My 2 children have sucked digits. My 2-yo sucks her thumb a lot. My almost 5-yo sucked her pointer and middle fingers together until just past her 3rd birthday. She stopped relatively quickly (within the space of about 2 weeks maybe) and when I realized she had stopped I asked why she didn't suck her fingers anymore and she said they didn't taste good anymore. Go figure. Well I am convinced now though that she probably would NOT have stopped as easily if I wasn't still nursing her. She nurses twice a day maximum now, at almost 5 (and the deal is that after 5 it will go down to once a day max). Fio Mama to Sandrine, 4 yrs 11 mos, and Nyssa, 26 mos, tandem nursing. Ressource person with Allaitement Québec *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html