Thumb Suckers

[hham10]

I have a random question for those whose LO's suck their thumbs.  Just out of curiosity which thumb does your LO suck, right or left or both? I know it's way too early to tell but wondering if there is any correlation to them being right handed or left handed.

[redhorizon343]

Mine doesn't suck her thumbs, but whatever random fingers she can jam in her mouth. Both hands.

[pineapplemae]

Baby V sucks all of her fingers on both hands, but only her left thumb. She has always used her left hand more, so my parents think she will be left handed. It'll be interesting to see.

[hham10]

Ds sucks left too. My H is left handed and his dad too so curious. I sucked my right only as a kid and am right handed so idk if it correlates at all but we'll see!

[laur110]

DD only sucks her left. I'm left handed as is my mom (who watches her while I am at work). My brother and FIL are left handed too. Wonder if she will be one!

[puffandstuff]

She sucks her left thumb. DD1 is left handed.

[peggygarbe]

LO sucks both... Really, she just tries to fit her entire hand in there most of the time lol

[wickednomnoms]

LO sucks on his fingers, most of the time on left hand. He seems to prefer his left hand in general. Not sure if it means anything but I guess we'll see. SO's father was left handed but other than that no one else in our family. 

[mrsnorris]

Jan 31, 2015 20:21:33 GMT -5 redhorizon343 said:

Mine doesn't suck her thumbs, but whatever random fingers she can jam in her mouth. Both hands.

This exactly.

[sosayweall]

Usually the right thumb. If he's sleeping he's usually on his tummy sucking the right thumb and playing with his hair with his left hand.

[coleyj88]

In my anatomy & physiology book I just read that they found while doing ultrasounds about 90% of babies suck their right thumbs, correlating with the rate of people who are right handed. So it could very well indicate handedness preferences!

[hham10]

Feb 1, 2015 9:17:08 GMT -5 coleyj88 said:

In my anatomy & physiology book I just read that they found while doing ultrasounds about 90% of babies suck their right thumbs, correlating with the rate of people who are right handed. So it could very well indicate handedness preferences!

That's funny they had something about this. That would be interesting!

[bobloblaw]

It varies.

[Chrisse]

LO is unbiased. She enjoys both thumbs equally.