Thumb Sucking and Teething

When 6 months hit, Serif would rarely take a pacifier without just chewing on it . He began spitting it out and plugging up with his thumb. Previously he would suck on the pacifier for a couple minutes to help sooth him to sleep, then spit it out and doze off. Lately, he's been preferring his thumb over anything else when it comes time to sleep. When I finally caught it on camera he was actually asleep and had it in for a while. You can see he's got it in his mouth pretty well.

I really think it's due to the whole teething thing. I think it just feels good to him to have something soft to rub those gums on. His 2 bottom teeth are in pretty good and we're starting to see them now when he smiles. His top 2 teeth have been working their way in. His gums have been white and puffy for a couple weeks now. We just noticed his top right tooth breaking the surface yesterday. Today you can see it even better! Do you see it? Yay Serif!