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Yuck! My baby won t stop licking the floor and putting dirty toys in her mouth, should I be worried?

Make sure that everything that goes to your child s mouth is clean and germ-free. When your little angel starts crawling and moving around the house, what comes with it something most mothers dread… Baby starts picking things up off the floor and taking them straight to her mouth. While this time may feel very unhygienic and like it should be avoided, occupational therapist Bridget Hartley, who s also one of the experts working with the sensory-motor programme Clamber Club, says it s an important and desirable stage of development for every child. Bridget, who has her practice in George in the Western Cape, says as babies grow, they start to gain active arm control (usually within the first three months), which allows them to get their hands and fingers in their mouth and a little later, even their feet!

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