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Daughter's Blistered Thumb

H.L. asks from Pittsburgh

i have a 2 yr old who is a thumb sucker. she sucks her thumb mostly at night for bed however i have noticed her thumb has gotten red and looks almost like it has bli...

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Help with Thumb Sucking

A. asks from Detroit

My son is a big thumb sucker. I am trying to work with him on breaking the habit. He is currently 2 1/2 and he has always sucked his thumb. I am concerned that if ...

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...

10

Thumb Sucking Concerns

H.G. asks from New York

My 14 month old son is a thumb sucker, mostly when he's very tired. He's a wonderful self-soother, and I don't mind him sucking his thumb at all! However, his thumb...

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Stopping the Thumb-sucking

M.F. asks from Chicago

My daughter is three and we were recently told by her dentist that she needs to stop sucking her thumb NOW. She is a "hard sucker" and does it a lot! We've talked t...

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How to Stop a Toddler from Sucking Her Thumb

P.S. asks from Florence

my two year started sucking her thumb when she was about 9-10 weeks old. She normally only sucks her thumb when she is really tired or just bored (like riding in the...

4

Eating and Thumb sucking...simultaneously

M.O. asks from Denver

We have recently started giving my 5mo. old daughter food. Rice cereal, breast milk, and bananas are her diet for now, but she has an annoying habit, if you will. A...

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How to Stop Thumb Sucking

M.L. asks from Wichita

I have a 4 year old daughter that has sucked her thumb since birth. I have tried numerous ways to get her to stop (mittens, thumb liquid for thumb, bandaids, finger ...

12

How to Stop Thumb-sucking

T.C. asks from Minneapolis

Can anyone give me advice on how to go about getting my daughter to stop sucking her thumb? My son took a pacifier--I know how to take that away--but I'm at a comple...

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My 11-Month Old's Thumb

L.A. asks from Richmond

My 11-month-old daughter has always sucked her thumb when going to bed or taking a nap. Just this week, though, I've noticed she's sucking her thumb raw. The skin i...

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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 ..."
  • pulling her thumb out of her mouth in 2 answers "You could also just be really vigilent in pulling her thumb out of her mouth and remind ..."
  • still sucks his thumb in 2 answers "People get WAY too upset over such a little thing, if he still sucks his thumb when ..."
  • suck their thumbs in 2 answers "... thumb or a band aid at all times to that when they would go to suck their thumbs ..."
  • suck their thumb in 3 answers "Kids aren't going to suck their thumb and be embarrassed in school."