, always on hand, she'll realize that she has a built-in way to soothe herself.
As months go by, babies start to notice that their hands are useful tools for exploring new environments. Babies usually cut their first tooth around 6 months, although some little ones get their first tooth a few months earlier or later sometimes even after 12 months.
Before a tooth erupts, you may notice an increase in your baby's desire to stick everything in her mouth — and then chomp on it to ease the pain. Regardless of why your baby puts everything in her mouth, know that certain items should be off-limits. Use these tips to keep your baby safe:. Bottom line? While you should keep anything unsafe away from your baby, accept that no matter what, your baby will mouth things you never would — at least, not since you were an adorable mouthing infant yourself!
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This includes hard little toys or objects and hard or large foods that might break off and get stuck. Of course, all small toys or collectibles around the house should stay out of reach.
Pet food is safe and healthy for your pet, but it can be harmful for your baby. Some pet foods have higher levels of chemicals and minerals than human food. This can be dangerous for people — especially babies. Pet food may also contain bacteria that can cause food poisoning in babies and adults. These can make baby unwell. Check for old snacks and forgotten sandwiches at the bottom of your purse or diaper bag, or stuck in the car seat. All households have plenty of everyday things that can be harmful for baby mouthing and for anyone to eat.
Call Poison Control and get emergency medical care if you think your baby may have mouthed or swallowed any of these items, including:. Your baby will grab at your hot cup of coffee or steaming plate of food to see what you have there. Keep your little one away from the dinner table and remember to keep your hot drinks out of reach.
Common household items can be a suffocation hazard for your baby. Keep your baby busy with or interested in things that they can safely mouth. Provide plenty of age-appropriate baby soothers and teething toys that are made for mouthing.
Check out this list for good teething toys to choose, like:. You can also try natural teething remedies. Other things to consider include:. It also helps their bodies get stronger and better able to keep them healthy. However, in some cases baby mouthing the wrong things can lead to danger for baby or make them sick. Assume your baby will grab at anything they can reach! If your baby gets into something potentially harmful by accident, like pet food or dishwasher pods, call Poison Control or emergency help right away.
Your baby loves to explore, but you may be worried about hazards around your home. Healthline's experts drew up a baby teething chart so you know exactly when to expect those grins will get a little less gummy. Between months — the peak time for mouthing — consonant variation increases e. Holmgren et al. Fagan, with babbling. For more information about early babbling, click here. Infants at months of age often mouth objects and vocalise use their voices at the same time.
For example, one study showed:. Mouthing may influence consonant production by bringing about vocal tract closure i. Mouthing may encourage young kids to explore different consonants by giving them multimodal feedback e. This may have knock-on effects to developing communicative and language systems, although of course language and motor development develop differently. Mouthing objects is a common, but risky, behaviour for infants — particularly in the first two years of life.
Its purpose is not yet fully understood. Self-settling, object exploration and immunity calibration have all been suggested as reasons why children mouth objects. Mouthing may also influence consonant exploration and, thus, speech development. Fessler, D. Infant mouthing behavior: the immunocalibration hypothesis.
Medical Hypotheses, 63 , Fagan, M. The influence of Mouthing on Infant Vocalisation.
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