how did you stop your children from thump sucking?

@mitzwu (214)
Taiwan
October 5, 2007 7:27am CST
i have 8years old daughter she still do thump suck when she going to sleep.i try to stop here and talk to stop her bad habit that she is big enough to thump suck but she still doing it.how can avoid here to doing thump suck when she go to bed and what should i do to stop her.
3 responses
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
5 Oct 07
I don't really have any ideas on how you can get her to stop. Neither of my children had that issue. Have you asked her why she does it? Is it a security thing? I had a cousin who sucked her thumb till she was like 10. How they finally got her to quit was strange. She told her uncle that she would stop sucking her thumb when he quit smoking. He quit smoking ans she quit sucking her thumb.
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@mitzwu (214)
• Taiwan
6 Oct 07
oh really thats great.........
@Kowgirl (3490)
• United States
6 Oct 07
My youngest daughter was a thumb sucker and I was afraid it would make her have buck teeth so I ask her doctor what I should do to stop her and he said the best thing for me and her was for me to ignore it. And it will not bother her teeth. Do not mention it to her nor give her any concerned looks. He said she would quit on her own and a lot faster if I did not take notice of it. I must say it wasn't easy for me to do but after a while she just stopped...
@mitzwu (214)
• Taiwan
6 Oct 07
really.......i hope my duagther too can quit of her own without telling everyday.
@lenapoo (678)
• United States
5 Oct 07
Neither of my kids suck their thumbs, but I did when I was little. You may not want to do this, but since we were from the country that is what they did to stop us kids from sucking our thumbs. They would wait until we were sleep and then they would take our thumb out of our mouth and put hot sauce on it. I was the exact same age as she was when my grandma did that to me. I'm not telling you to actually try it, but it is just a mere suggestion.
@mitzwu (214)
• Taiwan
6 Oct 07
oh my... putting hot sauce on her thump...... i think its not good idea... thanks for your response.