Yep, this latest baby of ours is not only a vigorous thumb sucker but actually prefers her thumb than the br*ast!

With the previous babies, I'd always made it a point not to nurse them to sleep, preferring that they seek out their own self-soothing techniques to go to sleep. And they usually do with no major challenges. But of course, they would happily nurse to sleep if I gave them a chance!

But not this baby!  In fact, she screams when I try to nurse her to sleep. She much prefers her thumb! And I have to walk & rock on top of that. Sigh....These are the times I actually wish I could just sit/lie and nurse her to sleep.

Interesting how each baby is different, eh? My 1st child was a thumb sucker too but he would gladly nurse to sleep when given a chance. The next 4 children did not show the slightest interest in their fingers or thumb. I was soooo pleased. Hey! Weaning them off their thumb is not my cup of tea! And then there's the alignment of the teeth to deal with to!

So when this baby started being able to find her thumb at around 6weeks, I was not pleased! I would take her thumb out and offer the breast but nope! She just didn't want to nurse. She was not hungry and would scream in anger when the letdown sent milk into her mouth! She certainly knows what she wants and doesn't want!

Just this morning, I offered her the br*ast in the hopes of getting another 15minutes of sleep. But she frowned at me, pursed her lips together first and then stuck out her tongue to push the n*pple out. Then she put her thumb in!

Argh!

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