> Paula Hart wrote:  However, I am wondering
> what anyone would make of my son.  He is currently 10 months old.  He has
> been kneading since he came out.  He gets very frustrated if he is nursing
> and I won't allow him to knead my breast.  It can get painful at times, so
> I usually try to slip my fingers in the way to TRY to get him to knead them
> instead.  I certainly have copious amounts of milk, but wonder if he is
> addicted to the faster flow.  More of a curiosity thing for me as neither
> of my girls did it.  >


Paula, perhaps he's doing dr. Jack's deep compression technique? :-)
I've seen kneading, caressing, opposite-nipple-pinching, and all sorts of
manipulating by breastfeeding infants.My youngest, who co-slept for years after
weaning, kept searching (in his sleep) for my bare breast skin to touch when I
slipped into bed at night. He never reacted when dad came in.
I think we find it quite normal in our society to see non-breastfed children
carry around blankets, cuddling teddybears, using littles pieces of cloths, etc,
(I've seen one with a little piece of a plastic diaper wrap,) but I also think
that that might be substitute behaviour for the kneading and thelike.

> My DH maintains he inherited it from him (laughingly
> since DH was definitely NOT bf)!  Any ideas?

M dh wasn't much either as a baby, but he still searches for *my* breasts in bed
...

Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC, Maaseik, Belgium
http://www.users.skynet.be/eurolac
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