Pinky sucking

[ToonLass]

I have recently moved my 4mo from her Moses basket, which rocked, to her cot.

I and Finding it difficult to soothe her back to sleep without the rocking motion - and the only thing that seems to work is letting her suck my pinky.

She's getting increasingly dependant on it but will not, under any circumstance, take a dummy - I've tried 5/6 different brands but all she does is play with them or gag!

Any tips on how to settle get without me stooping over the cot getting a soggy pinky?? Think she's going through a sleep regression at the moment so more tired than ever :(

TIA

Try putting HER own thumb in her mouth. dd1 did this herself at 3 months it was brilliant, she sucked her thumb till she was 6 and has lovely straight teeth

Really wish she would suck her thumb but all she does is chew it!! She might get there eventually.
I always put mitts on her at night though as she scratches her face something rotten - so she would find it difficult to suck her thumb ( although sucks the mitts which makes them nice and soggy!)

Maybe one of those lovely soft chewy type toys from health food shops or green catalogues (they're made especially for chewing out of organic cotton so toxin free).

Thanks ppeat, she's got quite a lot of chewy toys which she loves, but they don't comfort her like a pinky ??.

Thumb sucking affects the jaw development too. Personally, I would never encourage a child to suck their thumb again.

I was delighted when DS1 found his aged 4 weeks. I was less delighted with £3,500 worth of private orthodontist treatment. Dd started sucking hers aged 2, much to my disgust. The cost of her orthodontic work is over £7k. This is to not only get the teeth in the right place but will ensure the jaws grow correctly to have enough space and correct the damage already caused by never having their mouths shut.

Their orthodontist could tell I had sucked my thumb by looking at the shape of my face, not by looking in my mouth.

Interestingly SoupDragon dd1 as I said sucked her thumb from 3 months to 6 yrs. no trouble, in fact both girls have lovely straight teeth, dd2 sucked her middle 2 fingers for a short while no probs. ds1 did not suck anything except ebf. (same as the girls) But at 13 he had to have orthodontic treatment for sticky out front teeth.

I reckon it's genetic.

I had very buck teeth as a child, and I never sucked my thumb or had a dummy past the age of 1, but my uncle also had buck teeth so mine were definitely genetic.

Unfortunately, I would say the majority of babies need SOMETHING to comfort them back to sleep.

Bumping this as I now have a pinky with an open sore and a blister on he finger I have substituted it with.(from her razor sharp bottom teeth!)

I think I just need to break the habit of her sucking to sleep, rather than substituting it with something else. She won't take a dummy as she's not really sucking hard enough, she's more tongueing/chewing. I thinks she's getting more teeth in which is why she's back to biting a bit harder :(.

I need a gentle way of getting her to fall asleep without a finger in her mouth.

PLEASE HELP!