Kathy wrote:
<< I think some babies thumb-suck in utero and get used to the constant
comfort
 in the absence of getting "full" from milk, so once they are born, their
 thumbs go right back in their mouths, and it can sometimes be a struggle to
 get the thumb out long enough to put the breast in.
  >>
Hmm, that would certainly explain my daughter being born with a sucking
blister, and the POP I had to hear trying to get her thumb from her mouth to
get her to nurse....:)
Judy LeVan Fram, Brooklyn, NY

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