I'm just full of btdt's lately:) My now 3 yo nursed this way from day one. If I would try to hold her hands away from her mouth, she would scream as if I wasn't letting her nurse. To her, literally from day one, nursing was a combination of behaviors that included attempting to have her thumb in her mouth (and succeeding). It was _very_ very difficult. I don't think we resolved it until about 9 mos, and didn't get twiddling stopped until about 15 mos. Does she have sensory/oral issues? Perhaps. Nothing significant enough for teachers/others to noticed anything, ped brushed it off when I broached the subject.... but she does have lots of sensitivity issues with clothes, foods, teeth being brushed, sounds.... In talking about this with other moms, I did find one other mom who's child did this as well. Baby nursed until she was three, she's now a typical 20 with no obvious presentations of SID or related issues. :) katherine in atl who definitely has sensory issues *********************************************** 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(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html