Why do small children put everything in their mouths?
I wonder why small children (0-3 years old) always put everything in their mouths? I know that my niece always put everything in her mouth.
Whether stones, toys, fingers, or objects
Small children seem to put everything in their mouths, but why?
And do you think if I show a small child (1-2 years) a picture of a city what will he/she do with it if I hold the picture and the child just sits on my lap and I show the picture in front of his/her eyes
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The mouth is the most sensitive organ. There are more nerve ends than in the fingers. If babies/toddlers take something in their mouth, they can explore the subject exactly: How does he feel? What consistency does it have? Are there corners? Curves? Noppen?
As I said, the mouth is more sensitive than the hands, so they learn more about their environment than with their hands. And control he practiced the mouth is much easier in the early months than over his hands. At the Strampel, the hands will shoot back and forth. Targeted to be able to grasp something is a very high art that wants to be learned.
After the first year of life, that’s what’s going on. The fewest 2 year-olds still have stuff in their mouth and after the 3rd. Year of life should have been completely laid.
So a child of age will try to take the picture out of hand, but it will no longer necessarily take the mouth.
It is normal at the beginning that children want to discover the world and test their boundaries in every sight. But if it lasts too long that it is so I speak of regular eating of 1-2 months. If you’re looking for a terapeute. Since this is Pica Syndrome
Because in the age or in the phase of the mouth the most important tool is to explore the environment. That’s normal.