HumorMD Jr is really starting to pick up the pace with his developmental skills. One of his most recent discoveries are his extremities. He spent a good two days simply staring at his feet and following them as he moved them around. Previous to the foot discovery, he had already shown some interest in putting his hands in his mouth. We were already debating over when he would find out that his thumb can indeed extend from his fist and be placed conveniently in his mouth.
He has yet to figure the thumb thing out completely, but since losing interest in his feet, he has gone back to his hands with a vengeance. Little man can nearly get his entire fist into his mouth (impressive given his hand size for an infant) and does so on a regular basis. It is actually difficult to get his pacifier in his mouth sometimes because he is too busy sucking on his own fingers.
One nasty consequence of the finger thing is that he has discovered another even more primitive aspect of himself...his gag reflex. It turns out that if you place your entire hand in your mouth, then you stand a good chance of choking yourself. After a few unexplained spit ups, we finally caught him in the act gagging while he continued to chomp on his little digits.
In an effort to curb this behavior, I've been pretty actively watching him and replacing his fist with his pacifier or other approved baby chew toy whenever he goes for his own fingers. He finally seems to be getting the point and will simply go with whatever I provide. He wasn't a big fan at first though. He would actually let out a whimper and look at me like I stole his bottle. Ridiculous, right? Hopefully, he'll learn to trust his old man. No sense in vomiting on your own fingers when there's a good Sophie the Giraffe chew toy available.
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