John has decided that sucking his middle & ring finger, whilst stroking the back of his head is the best thing since sliced bread.
It means he can settle himself back to sleep through the night which is always a good thing. In fact, he only woke to feed once last night!
I was worried at first that he was going to develop a lifelong bad habit but after talking about it with my Mum I felt reassured. She made the point that him self-soothing will never be a bad thing, plus when he starts crawling around and grabbing other things he’ll no doubt be distracted from sucking his fingers.
I used to suck my thumb when I was younger and it never did me any harm either. No bad habit, no braces and I still have perfectly straight teeth!
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