Thumb sucking

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Updated on May 16, 2013
My 1 year old baby has been thumbsucking since she was 3 months old. At that time it was due to hunger but since she was 6 months old, she eats well and that problem is eliminated. By now, it has become a habit and i dont know how to get rid of it.


| May 16, 2013
Well this is quite a common problem among kids. As d kids do not realize tht he/she is doing this n it becomes a habit. We need to make d child conscious of their this act and make them realize tht it is not a gud habit n needs to be shunned by talking to them in case of older kids. But in this case child is just 1 yr old and acc to u this habit started at d age of 3 months. Old habits die hard. So u need to adopt one of d mentioned strategies. U can put some palatable thing which child doesn't like something sour or bitter repeatedly. It has to b safe n make sure child doesn't put it in his eyes. Or u can tie his thumb with bandaid or something for few days make sure keep changing it as often as possible. But make sure u do it regularly for few days. D moment child sees his thumb available again for sucking he wud revert back to d old habit.




| May 17, 2013
Hi, My kid is 3. 6 yr old and she puts her lower lip in mouth. I don't how many have heard about this. Since 11 months baby she is doing. Now she became so cautious that when she does not find me or my husband around , she will repeat. And sometimes she hides her face to be unnoticed. She is deliberately doing i guess. But anyone can help me to resolve this problem. Don



| May 17, 2013
Well to this my suggestion would be just tell her if she does this she wud be spoiling her lips. N on Internet put a search of swollen lips, or some lips with problems like skin cracked, chipped off. N tell her if she continue doing it her lips will become like tht. Picture messages have an impact n children can correlate to those. I m sure ur daughter mite not repeat tht behavior after seeing those unhealthy lips.


| May 17, 2013
Thumb sucking is a oral gratification, next would be anal and genital throughout. Its not hazardous at 1 year of age, nor u need to shun at this age,, over months u can divert her attention, when at sleep though its difficult nothing to be done, please bear with her. , she will stop it.. non nutritive sucking becomes a problem after 3-4 years when secondary dentition starts,. Till then h


| May 18, 2013
I agree with A M. the earlier d better. Gratification is ok but it shd not become a habit. I myself have come across so many parents who did not do anything when d child was an infant n now at d age of 3 and above they want to get rid of it. So it's rightly said nip in d bud.

| May 26, 2013
i truly understand ur anxiousness. I m also going through this phase n my son is 10yr old nw. I hv already tried ol d ways suggested by r fellow parents but no sucess so far. To u i wld suggest baby pacifiers as children do leave them when they start going to school. But u hv to tke care of d hygiene. Wish i also did this when he was young.
