I too say leave him My first was a thumb sucker but I think he stopped before he turned 2. We used to flick it out of his mouth and made it funny with a "pop" noise and he just kinda stopped on his own. I prefer thumb to dummy too cos they're attached and easily found in the middle of the night Oh and I can't remember if there's a thread somewhere or not, but apparently so long as they stop by the time they're around 3 you shouldn't have teeth issues - so I've heard on some show on tv.
i have one of each. ds is a thumb sucker but only at bed time/sleep time. dd Had a dummy until a week before her first birthday( i had enough of moving the cot to get to them).
i personally foundthumbs the best for travel!(never have to think about them they are always with them) but the dummy has been easy to get rid of!
but as someone that sucked their fingers until the age of 12(and my teeth are in perfect shape no braces ever) i always wanted my kids to be dummy users because i know how hard it was to give them up.
OK, this is why I wanted DS to be a thumb-sucker (he doesn't suck anything, btw):
Easy instant comfort without Mummy being there
Thumbs don't get lost
Thumbs don't get shared (DS will pick up other kids dummies and bite them if I don't stop him)
You can't walk with a thumb in your mouth
You have to remove the thumb to speak (these latter two as niece was a constant dummy user for 18m and didn't speak, only grunted, for 2 years)
You can out-grow it when you're ready, not when your parents decide they no longer like it.
Even when children grow out of the thumb you can tell when they're really upset because it goes back in: I gave up thumb-sucking at 2-3 but I do bite at my thumb when I'm really upset.
I've got both. My DD1 was a dummy sucker and we managed to kindly put it away at 2, she only ever had it for bed anyway. My DD2 is a thumb sucker, I love that I dont need to get up to her at night (was forever doing it with DD1) but I do worry what it will do to her teeth if she continues, I guess we'll deal with that as it comes. She only ever has her thumb in her mouth at night and during the day when she's tired, I just take it out again and play with her (she laugh's coz it makes the pop sound sometimes).
I really dont care what other's think tho, its none of their business as she's my child!
I friend of mines DD had dummies - do do's she called them. Everywhere they went she had to have 3. One in the mouth, & one in each hand. Then of course 2 or 3 spares in the bag in case one got lost.
They gave them to Santa just before she turned 3.
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My first was a thumb sucker but I think he stopped before he turned 2. We used to flick it out of his mouth and made it funny with a "pop" noise and he just kinda stopped on his own. I prefer thumb to dummy too cos they're attached and easily found in the middle of the night
Oh and I can't remember if there's a thread somewhere or not, but apparently so long as they stop by the time they're around 3 you shouldn't have teeth issues - so I've heard on some show on tv.
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