JoAnn&Aimee
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This morning I noticed that Aimees left thumb was practically red raw! She uses this thumb for sucking when she is tired. I've tried countless times to remove the thumb and give her a dummy but she just spits the dummy out and within minutes starts sucking her thumb again. She doesn't do this EVERYTIME I remove her thumb from her mouth. It looks really sore, my first thought was it was a burn mark as it looks that bad but I know it is the thumb sucking.
As she is staying at my parents tonight I will take a photo of the thumb tomorrow and post it up so you can see it. I don't see my HV again until 7th January and I am very reluctant to leave Aimee until then. I would phone my doctors surgery but trying to get an appointment on the day you phone is like trying to get blood from a rock. At best it would be next week for the first available appointment.
She doesn't appear to be in any pain, she is still her usual giggly smiley self and the fact she is still sucking her thumb for a few minutes while she gets to sleep says it can't be hurting that much!
I have no idea if this is a common problem with thumb sucking. I am lucky in the sense that Aimee doesn't require a dummy. She only uses one when she is upset about going into her pram to go out and that is only occasionally and doesn't last long. Also she doesn't suck her thumb for often and when she does it isn't for very long.
Any advice would be helpful! I will post a photo of her thumb tomorrow, it looks awful!
As she is staying at my parents tonight I will take a photo of the thumb tomorrow and post it up so you can see it. I don't see my HV again until 7th January and I am very reluctant to leave Aimee until then. I would phone my doctors surgery but trying to get an appointment on the day you phone is like trying to get blood from a rock. At best it would be next week for the first available appointment.
She doesn't appear to be in any pain, she is still her usual giggly smiley self and the fact she is still sucking her thumb for a few minutes while she gets to sleep says it can't be hurting that much!
I have no idea if this is a common problem with thumb sucking. I am lucky in the sense that Aimee doesn't require a dummy. She only uses one when she is upset about going into her pram to go out and that is only occasionally and doesn't last long. Also she doesn't suck her thumb for often and when she does it isn't for very long.
Any advice would be helpful! I will post a photo of her thumb tomorrow, it looks awful!