He's found his hand. Is this the beginning of the end?

So baby has discovered his hand; and while this is a developmental milestone we are happy to see, we can't help but be a little concerned. Since the aforementioned discovery, we have been unable to successfully use the pacifier. Baby has become quite fond of sucking on his entire hand but has fallen in love with the pointer and middle fingers. While he's sucking on the digits he's also producing enough saliva to drown a small animal. Well, I guess all we can do is watch and wait, right? We don't want a finger sucker on our hands but is there anything to be done?!