Peata
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Hmm, wonder if this CO2 stuff had anything to do with why I sucked my thumb til I was about 5?
I had a peculiar way of doing it in that I had my right thumb in my mouth, but I also HAD to have this special little blanket up to my nose so I could breathe through the blanket through my nose while my mouth was plugged with my thumb.
I was "addicted" to it. If I went somewhere and forgot my blanket (which only happened a couple times because I was so attached to it), I would go through withdrawal - anger, irritable, panic. Just sucking my thumb was not a fix - I HAD to have that blanket (and it could only be that special blanket, I believe because of its softness, texture and smell) up to my nose at the same time so I could breathe through it. It was truly my comfort.
Maybe even at that young age I was hypo and my body was trying to do something to correct it.
Anyway, didn't mean to derail thread. Just a thought that came to me.
I had a peculiar way of doing it in that I had my right thumb in my mouth, but I also HAD to have this special little blanket up to my nose so I could breathe through the blanket through my nose while my mouth was plugged with my thumb.
I was "addicted" to it. If I went somewhere and forgot my blanket (which only happened a couple times because I was so attached to it), I would go through withdrawal - anger, irritable, panic. Just sucking my thumb was not a fix - I HAD to have that blanket (and it could only be that special blanket, I believe because of its softness, texture and smell) up to my nose at the same time so I could breathe through it. It was truly my comfort.
Maybe even at that young age I was hypo and my body was trying to do something to correct it.
Anyway, didn't mean to derail thread. Just a thought that came to me.