My baby aged 15 months having thumb sucking habit. Can anyone plz suggest me any solution to prevent tis habit

Question

My babygirl is having thumb sucking habit right from the birth. Now she is more addicted to it during her sleep. she can't sleep without her thumb in her mouth. really this habit is bothering us very much and it may chage her mouth and teeth shape adversly. plz help us to find a solution for this habit.

Answer 1

My lil sister sucked her thumb till she was almost four. But I have heard you can put tape on the thumb or something that tastes bad so they dont wanna put it in their mouth. Not sure what really works though.

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Answer 2

Thumb-sucking generally subsides of its own accord.
It is a fact that thumb-sucking can result in the baby's upper front teeth being pushed forward and the lower teeth back. The extent to which the teeth are displaced will depend on how long the baby sucks her thumb and how she positions her thumb. This displacement of teeth is not permanent, i.e. it only affects the baby's milk teeth. The child's permanent teeth come in around the age of six. So as long as thumb-sucking is curtailed before the age of six, there will be no permanent damage to the child's teeth.
Try to distract her with a toy when she begins to suck her thumb. But do it as subtly as possible or she will catch on.
Corrective measures such as restraints, elbow mitts, bad-tasting substances painted on the fingers, etc. usually backfire. Pulling the child's thumb out of his mouth will only serve to make him rebel against this restraint and encourage him to continue the habit.
Encourage the child to give up the habit in a friendly, non-judgemental manner.

Answer 3

First and foremost there is really no evidence to prove that it changes the shape of the mouth and teeth. Relax if the child does not suck the thumb, who would. Parents need to relax a little and not get bothered by small troubles. It's easy to say, I understand but really doing it, is a small problem.

My niece had the same problem, my mom suggested apply neem juice on the thumb, the taste would be stopping her from sucking the thumb. Or alternatively put mittens on her hands. Works most of the time.

Best of luck with your kid and God bless.

Answer 4

I don't know how you can fix it, any different from what everyone else is mentioning, but I thought I would mention that babies naturally want something to suck on. A 15 month year old would traditionally still be breastfed, in our society we usually don't breastfeed that long, and thumb-sucking often becomes a substitute for some children.

Answer 5

my son started doing that before birth- i have a picture from my ultrasounds with his fingers in his mouth... when he got to an appropriate age (14 months is when we started this...) i first tried a binkie for them to suck on, to stop him from using his fingers (it can cause warts), then slowly we started adding a tiny bit of tabasco sauce to the binkie, then a little bit more, slowly up to almost a half drop and he stopped using the binkie too, and because he was on the binkie for almost a full month, he totally dropped the finger sucking habit and to this day will not touch a binkie!!

Answer 6

Thumb sucking can be a really bad problem, my parents tried many things with me, till eventually, at the age of twelve they stopped it. Try putting a bandaid on her thumb and putting vinigar on it. If that doesnt work, try something she hates the taste of on the bandaid. Hope things work out for you.

Answer 7

DEAR
PLEASE LEAVE HER ALONE SHE WILL STOP ON HER ON AND IF YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT TRUST ME YOU WILL REGRET IT THE REST OF YOUR DAYS BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE THE DOCTOR NURSE ARE DENTIST PUT A METAL PLATE IN HER LITTLE MOUTH AND YOU WILL WALK THE FLOOR DAY NIGHT WEEKS MONTH AND EVEN YEARS 24 7 365 NO SLEEP ZIP NATA YOU WILL SIT IN THE FLOOR GE REALLY DEPRESSED AND TELL YOUR HUSBAND WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER LISTENED TO HER DOCTOR ABOUT THIS MATTER AT HAND NOW SHE CRY,S ALL DAY ALL NIGHT ALL WEEK ALL MONTH AND ALL YEAR HELP ME I AM LOOSING MINE MIND WHAT THERE IS OF IT OK TAKE CARE
JUST DO WANT YOU WANT BUT DO NOT SAY I DID NOT WARN YOU OK I WOULD JUST LET HER BE I AM THE VOICE THAT KNOWS YOU MIGHT CAUSE MORE TROUBLE THEN IT IS WORTH IN THE LONG RUN IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO SLEEP FIX THE PROBLEM AT HAND BUT DON'T SAY YOU WAS NOT WARNED ABOUT IT OK HER TEETH CAN BE FIXED UP LATER IN LIFE SHE WILL GROW OUT OF IT BY 15 ARE 16 WHEN THE BOYS COME CALLING THEN MORE TROUBLE STARTS OUCH

Answer 8

Apply non poisonous but tasting bitter cream so that she hesitates to keep her thumb in her mouth.2. give her favorite toy in her hand when she is about to sleep and divert her mind towards the doll from the thumb.

Answer 9

My mom used to put tobasco sauce on my thumbs to get me to stop sucking them. It worked as a child, but I grew up absolutely loving spicey things. I doubt they are related tough.

Good Luck

Answer 10

she's 15 months, you should have other things to worry about, no? just enjoy her before she 15 and doesn't ever want to be around you