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Help, how can I stop DD sucking her thumb

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Saz73 · 22/08/2006 14:57

My DD is nearly 7 yrs old and is constantly sucking her thumb. We have tried a couple of suggestions from friends but i am now getting desperate for any other suggestions.

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chestnutty · 22/08/2006 15:02

My dd just stopped one day when she was about 7. She said later that it was time to stop. Plenty of will power.

hex · 22/08/2006 21:25

Interesting this. Did you use a dummy. We have for both dds, and neither suck a thumb (took dummy off dd1 when she was 11 mths old-never occurred to her to use her thumb).

I went to uni with a girl who still sucked her thumb at 18 (!!) - in bed at night (I shared a room)

My friends (more PC than me) never used dummies and all their kids suck their thumbs.
Don't know what the answer is..might grow out of it but I don't know how. Perhaps other kids teasing??...which is hard, but I think most kids' behaviours are governed by this.

jennyrose · 24/08/2006 22:09

I used to be a thumb-sucker. I used to refuse a dummy apparantly, even dipped in honey, etc. I just stopped one day when I was about 11 - i think i was embarrassed at secondary school. I still did it at night though for a few more years. She will decide herself oneday.

curlew · 24/08/2006 22:56

Why do you want her to stop?

salisshe · 16/03/2007 11:28

I had a chronic thumb sucker and tried EVERYTHING. It used to drive me crazy cos I could see his teeth were starting to stick out. The problem was he did manage to stop in the day time but night time was a different story. I did the yukky tasting stuff, and socks, and sticker charts, and bribes (I mean incentives :P). I even went online and showed him what would happen to his teeth if he continued. Mean I know but I was desperate. Anyway, in my search online I found this ... www.thumbguard.com.au. It seemed kinda pricey but when I thought about how much I had already spent on stuff to try to stop it, not to mention the emotions both he and I had spent, and I was desperate. I figured it seemed the least traumatic so I just went ahead and bought it and OMG it worked! He only wore it at night cos day wasn?t a problem, and within a month he didn?t need or want to suck his thumb anymore. Even better I can see a difference in his teeth structure.

Now if only there was something I could buy to get rid of his other annoying habits :P

Good luck!

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