sucking your thumbs
2007-02-02 00:25:50 · 6 answers · asked by *^~MoNz~^* 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
it isnt a cause its an instinct.
2007-02-02 00:28:04 · answer #1 · answered by puppy love 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sucking is a natural instinct for babies ~ it helps to insure a child's survival in that it promotes successful breastfeeding. The sucking becomes a method of self-comfort ~ and then can develop into a habit for older children. (I know an adult who sucks her thumb when she is under stress.)
2007-02-02 08:38:29 · answer #2 · answered by CallaLillie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Babies suck their thumbs in the womb. It is completly just instinct and then it can become a comfort tool.
2007-02-02 08:49:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The child uses this to comfort themselves. It mimics their need to suck on mother's breast, or milk bottle.
Some pictures show fetus's sucking their thumbs in the womb.
Hope this helps.
2007-02-02 08:29:39 · answer #4 · answered by lubinmt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
comfort
2007-02-02 08:28:06 · answer #5 · answered by redpeach_mi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it messes up your teeth!!!
2007-02-02 08:31:04 · answer #6 · answered by bdcolditz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋