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pinklady227 @pinklady227 (285) • Philippines 17 Feb 10

Pediatricians say thumb sucking is a normal activity of babies. My baby is no exception to that. My problem is that the thumb of my baby is now injured due to frequent thumb sucking. Despite that her teeth sliced a small portion...

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Are you a thumbsucker when you were young?

janedell @jndlponti (2402) • Philippines 21 Oct 09

What is the real cause of children thumb sucking? I noticed that to a lot of kids. I have a one year old child now and she is not doing that. When is the time that the child start to show that habit of thumb sucking? how can we...

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How would you react if your teenaged child still has the habit of thumbsucking

yogambal_64 @yogambal_64 (1014) • India 3 Aug 09

One of my close relationship has a daughter who is teenager but still having the habit of sucking her thumb when she has nothing to do in particular. They have tried hard to stop this habit right from when she was about 2-3years...

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Should you let your baby do thumbsucking?

babyfiona08 @babyfiona08 (652) • Philippines 16 Jul 09

I have a friend who doesn't want her baby doing thumb sucking. She doesn't want her baby doing such. Way back in college, one instructor told us that it is ok to thumsuck since babies under the ORAL Stage. And she also said that...

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How do you stop infants from thumbsucking?

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 21 May 09

Can you suggest ways that are safe to slowly reduce or stop infants from thumbsucking? I see a lot of children do it.

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What do you do to help a kid stop thumb sucking?

hibiscus_mel @hibiscus_mel (719) • United States 5 Dec 08

My 6 year old son is still sucking his thumb. He did this since he was a year old. I didn't know how it started but he has gotten into it until now. We went to the dentist and he told the kid to stop thumbsucking so his teeth will...

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I need tips about getting my son to stop the thumbsucking!

jonesy123 @jonesy123 (3948) • United States 16 May 08

My youngest is an avid thumbsucker. He is a little bit over two, but it already had an impact on his teeth with one of the top front ones being bent outward. We tried putting bad tasting stuff on it, but he doesn't care. Does...

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bagumbayan @bagumbayan (2705) • Philippines 14 Mar 08

Do you have a child who thumbsucked. I do have, in fact three of my nieces thumbsuck from the time they learned to thumbsuck up to would you believe, up to their high school years. My daughter who was already 16 years of age and...

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honesty2008 @honesty2008 (447) • United States 17 Sep 07

Hi,everyone i have a two year old that suck his thumb. I used to be a thumbsucker my self as well as his farther. My mom put hotsauce on my thumb when i was little and i never suck my thumb again. You tell me how should i stop him...

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How to get rid of Thumbsucking?

raijin @raijin (10345) • Philippines 6 Feb 07

I have a 4 year old niece and she still sucks her thumb everytime, I can't seem to get her off of it. She's going to a prep school this coming school year, and I think she is the only thumbsucking school-girl that I ever saw....

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