2006-12-06 15:01:55 · 14 answers · asked by icy 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
let her be
what is wrong with being?
2006-12-07 04:35:47 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can try bribery, but more than likely she will quit on her own when she is ready. My mom used to try all kinds of stuff to get me to stop. She put that nasty tasting stuff on and said I could buy red nail polish if I quit, but the nasty stuff comes off after a few seconds of sucking and red nail polish didn't excite me too much. I finally quit when I was 9-10. I only did it when I needed to go to sleep though, I never did it where my friends would see me. It sort of became a power struggle too. As soon as she left me alone is when I finally quit.
You can try to replace it with a comfort toy. Most thumb sucking is a self soothing thing, so if you can find something acceptable to you that will sooth her, maybe she'll give up the thumb.
all hot sauce is going to do is make her mad at you for putting it on there, it won't stop her. She knows her thumb isn't the cause of her sore tongue, but the stuff you put on it.
2006-12-06 23:06:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I think the best thing that you can do to help is to either buy some hot sauce and put it on her thumb so she just loses the urge cause it's so spicy or I think that there's a such thing as Garlic nail polish to help with situations like this. Good luck.
2006-12-06 23:08:48 · answer #3 · answered by Sally C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know there is a distasteful fingernail polish that you can put on. I used to be a thumb sucker, and my parents just waited it out. I quit when I was in about 4th or 5th grade.
2006-12-06 23:07:22 · answer #4 · answered by splendidsilence 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get your lil niece a bunch of lil carrots to keep chewing them d whole day... her hands will remain busy
;-)
2006-12-06 23:25:23 · answer #5 · answered by `✪~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is this question in this section. Is your niece trying to score a date???
2006-12-06 23:06:43 · answer #6 · answered by L♥G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wash her hands with that no water stuff
that anti bacterial
get it good on hwer thumb then when she sticks it in her mouth it tastes horrible and shell take it out
do it enough times she'll jus natrually stop
2006-12-06 23:05:03 · answer #7 · answered by natrual flirt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put something non-toxic and nasty tasting on it I've heard of everything from ear wax to hot sauce
2006-12-06 23:04:37 · answer #8 · answered by Young and Wise 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son just turned three and I'm in the same predicament. Let me know what you find out.
2006-12-06 23:04:19 · answer #9 · answered by Mom of Three 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When she falls asleep.....Put some hotsauce on her thumb...
2006-12-06 23:08:23 · answer #10 · answered by Steven A 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give her a Polish sausage
2006-12-07 13:05:53 · answer #11 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋