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RE: Nursing kitty

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Posted by: abukuchick at Fri Jul 25 16:22:45 2003  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by abukuchick ]  
   

That was Bubba's thing too. He was 4 weeks old and didn't want to eat anything solid or drink milk from a dish. I had to start teaching him to eat by letting him suck drops of formula off my skin, he would only suckle off of skin. Then I gradually taught him the the stuff in the bowl was just as good (by sticking my hand in the formula, ick)...

Anyway, (got sidetracked) he'd suck on my blankets and clothes, (anything that smelled like me, constantly). Then, after a few weeks he started adding Mike's clothes and blankets to his sucking domain. But he grew out of it He slowly stopped and now doesn't seem to remember how to do it, he just licks blankets now. I'll always remember little 6 month old Bubba sucking on my blanket when we were all falling asleep....and then pulling the "suck spot" into my face! EEWWWW!!! That I will not miss, getting soaked in Bubba spit. Oh so gross!

Anyway, the point is, we used to try to get Bubba to stop when he was little but it never worked. Nothing worked. We just let him grow out of it and he did. He stopped doing it at about a year old or so. Your baby may be different, but I figure if they want to suck on something, let em!

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-Martha
Kuma
Bubba, formerly known as "Ducky"
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Macaroni


   

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