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5 And Still Has Blanky and Suck Thumb
I sucked my thumb until I was 8 or 9 (I know!). My parents tried everything to get me to stop. My teeth are fine and eventually I stopped on my own. ...
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- My daughter is three and she sucks her thumb and also has a blanky.She is good about not taking her blanky into a store and things like that.But she does have it in th...
- Our 5 yr old is the same. We put limits on when and where he can use his blanky/suck his Fingers. The Blanket stays in his bedroom if he needs/wants it he has to...
- T., Well as for the thumb sucking theres a nail polish you can get for her I guess it works my step mom is getting it for my 6 year old sister. Now for the blanket i...
Getting My 3 Year Old to Stop Sucking His Thumb
Read all 8 responses: "I was just needing to know if there is anything that helps a 3 year old to stop sucking his thumb. Ive tryed talking to him about it ...
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- J., There is another mom that had the same problem if you scroll down and read it. It's ok for them to suck their thumbs, it's a security blanket, your 3 year old doe...
- There is a nail polish product that is available for this issue -- it has a bad taste when a kid sucks on his thumb or fingers. It worked for my nieces.
- I have a 2 year old who sucks his index and middle fingers BACKWARDS (really pushing those little teeth out) and consulted a dentist about it. She told me that it's r...
11 Month Old Thumb Sucker...
I thought that by the time she started school it would stop BUT it just stopped her from sucking her thumb in public. She is now 11 1/2 YEARS old and still ...
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- I do not want to discourage you but I too have a thumb sucker. I have an ultrasound pic of her sucking her thumb b4 she was even born. I tried any and all things sugge...
- My daughter sucked her thumb. When she was 5 our dentist recommended the Thumblady. She is actually an oral-facial myologist (sp?), and gave us a very rigorous progr...
- There are things you can put on the thumb to make is taste nasty, I can't remember what it's called, the pharmcist would know. My nephew is 4 and still sucks his two m...
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 would stop when she turned 5. That didn't happen. ...
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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...
Thumb Sucking 5 Year Old
Need ideas on how to help my 5 year old stop sucking her thumb. ... My daughter sucked her thumb and we got her to stop when she was about 3 or so. ...
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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...
2 Year Old Thumb Sucker's Thumb Is Red and Irritated
Oct 21, 2009 ... Now she is sucking her thumb happy as can be. My daughter sucked her thumb and we tried everything to get her to stop including the stuff ...
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- she will have to try to temporarilly switch thumbs. her teeth are probably causing the issue at hand but it will resolve. my daughter went through the same thing and i...
- Reminds me of my firstborn little boy whom I am convinced was sucking his thumb in utero! He also had a red raw thumb for days at a time and we tried a lot of things n...
- Twins that I care for, 2 years old, both are thumb suckers. Recently one got an infection in her thumb when it became red and irratated. The infection spread to her ...
Thumb Suckers
From what I have read over the past few yrs there isn't much that can stop a child from thumb sucking ( other than that contraption they put in their mouth) ...
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- Eliminating Thumb Sucking Habit 1. Child must understand that thumb sucking is a damaging habit if it continues and child must want to quit. “Thumb sucking is so...
- My little guy is a thumb sucker also and we tried everything also.. Nothing helps.. They will grow out of it I am sure because my oldest sister sucked her thumb when s...
- Hi, F., my daughter is 3 and sucked her thumb from about 2 months of age until around 6 months ago. There are products you can buy, check at your local pharmacy, they...
Thumb Sucking
The doctor told my son: "you have to stop sucking your thumb because it's bad for your teeth." So that night, my son stopped. Just like that. ...
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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...
Thumbsucking
My husbands dad but cotton with duct tape on his thumb one night and that was all it took to get him to stop sucking his thumb. Good luck! ...
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- Tell her she is only allowed to suck her thumb in her bed. She may need to go in her bed for 5 minutes to get a "fix", but she will not stay in her bed long because th...
- Hi A., Take it from me, thumbsucking is far more than just another "bad habit" that parents think they need to "break". Your daughter is sucking to self-comfort. S...
- Dear A., I hope thia will be an easy one to figure out. Every night after dinner my husband and I would take turns lying down with out children and read them, or hav...
How to Stop a Thumb Sucker
I can almost guarantee that he'll stop sucking his thumb when he starts school. (My son was a nose-picker until that stage, too.) They are VERY conscious ...
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- Hi J. - We didn't have this problem, but you made me think of a neat-looking device I saw in a catalog. It's either the "Leaps and Bounds" catalog, or "One Step Ahe...
- We are in exactly the same situation and have not had any luck. With our dau's consent we have tried nail polish, bandaids, gloves but nothing has really worked. I r...
- J.~ I sucked my thumb until I was 13 or 14. My teeth were pretty bad anyways and I ended up with braces. It was at that point that I sucked my thumb, it just wasn'...
