Our newest addition to our family is approximately 10 weeks old (born on April 1st) and when she's tired or hungry while we're holding her, she begins to suckle on our hand. We immediately take her to her food (methinks she's training us, her faithful servants to wait on her) and 90% of the time, she'll hunker down by her food and eat.
We think it's adorable, of course, but wanted to know if this is a behavior that we should try to stop. If it doesn't affect her mental well-being, then no harm no foul, and we'll continue to offer her food first and then just let her do it for self comfort if she wishes.
However, we weren't sure if this was not healthy mentally for her? Karl said he even woke up this morning to her suckling on his lip. I probably snorted half my soda up my nose when he told me this on the phone! LOL
Any feedback?
We think it's adorable, of course, but wanted to know if this is a behavior that we should try to stop. If it doesn't affect her mental well-being, then no harm no foul, and we'll continue to offer her food first and then just let her do it for self comfort if she wishes.
However, we weren't sure if this was not healthy mentally for her? Karl said he even woke up this morning to her suckling on his lip. I probably snorted half my soda up my nose when he told me this on the phone! LOL
Any feedback?