https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:59:32 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558479 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:33:00 +0000 cranberryapple 558479@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beebug: Whoops, I hope I didn't worry you! I swear, they're just stages that last no longer than a couple of days at most, and there are some good weeks and some not so good weeks, but, I think there are more good days than not, or else I'd probably have a breakdown. =P </p> <p>@JessLC: Yes, the distraction thing is majorly annoying! DS has been doing that a lot as well! It's cute, but still annoying....Hahaha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558392 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 22:11:14 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 558392@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: no problem! It was actually @Kemma: who gave me the link in my other thread! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558379 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:58:09 +0000 travelgirl1 558379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JessLC: Ha ha, I seriously taste my milk all the time just to check it's not something grotesque (or lava). But it's fine, unless baby girl just has far more sophisticated tastes than what my humble diet provides her with : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558351 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:41:25 +0000 SleepyMonkey 558351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: LO is so distracted these days...unlatch and stare at me, at the picture on the wall, latch...unlatch, latch...cry until i turn her head to my boob like she can't find it, turn her head to daddy's voice, etc etc. it takes FOREVER to feed her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558350 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:41:10 +0000 travelgirl1 558350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: ha that was me. You can tell we've had a hard few weeks :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558348 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:39:46 +0000 travelgirl1 558348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurpleUnicorn: that link is brilliant, thank you for posting that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558345 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:35:30 +0000 SleepyMonkey 558345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: haha, you are so funny with your analogies. trying to feed her lava, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558344 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:35:29 +0000 Kemma 558344@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurpleUnicorn: I think another poster said it best when they reckoned that babies should be followed by an instruction manual instead of the placenta!</p> <p>All the info I've read says that babies go through a real fussy / distracted stage ar four months which is apparently development related, I guess the world is so much more interesting when you're 3-4 months old! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558342 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:34:28 +0000 SleepyMonkey 558342@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha, this is so funny we are all going thru the same thing! i kept trying to feed her and she was getting so mad and screaming, but i wasn't sure if she was starving or not because she was chowing down on her hands.</p> <p>@cranberryapple: i think all of our LOs are around 3-4 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558341 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:30:10 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 558341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@travelgirl1: i wish L could talk to me and just tell me what he wants, i would give him whatever he asked for, LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558340 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:29:25 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 558340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cranberryapple: my guy is going to be 3 months on wednesday!</p> <p>someone in my "breast refusal" thread where i described exactly this problem gave me a link to this site - i read through it and found it so reassuring and helpful!</p> <p><a href="http://nursememama.com/" rel="nofollow">http://nursememama.com/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558335 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:22:08 +0000 travelgirl1 558335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurpleUnicorn: she is like a different baby at night at the moment. Hungry but won't eat, tired but won't sleep. She used to breastfeed till the cows came home, now she acts like I'm feeding her lava or something, lol. I wish I knew what was going on in her sweet little head. </p> <p>@cranberryapple: she's 13 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558318 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:02:06 +0000 Beebug 558318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cranberryapple: my girl is 3.5 months, so interesting to see how old your LO is and that this may last!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558317 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:01:38 +0000 hummusgirl 558317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Def not always a hunger cue. LO is formula-fed so I know exactly how much he's getting, and he'll often suck his hands right after a 6 oz bottle. There's no way he's hungry after that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558315 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:59:30 +0000 cranberryapple 558315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JessLC: @travelgirl1: @PurpleUnicorn: How old are your babies? Mine was doing the same thing too just a week ago!! He's 6.5 months old now. &gt;_&lt; I can relate to the screaming at the boob even when it's his scheduled time to eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558312 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:57:54 +0000 Beebug 558312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>C also just realllly found her hands as well. Will be bf'ing, pop off and have her fingers in her mouth before I can blink, and no way in h-e-l-l will go on again if I pull her hands away. I don't associate it with hungry, more self-soothing, and oh man the drool!!! It's either thumb or pointer and middle finger when they're in her mouth, either hand.....silly girl! I try not to worry, it won't last forever! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558291 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:35:17 +0000 PurpleUnicorn 558291@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JessLC: i;ve been going through EXACTLY this lately and i am soooo confused! i keep telling him that he is sending me mixed signals, lol. </p> <p>@travelgirl1: maybe its good that our babies are acting the same way at the same age?! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558285 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:29:35 +0000 hilsy85 558285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>L looves sucking in his hands. As a newborn he definitely did it when he was hungry, but now he does it when he's tired or just because he likes chewing and drooling on things! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558281 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:26:17 +0000 Beehive 558281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think for J it used to be a hunger cue when he was very little, but now that he's sucking on his hands all the time, I'm pretty sure he's just sucking on them for comfort or because he likes sucking on things, not because he's hungry. At least that's what I'm telling myself, otherwise he'd be hungry all day long! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558279 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:24:56 +0000 travelgirl1 558279@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JessLC: We are going through exactly this right now. I had such an easy baby when she was born and now I have no clue, lol. Sucks on her hands like I never fed her in her life but is refusing to nurse on an afternoon/till she goes down. Confused. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558278 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:23:44 +0000 immabeetoo 558278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My lo is the same way... He chews on them constantly regardless if he's hungry or not! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558264 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:02:51 +0000 SleepyMonkey 558264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: that's what i thought. but sometimes when i am nursing, she'll unlatch, suck on her hands and when i try to get her latched back on, she refuses or screams! it makes me so confused. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558259 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:53:16 +0000 yoursilverlining 558259@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>sucking can be a self-soothing technique, and my LO also chews on her hands when she is teething. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-eating-hands-always-a-hunger-cue#post-558252 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:44:00 +0000 SleepyMonkey 558252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO has recently found her hands, but I'm confused. When she sucks on them, is that always a hunger cue? Or can it be that sometimes she just wants to have her hands in her mouth to suck on? </p>