Hi
Im being torn over thumb sucking with my second child. She is 4.5mths old and uses her thumb to go to sleep on her tummy in her cot.
She doesn't do it any other time not in car seat or buggy. She just uses motion to go go off on these occasions.
Due to hearing horror stories of thumb sucking and bad teeth and adult thumb sucking I'm trying to get her to stop.
So I'm trying to push dummy which occasionally works but at times it just stresses her out and she just plays with it and pulls it out etc.
If she continues with it I would like some ideas on how to wean off when older or any positive stories of thumb sucking as it suits at the moment but don't really want to ruin her teeth.
Many thanks
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Thumb sucking... Anyone not got buck teeth from this??
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Nini100 · 19/08/2014 14:14
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