5 wk old making cliucking sounds with his mouth when not feeding?

[LadyLotty]

my little one makes this click click sound with his mouth, I'm not sure if this is normal? he doesn't do it when feeding just when he is awake...!

[kittybrown]

my dd used to do this. I thought it was her way of settling without having to feed or suck on a dummy a sort of simulation sucking. She also used to do it as she was drifting off to sleep up until she was about 3.

[Overmydeadbody]

My DS has always does it, and at 6 yrs old still does is when falling asleep and while he is sleeping. It is a sort of unconscious sucking, I jus put it down to a sort of comfort thing like sucking a thumb or dummy.

[LadyLotty]

Oh that's such a relief -- thanks Kittybrown and Overmydeadbody! Come to think of it, my little one is a rather 'sucky' baby likes to be comforted, so it makes total sense! I was just worried because I read quite a few threads about clicking and thrush, and was just worried it may be an indication of some sort of illness?!?!!!