That’s a Beautiful… Baby?

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019Not That Mike The Other Mike

Although I keep reading that you shouldn’t let them suck their thumbs like that.

And you might want to have that skin condition looked at. (Imgur)

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debg March 22, 2019 / 3:17 pm

Furbabies are way cuter than hoomin babies.
- allein 🐾 March 22, 2019 / 3:34 pm
  
  Agreed.
  
  And hey, I sucked my thumb and it was fine. Nothing three years of braces and four years of retainers couldn’t fix.
  - phredsmom March 23, 2019 / 7:07 pm
    
    I sucked my thumb for years, much to my mother’s dismay,
    and my teeth were/are straight. Go figure.
    - allein 🐾 March 23, 2019 / 7:48 pm
      
      Heh. It probably contributed to a bit of an overbite (combined with a habit of pressing my tongue against my teeth when I swallowed; had to be trained out of both), but my real problem was that my jaw wasn’t big enough. My bottom teeth were very crooked (they had to put a band on one of them because it was at too much of an angle and the bracket kept coming loose from the pressure of the wire), and the only reason the top ones were reasonably straight was because they were pushed/pulled forward. I had all four first pre-molars pulled before I got my braces, to make room for my teeth to move, then I had all four wisdom teeth pulled before I could get rid of the retainers so they wouldn’t come in and screw up all that work. (The orthodontist told me I had to get the bottom wisdom teeth out, but the surgeon was talking about doing the top ones, also, and when my mom questioned him he pointed them out on my x-ray and said “see this? you’ll be back here in six months.” And it cost less to do them all at once rather than pay for two visits and two rounds of anesthesia.) I only have 24 teeth now.
      
      (My brother also needed braces, and he didn’t suck his thumb. He had a pacifier, but I wouldn’t take one. Can’t take away my thumb! 😉 )
- Lucy's Mom March 22, 2019 / 3:57 pm
  
  It’s not even a fair comparison, is it. 🙂
Gigi_the cat lady March 22, 2019 / 4:28 pm

Max a cat I had years ago did that. I was told it was because he was weened too early but his brother Boots was weened at the same time and didn’t suck his dew claw. So your guess is as good as mine.
Duckie 🐥 March 22, 2019 / 5:08 pm

Mike, are you sure this isn’t a kangaroo?
Ricky's Mom March 22, 2019 / 7:02 pm

That is a bee-YOO-tee-ful baby. I don’t understand the question marks in the headline at all. 😉