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My 5 Year Old Is Sucking Her Thumb More than Ever with No Interest in Stopping.

G.H. asks from Atlanta

We have tried THUMB (bitter nail polish like liquid), the thumb guard (she takes it off), and showing pictures of ugly teeth on teenagers who sucked their thumbs, but...

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My 4 a Half Yr Old Sucking His Thumb

E.W. asks from Grand Forks

i have a 4 yr old and a16 month old. just recently ive nocticed my 4 yr old sucking on his fingers like his little brother. he also holds his hands in fists and tries...

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Alternative to Wrapping Hand for Thumb Sucking

J.E. asks from Austin

Hi Moms, My 1 year old is a major thumb sucker. It is so bad that he is getting an open wound on his hand and at his 12 month check-up the pedi said we need to ke...

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Need Help on How to Stop a Thumb-sucker

C.B. asks from Indianapolis

My daughter is 3.5 years old and still sucks her thumb at bedtime. She is starting to move her front teeth and is getting a chapped place on her upper lip because of...

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Thumb-sucking Is Already Effecting 24 Month Old Baby Teeth, Any Suggestions?

K.D. asks from Kansas City

My son turned two - two weeks ago. He started sucking his thumb at six weeks, has never taken a pacifier for more than 10 minutes. Whenever he is tired, "pop" goes t...

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Stubborn Thumb Sucker

N.B. asks from New York

I have a 10 year old that REFUSES to stop sucking her thumb. She picked up the habit when she was 5 from a teenager (a daycare helper) that sucked her thumb in her da...

21

Question for Parents of Thumb Suckers

E.M. asks from Denver

At what age did your child start sucking his/her thumb? I have a 3 mos. old who is sucking his thumb occasionally to fall back asleep but he still has a hard time ge...

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How to Stop Finger/thumb Sucking

J.K. asks from Los Angeles

I have an 18 month old son who sucks his pointer finger. As a result, one of his top front teeth is growing in crooked. I'm looking for suggestions as to how to sto...

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HELP! My 5 Year Old Is Still Sucking His Thumb!!

A.F. asks from Elkhart

I am the mother of 3 children. Lindsay and Joshua both sucked a pacifier and the habit was easily broken. Now Jacob on the other hand didn't care for the pacifier a...

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Anyone Used a Thumb Guard

K.N. asks from Chicago

Has anyone successfully used a thumb guard to stop a little one from thumb-sucking? My 3 year old simply cannot stop. She sucks her thumb constantly. She has had t...

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  • still catch her sucking her thumb in 2 answers "... to get rid of ;) My middle child is 5 and I still catch her sucking her thumb ..."
  • still sucks his thumb in 2 answers "People get WAY too upset over such a little thing, if he still sucks his thumb when ..."
  • sucked his thumb in 4 answers "I went through the exact same thing with my son. He sucked his thumb until he was ..."
  • suck their thumb in 3 answers "Kids aren't going to suck their thumb and be embarrassed in school."
  • sucking his thumb in 3 answers "... for his teeth and told him he needed to try very hard to stop sucking his thumb ..."