Happy Naptime, everyone!!
I sure do appreciate being able to bounce ideas and get advice from you all who get the day-to-day issue we have!! This forum is great!! :)
Anyways, I have another question today- I have a 16 month old who sucks his fingers. His index and middle fingers. Just like sucking a thumb, he does it walking around, sitting in his chair, on our walks, all the time!
I think it's very gross, especially when he has a cold and boogars and all over his face, then on his fingers, then all over my toys and his friends! Yuck!
Would you discourage this? And if so, how? I don't understand how to encourage a child to stop sucking their thumb, and at what age to start?
I had a little boy last year who graduated off to school and he was a finger in their mouth kind of kid as well, not as a comfort thing, but just always putting toys and fingers in his mouth! I was kind of happy to be done with that but here I am again!
I just don't know if I am being a little OCD about this or what?? What do you think?