Why Babies Like Toys that Entering into the Mouth?

At a certain age sometimes babies love to put anything into his mouth that sometimes makes parents became worried. I wonder why babies like to put stuff in her mouth?
If you enter your baby food into his mouth is, maybe not an issue. But usually, any goods found in the small will always be inserted into the mouth such as food, toys or other objects found on the floor.

"The baby's mouth has more nerve endings than the rest of the body, so if he wants to know about the taste or texture of something then he will insert the item into his mouth," said Penney Hames, a child psychologist, as quoted from Babycenter, Wednesday (08/25/2010).

This condition usually begins to happen when the baby is still under the age of one year, or around the age of seven months when she was already able to grasp and control the hand. Babies will be interested in all types of goods, especially when he saw the toys that have interesting shapes and colors.

Some specific toys are sometimes not allowed to children under the age of three years, it is possible there are certain components of the toy that can be harmful if swallowed by children.

This habit usually will continue to happen until the child enters the age of two years, but at that age she had also started to be interested about what is done or happen to his toys, so start exploring hand and eye movements. Most children will stop entering the goods into his mouth at the age of 3 years.

Hames said that the habit of entering the goods into the mouth can also occur if your child is going to grow teeth which are usually accompanied with saliva dripping.

For that parents need to watch things and toys used by the child, make sure that these goods are not dangerous or not hurt your baby's mouth. Should get rid of toys that are shaped too small or have a sharp edge for example because there is already a broken part.

Also make sure to always clean the floor, toys and baby's hand to prevent it from bacteria or viruses that could make him sick, but parents also need not be too scared by this habit. And let your child be all right if he was entering dangerous objects or dirt into his mouth.