Another thumb sucker?

From day one, Max seemed to be searching for his thumb. In fact, he was born with his right hand smashed right up against his cheek (yeah, ouch for mom).

In the picture below (just hours after he was born), the pediatrician is trying to pull Max's fist out of his mouth...

... four days later (below), Max is still determined to find that thumb...

...and finally, after the trauma of his first bath, success! thumb in mouth all by himself. (Actually, he seemed to really enjoy the bath...it was being wet and cold afterwards that was traumatic!)
Now, Max still has to hunt a bit for his thumb, but once he finds it he can put himself to sleep. I guess we can toss out those pacifiers! (Incidentally, Zoe stopped sucking her thumb abruptly when she had a horribly painful case of oral herpes the week after Max was born. Her mouth was too painful to suck her thumb, then when the illness cleared up she just never went back.)