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I wouldn't worry too much about the germ issue. Whether he was putting his whole hand in his mouth or not, he's gonna get those. Also, I'm not sure if this has as much to do with your husband being deployed as it could just be a new, fun skill your son learned. I've found with a child that age, ignoring the problem works best because everytime you correct him, you might be reinforcing a type of "game", at least in his mind. That's the only thing that worked with my (now) 6-year-old during potty training when we couldn't get the poo-poo training successful until I stopped making a big deal out of it. It took a couple weeks of being nonchalant about this until my son started using the potty like he should. I don't know if the same will work for you, but it's worth a try. If that doesn't help (and you get really despirate) I would also suggest a product called Mavala Stop which is used to deter biting nails and thumb sucking. It's supposed to work 1000 times better than any other product for that, and it's a type of nasty tasting nail polish that you can find on line. Good luck!!!

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