thumb suckers - when did they start ???

[blossom2]

Just wondering, for those with children that sucks their thumb, when did they start to find it??

DD2 is just starting to find her fingers, thumb is still tucked into the fingers at 12 weeks...

[Kidstrack2]

My dd found hers at 5mins old after birth and then lost it until nearly 11weeks then by 12weeks she popped it into her mouth whenever tired, at 14weeks she started sleeping through all night and you would hear her sucking away at her thumb, she is now 2 and she happily sucks her thumb at bedtime or when she hurts herself! sooo cute

[mummytosteven]

very early on. probably when he was a few weeks old.

[nooka]

Can't remember! When he found it I guess, certainly within a month or two. Now we are trying to persuade him to do it less...

[blossom2]

ah... so do some children find it later than others??

[daisy1999]

very early - a few weeks. still trying to get her to stop at 6 years!

[koalabear]

at about 5 months - really when we stopped swaddling him for sleeping, and put him in a sleeping bag

[Miaou]

Ds found his at 2 weeks, can now settle himself to sleep. dd2 is/was a thumbsucker so I expected it really.

From about age 2 we called dd2's thumb her bedtime thumb, ie that was the only time she was allowed it in - works a treat!

[dizietsma]

My DD is 9 weeks old and desperately trying to suck her thumb. Hand co-ordination is still rather difficult, of course, so what she ends up doing is noisily sucking her fists. I wouldn't mind so much, but what ends up happening is that she'll half wake up and try to comfort herself back to sleep by sucking her fists thus waking herself up with the noise! V. frustrating as we'd just managed to get her on a night sleep schedule.

[compo]

about 3 months i think

[LIZS]

8 weeks , when she started to sleep through. Still does it at 4 and the dentist is issuing stern warnings

[SoupDragon]

4 weeks, still at it at 6.5 and has the pulled-out-of-alignment teeth to prove it

[LIZS]

soupy, I was shocked the dentist could even tell which thumb she sucked from the angle the bite was off - currently 4mm but it looks worse . If she continues it may force her rear teeth back and create a problem for the next molars coming through.