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Baby thumb sucking

2024-07-15 06:24:25
My baby is 11 weeks old. He has been sucking this thumb during sleep. Does it affects his feeding ? And also nowadays he is sleeping longer stretches at night. I'm worried that he is taking less feeding because of thumb sucking. Please help. Thank you !
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Monitor weight of baby and urine output if it’s Gud don’t worry .

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