Ella had her very first dentist appointment and not surprisingly, the first thing they noticed was that she is a thumb sucker.
“What have you tried to do to stop her thumb sucking?” they asked (or maybe a better word would be drilled.) I felt mildly defensive, especially since they’d just seen Carson and were so perplexed that a four-year-old was so afraid of the dentist. How odd, indeed!
“Well, I, uh, well…I haven’t really tried anything. I mean, I know she needs to stop and that it’s affecting her teeth, but she’s not even three. I don’t think she really understands,” I managed to say.
Separately the hygienist and the dentist told me some ways I could encourage Ella to give up the thumb, so lucky for me I got to hear their suggestions twice. Maybe they thought if they both told me, I’d be twice as likely to follow through?
Thumb guards, tape, some paint-on stuff for her thumb that tastes gross, and putting Tabasco Sauce on her thumb were all suggested. “Really??,” I wanted to say. “REALLY? You think it’s okay to put TABASCO SAUCE on a not even three-year-old’s thumb??”
It doesn’t sound like it, but I do really like this dentist and his staff. They are kind and patient, the exam area is bright and kid friendly. I just had a hard to time heeding their suggestions once they mentioned Tabasco, because I just think that’s so mean. Before I had kids, I internally gasped at children who sucked their thumbs and used pacifiers. “Terrible parenting,” I’d grumble to myself, conveniently forgetting that I sucked my thumb until I was eight and have great parents. I probably wouldn’t have bristled at the suggestion of Tabasco to extinguish the evil known as thumb sucking before it was suggested for my sweet, darling girl.
I imagine Ella’s future will include many hours spent in the orthodontist’s chair, tears will be shed over the pain of braces. Tate and I have quietly discussed how expensive her teeth will mostly likely be. As a former Speech-Language Pathologist, I know that sometimes thumb sucking can be detrimental to speech sound development. WE KNOW! Her teeth are messed up! It’s because she sucks her thumb! We know she needs to stop!
So far, Ella’s speech is perfectly fine. She has a few errors, but they are age-appropriate. Also? She’s NOT EVEN THREE. It’s hard for me to get myself too worked up about changing her thumb sucking behavior when I know that she’ll eventually give it up without me slathering her thumb in Tabasco and burning her mouth.
We return to the dentist in six months and he will be expecting that we’ve actually done something about Ella’s thumb sucking. No, we won’t be going the Tabasco route (we’ll wait until she’s at least 3 1/2 for that. Ha!). Tate suggested a lobotomy for Ella since they have such a proven track record, or just removing her thumb all together. (Ha, ha, very funny.)
I’m not so sure that we’ll be doing anything drastic to encourage her to stop, aside from talking about how “big, three-year-old girls don’t suck their thumbs!”
I do nothing. I totally get the defensive. My not-even-three! year old still uses a paci… i notice he’s tapering off and he’s willing to let me put it in my bag sometimes like swim class. I will let him decide when he’s done. And his teeth were pretty bad but they have actually gotten a little better now t hat he’s cut back a bit. And he talks up a storm.
I grew up a thumbsucker (and truth be told, if I’m super tired I’ve woken up with my thumb in my mouth).There’s actually an ultrasound of me sucking my thumb. I never had braces or speech problems. My parents tried everything (sans Tobasco sauce) and I just sucked my thumb till it no longer tasted nasty and went on my merry way.
It’s been awhile, but I know as late as my 20′s, I woke up with my thumb in my mouth a few times. I never had braces either and never had any speech problems. That’s why I’m just not *that* worried about it.
Sucked mine in my sleep until I at least 2nd grade:) Never had braces, no speech problems…..Anastacia is a thumb sucker too. I have heard all the same stuff as you. She has slowly weaned it down on her own the older she has became. Now it is only at night for a bit to put herself to sleep. I tell myself not to worry, honestly it is one less battle:)
Hello. My name is knoxvillepixie, and I too am a recovering thumb-sucker.
“Hi knoxvillepixie”…
Seriously,I had it bad. I believe until 7 or so. My parents tried everything. I recall my parents once duct-taping my brother’s sock around my wrist, with the (clean…I think) sock covering my hand and I ripped it off in the middle of the night, in my sleep. I don’t recommend you go this route…
I don’t remember what finally got me to stop, but I must have because I don’t now. Although I do blame my oral-fixations to my being a thumb-sucker as a child.
My J sucks this thumb. His pediatric dentist told me not to be concerned about this until he’s five. At that point she said they can put an ‘appliance’ in to stop it.
Part of me wonders if she’s deliberately setting him up for dental issues so she’ll have more business lol!
Seriously though – my guy only does it when he’s falling asleep at naptime and bedtime – I’m not worried.
I used to suck my index finger, and grew out of it by age 6.
Dentists can go a little crazy with this stuff. At our first dentist appt when the boys were just under 2, we asked about Alex’s underbite. They told us the only way to fix it would be to have his jaw broken and reset. Just what a first time mom to 2 year old twins wants to hear! Subsequent visits to the dentist, he apparently no longer has an underbite. Magic.
I like how they think we can control our kids’ behavior. If that were the case, you’d never see an insane 3 year old public tantrum.
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I was a thumb sucker until I was 10 and I have perfect teeth and I speak fine. Let your baby be a thumb sucker. It’s ok.
Um. Yes – Hi. I am in my 30′s and work gets really stressful and life gets out of hand, my husband claims I suck my thumb in my sleep.
I had braces as a teenager and as far as I know I didn’t have any speech problems. But, go figure, we got rid of Madaline’s paci before she was a year old and she had almost a year of ST. So, go figure.
Like everyone else said, I wouldn’t worry about it.
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I sucked my index finger at least until I was 10, but only at night. My daughter is 3 and a half and sucks her middle and ring fingers. I don’t know how to stop her. I refuse to use the Tabasco method. I’m not really concerned because my kid has my overbite and will almost certainly need braces no matter what. But I do talk to her about it. I’m about to take her to the dentist for the first time and I know I’m going to get the lecture too. Which I plan to ignore.
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Well, we went the route of “OH NO! Stick a pacifier in his mouth QUICK!” when we saw our sons prefer their thumbs. People liked to tell us ad nauseum that “you can take away a pacifier but not a thumb!” and so we listened. Only we couldn’t stop our youngest (who is three – GASP!) from being born tongue-tied, and even though we had his tongue “fixed” when he was 6 months old he still has speech issues. You’re darned if you do and you’re darned if you don’t. You just don’t know – she may have needed braces even without the thumb sucking! In any event, she’s just DARLING!
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My father in law is a dentist and I actually asked him just the other day if I should worry that our 2 1/2 year old still uses a nuk at night time. I was worried about him getting an overbite or something crazy. He told me NOT to worry about it at all. He said that his son (my husband’s brother) sucked his thumb until he was 5 and that his teeth turned out perfectly normal. I am appalled at their suggestions and can’t wait to share with him.
Thanks so much for asking your father-in-law! This is a CHILDREN’S dentist, so I’m shocked that he’d suggest Tabasco. I’m starting to think that he’s overly concerned about making money and less about her teeth. It’s not like these are her permanent teeth.
Thumb sucking still sets the stage for how the adult teeth will come in. For most kids, it does cause the adult teeth to come in wrong, requiring braces. However, some kids who suck their thumb have no problems and some kids who don’t suck their thumb still need braces. There are no guarantees either way. From a psychological stand=point, it’s still very important for your little one to have a way to soothe herself at her age. My daughter’s dentist was a big advocate for letting them suck their thumbs and dealing with the consequences later. But, when the time comes, you can certainly help your child break the habit in a very positive way!
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That’s crazy! Let me guess, they also said she should be flossing every day?
Both of my girls sucks their thumbs, and at 5 and 2.5, the dentist has no issue with it. He said it will be a problem if they’re doing it when their permanent teeth come in.
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I was about 4 before I could quit the thumb – and my parents tried everything.
I eventually quit with the nasty-tasting stuff painted on the thumb *not Tabasco* and the promise of a big-girl bike when I quit. I quit the week later.
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Stick with your instincts, I think you’re right on. I would have very select hearing until she’s older. She’ll be fine.
There’s no saying she wouldn’t have needed braces without the thumb either.
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Honestly, I’d find a new dentist if mine suggested putting tabasco on a 2-year-old’s thumb. That shows a total lack of gentleness and awareness of developmentally appropriate activities. (And it *is* developmentally appropriate for a young child to still have sucking needs.) I wouldn’t trust him to be gentle with my child during treatment.
Oh my goodness, I just realized that a child who’s two or even three or four, would very likely rub their eyes with tabasco-laden hands without realizing the consequence. Ack! Ella’s lucky to have parents who don’t blindly follow the dentist’s advice.
I hadn’t even thought about it getting in her eyes! This dentist emailed me a feedback form and I’m going to suggest that he stop advising parents to use Tabasco, not only because it’s mean, but also because of the possibility of getting in a little kiddos eyes.
My parents put a sock over my hand at night, which was the only time I sucked my thumb, to stop me thumb sucking. I was 7. I needed braces. My thumb sucking, until age 10, brother, did not.
My husband never sucked his thumb, not did any of his siblings. They all had scary movie backwoods hick teeth & all needed braces. My husband got them again at 40 because no one wears a retainer for 25 years and his teeth shifted back.
Neither of our kids sucked their thumbs beyond 4 months old. They both need braces.
It’s genetic as much as anything. Probably she’ll stop on her own
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I sucked my thumb until I was like 11 or 12. I had braces for over 4 years. It didn’t ruin my life. However, I had a lot of stuff in my life that contributed to why that made me feel secure, and I don’t think my parents made a huge effort to stop it.
There are therapists that specialize in getting kids to stop sucking their thumbs. But I think your daughter is pretty young for that! I am surprised that the dentist was so militant about getting her to stop at this age. I don’t think a 3 year old sucking their thumb is that alarming, like you said it is hard for her to understand why she should stop. In a year or two, I think you’ll be able to explain it better.
As for the Tobasco thing? My sister in law sucked her thumb/fingers as a child and they put pepper stuff on her fingers. Know what happened then? She rubbed her eyes. So you can imagine the horrible chaos that ensued. I’d skip that route all together!
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Sorry, she is not even two. So, yeah, I’d say that makes everything I said even truer. WTF dentist?
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My Miss A (who just turned 5 in March) was a major thumb sucker, while my older daughter was a paci girl and a hair twirler. Some time after Miss A turned 3 she just quit. I had told her several times that she was a big girl and didn’t need to suck her thumb and bam…one day I realized she wasn’t doing it any more.
I have three thumb/finger suckers in my prekindergarten class. Whenever they put their fingers/thumb in their mouths I have them wash their hands with soap and water. They don’t mind the first few times, but after awhile they get sick of having to stop what they are doing and go wash their hands. For school – it’s an easy consequence – I don’t want their germs everywhere. I KNOW at home this wouldn’t work… we don’t take naps at school – and I bet you these kids suck their thumbs/fingers when they’re falling asleep.
Anyway – I’m lucky. My kids never took a paci and never sucked their thumbs. Quinn went through a phase ‘cuz a kid at the babysitter sucks his thumb, but I just told him he’s too old to start that…
Good luck – I wouldn’t worry yet. I probably wouldn’t worry much until she’s four…
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My daughter used a pacifier until she was in kindergarten. Everyone, I mean everyone gave us advice on how to make her stop using it, telling us all the awful things about it. Even the day care forbid her from having it after she reached a certain age.. we always made sure she took it out when she spoke so we could understand her.
And you know what.. the week before she started school she handed me her pacifier and said here you go Mom, I’m all done.
Why do we make such a big deal out of these things.. heck, I think people smoke because they wish they could have the comfort of sucking their thumb or a pacifier… but some how smoking is more socially acceptable.
It is the dentist job to warn you, if they keep pressuring you, I would say, thank you for your advice, I am aware of the potential problems this could cause and we’ll work on it at our own pace, not yours- thank you for your professional opinion.
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We tried the nail polish stuff, which only works temporarily. The big girl encouragement works better. But just letting it go and having faith that she’ll be fine no matter what has worked the best so far.
Emily is 3 1/2 and sucks her thumb. Our dentist told us that it’s not a concern until her adult teeth come in. They’re not concerned AT ALL.
So, neither am I.
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My four year old still sucks his thumb– not all the time, just when he’s tired or needs comforting, and we are NOT worried about it at all. For that matter, neither is our family dentist, nor is my opinionated oral surgeon father-in-law. Given hub’s and my dental history, ortho is in our kids’ futures regardless.
As earlier commenter pointed out, one day he will realize that it’s socially acceptable and just stop on his own. I had a few childhood “tendencies” that my parents tired in vain to correct. They teased, reprimanded, and spanked, but what finally made me stop doing it was feel self-conscious in front of my classmates.
On a side note, my husband tried to get our son to stop sucking his thumb, but gave up after ONE weekend. Note the dedication *snort*
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I sucked my finger until MIDDLE SCHOOL, and my daughter sucked her thumb until around 9 years old. I basically discouraged her sucking her thumb when she was wandering around during the day, but at night, there’s little I could do to stop her. With my hubby’s and my genetics, she was headed for braces regardless.
I just can’t get on board with the tabasco/thumb guard/punishment route. It’s something we encouraged as a baby so we didn’t have to deal with pacifiers, and NOW we’re gonna tell her she’s bad? Don’t think so.
Our dentist didn’t get up in her tower about it until the permanent teeth started coming in. That’s when it really affects the bite. So you’ve got a few years.
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your daughter looks exactly like my younger one !! oh my – i am tempted to send you a photo of how much they look alike.
my 5 year old sucks her thumb and i don’t stop her whatsoever….dentist said she is fine, her speech is fine. she knows not to do it at school, but at home i am fine with her …
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yeah. cora still has her nuk-nuk and she’s verymuchcloseto2. i got “the talk” at the dentist a month or so ago too.
i know her /s/ is slightly distorted. but with a cue? it’s perfect. i know she has a slight space between the teeth.
i also know that she’s my baby. it’s how she calms herself. and in the midst of all the crazy that life has thrown at us? she’s said relatively sane. (mama? notsomuch.)
and as a current speech-language pathologist? meh. (laughing because i’m pretty sure that you can’t refer to yourself as a FORMER slp. maybe not practicing. but that’s probaby not true either.)
there are a lot bigger issues in the world.
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I don’t care what it does to her teeth. That picture is so cute.
My twins will be 12 next month. When Jake was 3 and at the dentist, he opened his mouth and the dentist gasped, “thumb sucker! he’ll need serious work!” UGH, I thought! Fast forward…orthodontist says it must have corrected itself, in spite of his thumb-sucking til 4 yrs. The NON thumb-sucker, non pacifier baby who is now 13 needs the most work. And his teeth look perfect to the naked eye. Who knows? (My husband swears it’s all a set up anyway, because they know you’ll pay for braces. Ha!)
Your daughter seems awfully young to be forced off the thumb. My daughter was a huge thumb sucker, but we didn’t force her to give up her habit until she was just shy of 5. She was totally on-board, which really helps. We were going to use the bad-tasting polish, but chickened out at the last minute because it seemed so punitive. Instead, we did a reward chart with LOTS of rewards and taped her thumb in case she accidentally sucked. She was able to break her habit with this method!
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Oh, sheesh. What do the dentist’s know? They told my mom the same thing and today, well. . . .I love Tobasco Sauce!!!!
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My brother was born with his thumb in his mouth apparently.
My little one sucks his thumb occasionly- he doesn`t seem to have a “favourite” thumb yet though. He is not discriminating against EITHER thumb.
I had braces but never sucked my thumb. My brother sucked his and never had braces.
I figure until they go to school it is fine- my brother STILL sucked his thumb well into his teens although mainly he did it when watching TV (honestly without realizing it) and when he was sleeping. My mum tried EVERYTHING to get him to stop with no luck.
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I have had 2 kids suck a pacifier that we took away before they were 3 and 1 kid that never took anything,no thumb or pacifier. with that being said my oldest paci sucker has perfectly straight teeth no orthodontia in her future. my non sucking kid has horribly crooked teeth and will require braces, and my youngest paci sucker looks to be heading down the braces aisle too. I wouldnt worry about it, she is still quite young.
How can you even contemplate stopping something that looks so sweet? That picture makes me want to have another. The pics I have of my girls with their binkies gets me in the ovaries every time. Sigh. Sweet babies self soothing is a good thing. That’s what headgears are for, right?
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We do nothing. He’s two and a half, and judging by my teeth and his dads, the kids teeth are gonna be totally screwed no matter what. He only sucks for comfort at night or if he’s upset. His dad is gone half the year and he’s got a new baby brother, that’s alot for a little guy to handle! He’s allowed to suck as long as he really needs it.
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We are in the same situation but with a pacifier. We know it’s about time to get rid of it, but she loves it SOOO much that we’re afraid she’ll never sleep again without it and right now she is a 12 hours a night girl. I might rather pay for braces than give that up.
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I dunno, Jennifer, I was a thumb sucker until the age of 8 and look how utterly screwed up I am.
You better skip the Tabasco sauce and go straight for something like LSD, really teach her a lesson about thumb sucking.
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Yeah, I’ve heard the Tabasco suggestion before. I personally would love it, because my motto about food is “if it doesn’t make you sweat or cry, it’s not worth it”, but for a not-even-3-year-old? No way. Just keep doing what you’re doing and brace yourself emotionally for the next dentist appointment.
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before i had kids, and even with my first who didn’t take a pacifier, i totally looked down my nose at parents who let their kids have a pacifier after a year… hah. i’m such an asshole. jonathan turned two in march and is still going strong with the paci. oops. gah.
i hate it… we’ve been able to limit it to the crib and when he’s really sleepy in the car but since he shares a room with casey i am loathe to even try getting rid of it at night…
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Ummm… Drew is 6. ALL my kids suck their thumbs except, ironically, the baby. (Who is my only paci kid. Ha.)
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Let us not forget that some children have a high need for sucking. NEED being the key word. As a culture we stop calling our offspring “babies” sometimes as early as age one, but biologically speaking, up until at LEAST age three they are technically babies. Forcing a child to give up a need before they are ready is unnecessary. Why take away something that is so comforting to them? Self-soothing is a wonderful skill….
All of that said, my youngest was a paci-fiend! She didn’t get hard-core addicted to it until she weaned (at 18 months). By 2 1/2, her little teeth did look different- a little “buck”. One day I casually told her “You know sweetie, sucking on a paci is bad for your teeth”. I had no intentions of DOING anything. Turns out my gentle suggestion rolled around in her wee brain for awhile, and a week or so later she handed me her paci, saying she was done with it because “it’s bad fo my teef”. Lucky for us that was the end of it!
I realize thumb sucking is usually a harder habit to break, but you are absolutely right, Jennifer. She’s not even three!
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Love your website and your little girl is beautiful. My daughter Annabel is my little thumb sucker. My son never had a paci or thumb issue at all. Annabel’s thumbsucking does bother me but I’m surprised how laid back I really am about it. I’m a very organized/OCD Mama and I read every book/blog about every little kid issue, but this one just seemed a lot like potty training to me. You can’t force them to potty and you can’t force them to just give up the thumb. I do tell her ‘no thumb’ when she has it in her mouth, but other than that, I usually ignore it, knowing that she will just stop when she’s ready. And I agree about the teeth. It’s their BABY teeth and I’m sure 80% of our kids will need braces/retainers no matter what.
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I read somewhere (when my oldest was a tee-tiny tot) that one didn’t really need to worry about thumb-sucking doing damage to teeth until they were 5 yrs old. So I didn’t worry and now that she’s five, she’s cut down a lot and only sucks her thumb right before she goes to sleep at night- and really, what can one do about that? Especially as I’ve been told by her dentist that she’ll eventually need braces b/c her baby teeth are so close together that the adult teeth won’t have room to grow straight. So we’re sunk regardless!
Definately agree with avoiding the tobasco advice- yikes!
oh GEEZ. When it comes to stuff like this (for example, Maggie’s pediatrician- who I LOVE, btw- giving me a hard time because Maggie won’t eat vegetables, even though she eats TONS AND TONS of fruit and other good-for-her-stuff) I try to keep perspective. If the worst thing I have to worry about is my kid not eating green beans- and if the worst thing you have to worry about is your kid sucking her thumb for comfort- we’re doing pretty dang good, right?
I know your dentist (and my dr) have to do their job, but yeah. Talk about making us feel like terrible parents! LOL
I sucked my thumb until I was 8. Yeah, I needed braces, but honestly I think I would have needed them anyway (my sister did too and she wasn’t a thumb-sucker) I turned out just fine!
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Well, everyone’s pretty much already said what I have to say… I never sucked my thumb and needed braces. My brother did and he didn’t need braces.
My son just turned 3 and is still sucking his thumb, but only at bedtime/naptime. I figure he’ll grow out of it eventually… besides, these are the baby teeth. I suppose there is a possibility of it changing the shape of your mouth if she’s sucking her thumb 24/7, but really? I wouldn’t worry about it!
Okay, so I had a thumb sucker who sucked all day… morning, noon, and night. She had her thumb in her mouth more than she had it out… so we did do something when she was 4 years old. For about 6 months we tried all the ‘touchy, feely’ things to encourage her to stop sucking her thumb. And when that didn’t work we went straight for the big guns. We put the anti thumb sucking device in her mouth.
After the first day, and only a few times of attempted thumb sucking she was done. The dentist told us that it takes the child’s brain about 3 months to re-wire itself so it doesn’t have the need for her to suck her thumb. And honestly, he was right. We took her device out and she no longer sucks(ed) her thumb. She wanted it for comfort, not for any other reason. Now she talks when she’s frustrated rather than going towards her thumb.
It doesn’t work for everyone – and I”m sure there’ll be plenty of people who don’t agree with it. But it worked for us – and we’re glad we did it.
As a former thumb sucker, my parents tried everything… none of it worked. My grandma used to tell me that I’d walk down the aisle sucking my thumb. It took YEARS for me to stop but eventually I did it on my own.
I’m really against doctors/dentists/hygienists giving advice like “put hot sauce on her fingers”… what happens if your kid likes hot sauce? I did, my parents were not amused.
Your child will give it up in her own time. I promise.
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That’s pretty shocking a MD recommended the Tabasco thing. I had heard of it, but surely a DOCTOR would not want it being done. Awful! We were lucky b/c we had an almost 3 year old passie lover. We just got rid of those and thankfully, she hasn’t gravitated to the thumb.
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I would give it time,….Your sweet girls it too young to worry about it this early,…..They give it up when it’s more trouble than it’s worth,…My Gracie was a paci addict and would walk around double and triple fisted,…..we slowly “lost” the pacis and then finally just had to get rid of the last one because she chewed thru it,…..I really believe that they will let it go when they are ready,…..self soothing is a wonderful skill,….does she have another lovey?
good luck with your running! I am glad that you, Me and Justin Timberlake are bringing sexy back,….(whooop!) and I am glad that music is workin’ for ya!
My pediatrician was on me to take away my son’s pacifier. Dude, the kid is 19 months old. Yesterday in fact. I’ll worry about it later.
Tabasco? Hell no. I have this theory…if they are still sucking on their thumb/binky in college, then, well, it’s their problem. ha.
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