On Mon, 14 Oct 1996 13:08:52 +0100 Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>I have this nasty stack of August lactnets I'm trying to hack my way
>through, and just read the posts about breastfed babies who ended up
>in
>orthodontia, some because of thumb-sucking.

Best to you as you catch up.  Mine are saved to a floppy and forgotten
about....maybe waiting for a rainy day :-)  With the new search function,
it seems less critical to me to go back for everything.  Have you tried
it?

>A thought:
>Is modern life too boring for babies?  Are they sucking their thumbs
>not
>because sucking needs aren't met at breast but because 4 walls with no
>one
>around but mom is just not what they thought life would be?  Would
>those
>same babies give up their thumbs if they lived in tribal villages?

I'll bet your right!  I think maternal depression is related too for the
very same reason.  Sometimes we remember to take dogs out for a walk, but
don't always get ourselves out.....:-)  (The computer can be our hole in
the fence somewhat though ;-)

Natalie, glad to have older kids who push her to get out and be less
bored!