New thumb sucking habit.

[toomanyshoes]

No idea, our DD is 4 and has always been a thumb sucker, breast fed baby no dummies...I can't get her to stop, hopefully someone else knows some ideas!

[Junglemum]

Janie- i tell her that her teeth will fall out! Is that bad? Yeah the baby thing wont work, she loves pretending to be a baby. weird. I might try the special toy thing. Thanks for the tips. xx

Thanks for replying anyway shoes!

[Ozstar]

JM L started sucking his thumb a few months back too. He had a dummy to sleep but we got rid of that without any real problems at the start of the year, he has been asking for a dummy for the last month or so too. No idea why it started or how to stop it.
If you find something that works let me know lol.

[Janie]

Are there any OTs or speechies regularly on here??? Sounds like something of that ilk......no biggie, but it would be good to get tips on how best to discourage it. I don't think it's bad to tell her that but if you have *a very grown up conversation* about it all, she might take it seriously, IYKWIM.

[Junglemum]

really Oz? What's with these kids and their late thumb sucking habits?!

ETA- yeah Sez, you're right. I'll give it a whirl, we'll sit down over a wine tonight and talk serious.

[Olive]

when we wanted DD1 to stop at around 2 we used sports tape on her thumb as she couldnt take it off! worked a treat!

[Junglemum]

So J, did you put the tape on all day? did she take it off?

[Olive]

yep all day and night, she couldnt take it off at 2, 3 may be differnt, but that stuff is reallllly sticky lol!