do all babies do this
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Topic: do all babies do this
Posted By: NovemberMum
Subject: do all babies do this
Date Posted: 03 October 2008 at 10:48pm
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whenever I give Megan a breastfeed she opens and closes her hand really fast like she is squeezing something. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 03 October 2008 at 10:50pm
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Yep Harry does that but I thought it was just him doing the baby sign language sign for milk lol... ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 03 October 2008 at 10:53pm
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Yep, Keziah did this.. still does it sometimes even though she's bottle fed!!
She's also known to rub her hair while she's feeding and asleep LOL it's really cute -------------  
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 03 October 2008 at 11:09pm
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This is to do with the sucking reflex. I know a nurse somewhere told me about it before but memory fails me.
The girls do it when they're going to sleep as well as we use dummies. |
Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 04 October 2008 at 6:54am
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Yep all 3 of mine did ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 04 October 2008 at 6:56am
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Yup, Hannah does this.
It's one of my favourite things  ------------- 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 04 October 2008 at 9:02am
awwww how cute! ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 04 October 2008 at 11:15am
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Hee hee - it is the sign for milk in baby sign language. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 04 October 2008 at 12:38pm
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the opposite is also true... one way to get a baby to suck is to gently rub the palm of their hand .... cause as tishy said it is all about the sucking reflex. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 04 October 2008 at 2:14pm
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Oh! That makes sense! I've found when JJ is mucking about and bouncing his head around instead of properly latching, if I grab his hand and give him my finger to grasp he latches properly and starts sucking away. I thought it was just my imagination! Thanks Bizzy ------------- 
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Posted By: SarahP08
Date Posted: 04 October 2008 at 2:34pm
| OMG! I am so trying that!! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 05 October 2008 at 1:15pm
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Yep it's really cute -------------  |