My kitten is suckling on blankets and kneading

As for the blanket suckling, that could indeed be a sign of early weaning. However, the fact that he’s kneading with his claws out is less of a concern, I think. Plenty of cats do it, even those who were weaned at the right age. My kitten does it all the time, even though he wasn't separated from his mum until he was four and a half months old...

I’ll share my own experience, which might contradict Sahra a bit, but there we go ^^

Your little one was probably taken away from her mum too early, or they were separated when she was very young (which sadly does happen sometimes.)

Personally, I got my little girl (who’s two now) when she was still only drinking milk (no water). Since the previous owner swore she was fully weaned, was three and a half months old and all that, we believed them; yet we soon realised she’d only drink milk --' It wasn't possible to take her back to finish weaning.

She still kneads with her paws when we stroke her, but she doesn’t suckle. ^^

So I suppose it just depends on the cat :)

Some will suckle, others won’t. ^^

My cat (Smoothie) used to do that too, my vet explained why... It was about 4 years ago (a bit less... when I first got Smoothie, he was 3 months and 17 days old) so I don't really remember it that well anymore...

This behaviour in cats is often down to the kitten being taken away from its mum too early.

So they end up suckling on anything they can get their paws on!

Kittens knead their mum's belly and teats slowly with their front paws to help the milk flow. Cats that do this will knead a blanket or sometimes even their owner. This usually happens when a kitten is separated from its mother before they are 3 months old. (Is that what happened in your case?)

There isn't really a "fix" for it as far as I know...