I agree with Katherine, this is not something to pick a fight over. Power struggles can prolong an activity and make a very strained and unpleasant atmosphere. My fourth was a finger-sucker (middle and ring fingers together, it looked very odd). My husband was sure the baby wasn't being nursed enough. Just to demonstrate that he was , I picked the baby up and nursed him, put him down and the fingers went right back into his mouth. He stopped on his own before (if memory serves) two years. -Claire Bloodgood, IBCLC *********************************************** 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