Fingers and Thumbs

Kate has always had a very strong suck.  She was born ready to eat!  Lately, she has been sucking on anything she can get into her mouth.  At first, it was her fist, but in the past couple of days she has found her fingers, like this picture...

and her thumb, like this one...

Anytime she loses her binky, the fingers or thumb quickly find their way to her mouth.  This is good and bad - it's nice at night time, since that darn binky often falls right out of her mouth.  When she gets restless, her thumb makes it way into her mouth and she is soon back to resting soundly.  This makes me hopeful that when I move her to her own room, she won't have much trouble with soothing herself back to sleep (since I've been popping that binky back into her mouth any time she's gotten restless at night).  It's bad, because I don't want to have to worry about chapped fingers or bad teeth from sucking her thumb - but she's only three months old - I'll worry about that when she's 3, if I have too.

In the meantime - enjoy this last picture of my smiley girl!  She is so close to really letting out a giggle!  I can't wait to hear it!!