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KismetEtna On November 15, 2011




Salisbury, Maryland
#16New Post! Oct 31, 2011 @ 21:55:09
Honestly I did it until I was about fourteen years old. When I was younger they did everything from Tabasco, to taping my hand to the side of my head (my brother ha)..didn't really stop me. Once I hit about twelve I only sucked my thumb at night, and then just one day I stopped doing it all together just because it felt like the time.

It's a comfort thing so I mean..I don't have kids but I know what it's like to have done it and that being your only outlet. It doesn't cause huge damage. I have a bit of an overbite but other than that my teeth are fine. So I'd just let the person know what it can do to their teeth and let them be.
Cpat92 On May 16, 2021
It's all or nothing





Lauderhill, Florida
#18New Post! Oct 31, 2011 @ 22:10:12
Rub some hot pepper on their thumb when they are young. After that they will be scared to do it again. Keep doing that for a few days.
mamaski On November 04, 2011




Boulder,
#19New Post! Nov 04, 2011 @ 23:37:35
Get a Thumbuddy by Thumbuddy To Love...Great product to help children break the thumb sucking habit. Kids love it and if you do it early it wont affect the teeth or cause malloclusion where the jaw pushes forward.
rosexthorn On July 30, 2022




Winnipeg, Canada
#21New Post! Nov 05, 2011 @ 01:14:55
@Breena Said

I know it's not easy to stop thumb sucking. Any good ideas on how to stop thumb sucking?



In and on 'their' own time if ever. I know some people that still suck their thumbs when no one is around and they're adults. I was told that it's a very non harmful way to relieve stress and doesn't hurt anyone so just let them until they are ready to stop.
rosexthorn On July 30, 2022




Winnipeg, Canada
#22New Post! Nov 05, 2011 @ 01:15:44
@CPat92 Said

Rub some hot pepper on their thumb when they are young. After that they will be scared to do it again. Keep doing that for a few days.



It may work for some, but I've never seen that method work in the long run.
smallBUTTerflies On January 07, 2020
Weaker than homeopat





Plymouth,
#24New Post! Jul 22, 2014 @ 09:27:50
I've heard that there are these "Anti thumb sucking rakes" that an orthodontist can have fitted on the roof of a chld's mouth. They look medieval in nature, but I guess they work.
Mankysparrow On April 26, 2017




London, United Kingdom
#25New Post! Nov 20, 2016 @ 07:05:48
at 62 I'm still doing it, many have tried and failed to stop me over the years lol , never did see what the problem with it is, why is it seen as a bad habit not like you're smoking crack through your thumb.
white_swan53 On October 07, 2020




n/a, New Mexico
#26New Post! Nov 20, 2016 @ 09:39:02
I wonder if who ever it was , ever stopped or if they still are sucking their thumb ?
Mankysparrow On April 26, 2017




London, United Kingdom
#27New Post! Nov 20, 2016 @ 16:56:30
@white_swan53 Said

I wonder if who ever it was , ever stopped or if they still are sucking their thumb ?



probably still sucking something somewhere.😘
white_swan53 On October 07, 2020




n/a, New Mexico
#28New Post! Nov 20, 2016 @ 21:12:13
@Mankysparrow Said

probably still sucking something somewhere.😘



AWW,, now there's a real pretty little mental image ,,, thanks dude ,, [smile]https://i.tfster.com/tx/600x2500/i38/2/6/4/tfswhiteswan_6efb67d1b2f3737d54804764ee086c74.gif">
puzZles On November 13, 2020




Inside my mind's mind, United
#29New Post! Nov 20, 2016 @ 23:36:32
@Breena Said

I know it's not easy to stop thumb sucking. Any good ideas on how to stop thumb sucking?



Find something else to suck on? No, seriously. I hear there are products on the market for that. Ask your chemist or pharmacist.

Depending on the age of the person; in my cousin's case, she stopped on her own when she was old enough to start going to summer camp for a week with her friends. She "didn't want the other girls to think she was a baby".
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