Malka:

 

I am currently nursing an avid thumb-sucking 2 year old.  I too thought it
would be a good idea (when she was a newborn) to put her to the breast
whenever she was sucking her thumb.  This was pretty much a losing battle,
though as babies can suck their thumbs a lot!   At night, we co-slept and
I'd even take her thumb out of her mouth to nurse her if she was awake.  I
have several other friends, whose babies sometimes even prefer their thumb
to the breast-- but they are gaining fine and the mothers have no supply
problems.  I guess it's a phase just like everything else.  Eventually,
she'll grow out of it.  For now, I'm not sweating it.  Tell this mom it can
be a blessing when her baby might get fussy waiting for her, like on a car
trip in her car seat, or while waiting on her for a few moments while she is
taking care of another child!    

 

Hilary Frambes, LLLL

Hilliard, Ohio

 


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