Thumb sucking - 6mth old

[onthefly]

I wouldnt' stress about it. Aged 3-9 months my son had his fingers/thumbs in his mouth all the time (well, when nothing else was in there) but then he just stopped.
I suspect trying to stop her would only make her more determined.

[human bean]

Yeah I kinda figure it would be hard to stop her anyways, I think I got caught up in the negative comments everyone's been making about it. Grrrrr I thought I'd learnt to just let them slide.....

Thanks Marcellus

[onthefly]

If she's 16 and still sucking it then maybe you can worry...
I don't really understand why sucking a dummy would be better than sucking a thumb. Anyway, it's just what babies do.

[MummaSue]

Missy has just started sucking her fingers. Tonight I was feeding her as usual at bedtime and she pulled away from boobie as if really annoyed with me, stuck her fingers in her mouth and fell asleep. Cheeky!!

Sue x

[Olive]

DD1 was an avid thumb sucker from 10 weeks to 2.2 years,...... boy she was a greaaaaaaaaaaaaaat sleeper we could often hear her through the monitor sucking her thumb! we loved it though i wont lie, it has caused some teeth issues BUT that was because she sucker her thumb upside down weird child!