My friend is 14, same age as me. He sucks his thumb and we all know it. Noone takes the mick or anything he just gets really annoyed with himself when we have sleepovers.
He thinks he cannot stop it yet it is a psychological. I really want to help and him and i wonder if any of u guys have any good ideas. Tried like marmite on his thumb but he cant get asleep unless he has it in his mouth. Plz Help!!!!!
2007-03-25 05:22:26 · 16 answers · asked by youngboff 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
I think a lot of people that didn't have a dummy/ pacifier when they were a child, still suck their thumb even in their 20's or 30's.
If he really wants to stop, and he isn't aware he is doing it, before he goes to bed, tie a little sellotape around the nail each night.
2007-03-25 05:27:06 · answer #1 · answered by looby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he wants to stop, then you can only support him.
If he has been doing it since he was a baby, it is a difficult, though not impossible habit to start to stop.
All you can do is encourage him to try to go without putting his thumb in his mouth, if he wants to stop, he will allow you to let him know when he is sucking his thumb, and take it out.
Only he can try to sleep without sucking his thumb, if he says he can't sleep without doing it, then he needs to learn how to sleep without sucking his thumb.
It will be an almost automatic action, he just needs to be made aware of it, and he can decide not to do it, if that is what he wants.
It doesn't do any harm, so don't worry if he doesn't really want to stop.
It is better than smoking.
2007-03-25 05:42:04 · answer #2 · answered by Sprinkle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i might ask the dentist and pediatrician previously figuring out particular or no in this. A fourteen year old ought to go through teasing by way of their friends and harm to their tooth line if the new child does the thumb sucking frequently. i'm particular there must be greater or much less concerns, based on the guy and the circumstances.
2016-10-19 21:17:23 · answer #3 · answered by ramayo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrap his thumbs in duck tape so he cant get to it. Keep a calander marking every time he sleeps without sucking his thumbs. Maybe this will help, maybe it wont! Try soaking his thumbs in hot sauce!
2007-03-25 05:27:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister sucked her thumb until she was about 16/17! I think it is something that you just grow out of in ones own time. Don't let him stress over it, there is a lot worse habits he could have, and who is he harming? Exactly, no one. Make sure he doesn't worry about it. xx
2007-03-29 01:06:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
leave him be it is his comfort and i sucked mine till i was about 17, i still wake up now occasionally with the old wrinkled thumb in mouth, it may well be psycological but it is his comfort and its ok and perfectly normal as i said i still do it and im 37,
2007-03-25 06:16:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a friend that sucked her thumb until she got married! It'll probably stop when he gets married!
2007-03-25 05:28:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
put nail hardener on thumb nail. it tastes foul and when he sucks it he will hate the taste. It;s what stopped my son (he was only 2 though)
2007-03-25 05:37:14 · answer #8 · answered by laplandfan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok tape his thumbs together
2007-03-25 05:26:45 · answer #9 · answered by leah a 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can get this clear nail varnish stuff for stopping people biting your nails, it tastes terrible so nail bitters don't want to bite.
get him to paint it on his thumb nails it should do the trick.
2007-03-25 05:33:56 · answer #10 · answered by dislexic1yen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋