
Originally Posted by
@llli*mommal
Older babies learn to self-soothe by sucking on their hands. Once they learn this neat new skill, hand sucking transitions from being a reliable hunger cue to being something baby does all the time- when she's hungry and also when she's not! Luckily, you cannot overfeed a breastfed baby, so if you have any doubt about whether your child's behavior indicates hunger, you can just offer the breast and rest assured that if she isn't hungry, she won't eat, or will take only a quick sip and then be done. As time goes on and your baby's communication skills improve, she will develop more unambiguous hunger cues. And this will happen long before she learns to talk, because baby communication encompases body lanuguage and pre-verbal noises.