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It's not something the majority of kids do, but it is not abnormal. In PK classes, I always had 1 or 2. He is probably self soothing. I had one PK student who did that all the time. His mom gave him a cuddly toy and that helped. We told him to get his cuddle dog whenever he started. He finally grew out of it.