To not be fussed that my son has started sucking his thumb?

[Mumof1DS]

DS is 4 months old. Sucking his fist has developed into sucking his thumb occasionally. Not all the time, maybe once or twice a day. Whether it makes it in by accident or intention, I'm not sure.

Personally, me and DH are not fussed. We think he'll grow out of it. He's hardly going to go to his first job sucking his thumb!
However, MIL and SIL are acting like he has developed a heroin addiction. It's been suggested that we give him a dummy instead. Even DM has said it's easier to take away a dummy rather than a thumb.
I haven't given him a dummy so far and don't really want to. It took a long time to get him latching on well and still sometimes ends up with a shallow latch and has to be taken off and put back on, so I don't really want to introduce a dummy in case it hinders the breastfeeding.

AIBU in my attitude to said thumb sucking?

Buswankeress
Just tell them she's stopped.
We were in the same boat, lots of tears from DS as he just couldn't stop, he was getting stressed and tired.

It was a friend of mine who told us she was the same at 13 but the day the braces went in she stopped as it just wasn't possible.
it's worked for DS.

He has to have braces in for 3 years. Because the pressure he put on his palate from his thump, meant he pulled it forward and narrowed it too.

I still suck my fingers, I never grew out of it. but luckily finger are not shaped to fit and on the palate.

I would recommend a dummy as you can remove a dummy.