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Q: Thumbsuckaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar!

asked by: Dannzibelle on October 15th, 2007

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Yeah. Mika sucks her thumb. It's official. At first i thought it was just when her hand happened to go on her face and the thumb just happened to be there but nope now she looks for it and goes to sleep during the day and at night sucking it, i get woken up in the morning by her sucking. Oh yeah and Mika officially HATES bottles. I pumped my little heart out for over an hour this morning to get 8oz for her for when we were at hospital when i had my MRI scan and she refused to take it, we tried all day and she wouldn't take it so i used two tablespoons of it to make her rice and tipped almost 8oz of it down the drain Sad

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vanessalouanne

replied on October 16th, 2007

Extremely eHealthy

ahhh how frustrating!!
I know how tough it is to pump a good amount too.
bree is a thumbsucker too ..im hoping after the teething thing shell grow out of it.

Mabel

replied on October 16th, 2007

Moderator

You cannot give her a bottle. Someone else will have to try to give her the bottle. She associates you with the booby and will refuse a bottle from you. Bottles are completely different than boobs. Babies know this and want what they are used to.

It can take a long time to get a breast fed baby used to bottles.

Dannzibelle

replied on October 17th, 2007

Supporter

Ingi wrote:

I tried it and then figured that out, then dom, tried, my mum and sister. Each day i'm trying her with just a small amount just incase one day for some reason she needs it pumped

Lauren_Jay15

replied on October 17th, 2007

Experienced User

awww bless her...

well yep paige is a thumbsucker at 4 weeks old! yep, the other night ihad her cuddled up, looked down at her and she was trying to eat her hand looked again,and she was chomping on her thumb!

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