Thumb Sucker

Liddy Ann loves to suck her thumb. She has never really liked her binki. She will take it for a minutes but inevitably spits it out when she gets bored. Her fingers are the preferred chew toy and when she is sleepy she finds that little thumb and sucks away. I was distraught at first, not with her sucking her thumb as a baby, but with the thought that she would be thumb sucking toddler. I knew she was developing a habit that is really hard to break. I worked really hard to get her to love the binki and even put little mittens on her hands when she slept. I knew I was losing the battle when she managed to free her hands from the mittens to find her thumb. In a way it is kind of nice. I don't have to worry about her losing her thumb and she is also learning how to calm herself. I only hope she doesn't get too attached you can't take away a thumb.....