Mitchell is already 3 months old! Time is going by crazy fast. We are enjoying every minute. He is a little over 14lbs and 24.5" long. That means he is in the 75% for both height and weight. For a while now, Mitch has been obsessed with sucking on his hands. Most of the time, he cannot keep a pacifier in by himself. Of course the woman who has a degree in speech therapy and is anti-thumb-sucking is blessed with the kid that can't keep a pacifier in on his own. Let's be honest, breaking the pacifier habit is a lot easier than breaking the sucking hands/thumb habit. He just thinks the pacifier is an obstacle to the good stuff. What's a girl to do? C'est la vie I suppose. I'll try to raise a child who doesn't suck his thumb for so long that it interferes with his proper socialization. In the meantime, here are some pictures capturing this oh so precious skill of our child.
And some more pics just for fun...
Todd's solution to prevent Mitch from watching the television.
Mitch was so tuckered out from not taking a nap at church that when I set him down to go change my clothes, he was asleep by the time I came back! Oh, and he sleeps with his eyes partly open sometimes. I think he has repressed memories of the forceps yanking him out of my body. He's on the lookout!
Look at that face! Notice the slobber-sleeves...hmm, wonder what that's from.
I do not get it. Did Todd leave those slobber sleaves on Mitch? :)
ReplyDeleteHe's a cutie. I must say, I am somewhat glad you have a hand sucker, now we're not the only ones in the family. :)
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Love the pictures! He is very, very cute, but I must say this thumb, finger sucking thing is very distressing indeed. What's a poor speech therapist Grandma to do??? I think he will get the pacifier thing eventually if you keep working at it, and hopefully that will replace his bad hand/thumb/finger sucking habits. These kids just come with their own ideas don't they? :)
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