What should I do if I eat my hand and bite the quilt before going to bed?

Generally, it will disappear by itself before primary school. If you haven't quit at the age of ten, you can consider psychotherapy.

Tutor Qiu Jiajing, Psychotherapist, Department of Child Health, Quanzhou Children's Hospital

Quanzhou Net 65438+1October 29th (Reporter Chen) Sucking fingers, holding quilts, biting sheets and touching earlobes ... Many babies' sleeping habits are a headache for parents. Look at the situation, don't interfere, worry, just like other parents said, your fingers are deformed; Intervention is also afraid that the wrong way will have a negative impact on children's psychology. Today, we will talk about the "quirks" of babies falling asleep, and ask Qiu Jiajing, a psychotherapist in the Department of Child Health of Quanzhou Children's Hospital, to analyze what kind of "quirks" need intervention and how to intervene.

Grandma Yi: I started biting when I was two months old. I have been bitten by horns for almost two years, and my horns are moldy.

Xiaoyi was born in winter. When he was born, his family covered him with a quilt with a black ball on the corner. When he was two months old, he often stared at the ball and then bit it. Look for the ball when you sleep every day, and bite while holding it. At first, he had no teeth, but he was bitten by a horn. There will be teeth in the future, and he won't let them change if he is bitten by a horn. Xiaoyi has been biting for almost two years now, and the corner is moldy.

Mom Xiao Shu: I'm still eating my hand 18 months, and my cocoon is still cracking.

Young trees began to eat their hands more than 40 days after birth. At that time, a nurse said that the baby's eating hands was a manifestation of the sensitive period of oral desire. If the transition of the sensitive period is not good and it is easy to eat when he grows up, his mother will not correct him. But I never imagined that Xiao Shu was still eating 18 months.

About 10 months, my mother found a big cocoon on Xiao Shu's left thumb. It was winter and the cocoon cracked, but he continued to eat. The family tried every means, but failed to get him to quit.

Now that he understands, his family will slowly tell him that he can't eat his hands anymore. He also learned that sometimes he would put his hand to his mouth to eat and then put it down, but recently his hand bounced back, and he often heard the sound of sucking his fingers in the middle of the night. At present, the thumb is a little flat, and I am afraid that my hand will really deform.

Yaya Ma: I took a towel for 9 years, but I won't change it if it is broken.

When I was a child, Yaya used to sleep with a towel until she was 9 years old. The towel quilt behind her is worn out, but she still can't let it go.

When she was born, her family prepared two towels for her, a pink one and a blue one. She only likes this blue one. I have to wash this quilt in the middle, so I can't give her a pink one. Later, this quilt was broken, and it was not good to change it to a new one. When she grows up, ask her why she likes this quilt so much. She said she liked the smell on it.

In this way, Ya Ya sleeps with that towel quilt every day. It was not until she was 9 years old that one day her family threw it away secretly that she quit.

Kiss grandma: I like to touch people's earlobes when I sleep, and I didn't quit until I went to elementary school.

Qinqin's parents are busy with work, and Qinqin was basically brought up by her grandmother. When she was a child, she had to touch her grandmother's earlobe to sleep. Sometimes grandma doesn't have time and doesn't like her mother to put her to bed. Therefore, every time I sleep, grandma will come into the house and lie side by side with her. She sleeps while touching, and will soon fall asleep. This "quirk" continued until she went to primary school.

Doctor's statement

/kloc-before the age of 0/0, if it does not affect the body and mind, you can not interfere.

For the baby's "quirk" of falling asleep, we consulted Qiu Jiajing, a psychotherapist in the Children's Health Department of Quanzhou Children's Hospital.

"Winnicott, a child psychologist, believes that these objects are symbols of the mother's constancy in the baby's mind." Qiu Jiajing explained that when the baby was born, the mother was accompanied 24 hours a day. When the baby is six or seven months old, the mother has to do her own thing and her energy is scattered, so the baby will have a certain degree of anxiety. At this time, the baby will imagine a transitional object to replace the maternal love in his heart.

"The little quilt and fingers are an emotional sustenance for him to comfort himself. My suggestion is to look at the age of each month. Before going to elementary school, there is no need to intervene if it does not affect the physical and mental health of children. " Qiu Jiajing said that, for example, holding a quilt and touching the earlobe is more secure for him.

"Like the problem of eating hands mentioned above, the impact is slight and needs intervention, but it can't be too rough. You can tell the baby in a negotiated tone that we don't eat our hands. Mom will help you take your hand out and pull it out slowly. " Qiu Jiajing said that this is the source of comfort for the baby. If this comfort is taken away at once, he will surely cry.

She said that babies can usually give up their "quirks" at the age of ten. If you haven't quit at the age of ten, it means that the baby's adaptability to the surrounding environment is not good, and the mood has not found a suitable outlet. At this time, you can consider going to the hospital for psychotherapy, and the doctor will conduct adaptive training for the baby according to the situation.