Hair Twirler and Cloth Toucher

Both of my girls suck their thumbs. The left thumb, that is. It started when they were about three or four months old. They would actually take their pacifiers out in favor of the thumb.

While they both suck their left thumb, they each have their own unique style of thumb sucking. Anna is the cloth toucher. She loves to have a piece of cloth (usually a blanket) right up next to her face when she is sucking her thumb. However she is not partial to her blanket, any cloth will do. Lately, if she is sleepy and wants to suck her thumb, she will grab a baby sock and hold it close to her face. We see her crawling all over the house with one or more socks in her little hands. Its very funny.

Emma on the other hand, is a hair twirler. When she wants to comfort herself, she will suck her thumb and twirl hair. She prefers other people's hair, but will twirl her own if she has to. It is funny to watch her and her Daddy because she will push his face to the side so that she can reach his hair. She has recently realized that Anna's hair is good for twirling too. Last night they were both pulled up to the toy box, then Emma grabs Anna's shoulder with one hand and starts twirling her hair with the other. Anna wasn't too thrilled about this since Emma had most of her weight on her. This morning, I heard a baby yelling and I went into their room. I found that Emma had Anna trapped against the railing of the baby bed, twirling her hair.