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Thumb Sucking Concerns
I asked my doc, and she said there's no worry about thumb sucking with baby teeth. It has no negative effects until permanent teeth come in! Phew! ...
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- Coconut oil - it stays on well like lotions.
- Hi H., First of all...hurray for you for letting your child do what comes naturally...suck to self-soothe! How wonderful that your little guy, like mine, is able t...
- My daughter (13 months) is a thumb sucker too. I am also trying to get rid of it . My problem with this girl is she uses both her hands. Here is what I did with my e...
Thumb Sucking
I know that thumb sucking is normal at this age, so I guess I'm looking either .... But truly she was such a happy (like your baby) and content kid that I ...
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- I must say that I agree with Natasha in part that it can begin with weening when 2 - 3 years for nap time & bedtime. That is what we do with our 2 year old son who ...
- V., I totally agree with kristy on this. I was a thumb sucker(7 years old) and my mom was a thumb sucker and now my 7 month old daughter is a thumb sucker. When it ...
- My now almost 6 yo daughter used to suck her thumb. She started really early - like 4 or 6 weeks, and I loved it! She was able to soothe herself without any external...
Thumb Sucking
On the 12 week ultrasound, the baby was sucking its thumb, it's even on the picture. I'm not worried a bit. In fact, I was excited that baby is taking after ...
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- I too sucked my thumb and now have a 5 year old with the same habit. My mother used a liquid on my thumb and it worked within a week. I have tried the same on my da...
- I don't know if this is the right advice but my pediatric dentist told us that we should totally ignore the thumb sucking. We have a two-year-old that sucks her thumb...
- I was a thumb sucker until the age of 23. Yes, 23 and did it through college. I think I'm a rare case. My family tried everything to get me to stop, which of course di...
How to Stop Thumb Sucking?
I would never recomend this for a baby or a toddler but since your daughter .... Hi S. - I don't know anything about thumb sucking :) but I looked at your ...
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- Hi S.- My daughter also sucked her thumb until she was 8 yrs old. The best advice I think is, stop making an issue of it she will all of the sudden just stop. It won...
- Maybe a reward system, everytime that she doesn't do it she gets _______. Just something small. When she is watching TV it is subconscience (sp?) give her hands someth...
- They have this bitter tasting stuff you can put on your child's fingers, and they won't like the taste. I've seen it at Walgreens, but i'm not too sure what the name ...
5 Year Old Still Sucking Thumb at Night
My daughter's dentist recommended that she stop sucking her thumb by age 5. When she was 4 she said she ..... how to stop thumb sucking · baby thumb sucking ...
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- Hi P., Sorry to say it, but I was a thumb sucker, and I didn't completely stop until my 12th birthday!!! Ugh, I know. But honestly, my parents and all of my family ...
- give her osmething to suck on at night like a pasifier it helped my cusin it should help her
- My daughter did this night and day, finally was able to control the day but had a hard time at night because it was an unconsious habit. We knew the braces were comin...
Thumbsucking
My son sucked his thumb and his baby teeth did form that way. His lower teeth went in and his upper teeth went out. There was just enough room in between to ...
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- My daughter has sucked her thumb from the start, too, and she's almost 3. A lot of people give her a hard time about it, but we don't. It's comforting for them to do...
- I am no dentist - let me preface with that! Also let me add my opinions about childhood habits and "dependence" as well as my own experience really color this for me....
- My son is also a thumbsucker. We have limited his thumbsucking to bedtime as I heard someone else suggest. Also, during the day or when he is really having a hard time...
"Wart" on Thumb from Thumb Sucking
I can't give any advise on the thumb sucking, but as for the "wart"....if it ... Between that and requesting he give up his baby blanket (helped him sleep), ...
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- Hi K....you sound pretty busy! Thumb sucking is much more difficult to stop then the pacifier - because you can't just take it away! The hardest thing for children w...
- They make a stop biting your nails and stop sucking product that you put on the nails or thumb. It tastes AWFUL!! YOu could try putting that on, perhaps when he is a...
- My last child was a big thumb sucker to the point her thumb looked like it had worts on it & the Dr suggested we find something over the counter to try & so we did & i...
Thumb Sucking
My Dr. told me not to worry about my daughters thumb sucking, he said infants and toddlers use thiumb .... dental expander · blisters in baby s mouth ...
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- I only have one child that sucked his thumb and he stopped conciously sucking it himself when he was in first grade. He did, however, continue to suck it at night (una...
- I probably shouldn't admit this, but I sucked my thumb WELL into gradeschool...my parents and dentist tried EVERYTHING. Cutting my thumbnail short (so it would feel f...
- First of all, don't worry. They are so young and if they are still sucking their thumb at 5 or 6 there are things you can do. I have heard my patients say they put s...
Thumb Sucking 5 Year Old
Give her back the favorite stuffed animal and see if the thumb sucking decreases . ... and she still sucks her thumb....with her ratty torn up baby blanket ? ...
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- Let her stop when she's ready to stop. I sucked my thumb until I was 8 and I have a 7 year old who sucks her thumb (my other 2 have never sucked their thumbs). Over th...
- Give back the animal! My step daughter has sucked her thumb since birth and she is nine!! Not completely all our fault she still does it, but taking the animal takes ...
- M., My parents had told me they would get me a bike if I would quit (I was 5 at the time). That thumb was out and that bike was mine, maybe the ear piercing might w...
Baby Sucking Thumb Again After Attending Mother's Day Out
Read all 5 responses: "On Monday I sent my baby girl (13 months) to Mother's Day Out. She is only going one day a week so she can start getting socialized ...
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- I say give it one month and then decide. It will take her a couple of weeks to fully adjust (especially going one day a week). To make a decision to pull her out aft...
- Helo A., have you thought about joining a group like mops? or mothers day out at a church? instead of a daycare? I took my son for a few months to a daycare and ano...
- sucking is a natural comfort reflex. She's being put in a very different situation than she is used to, so she is clingy to anything comfortable or familiar to her. ...
