Jesse sucks & chews on his thumb alot.
My mum said straight away to get him out of it. I think its cute though!
& it's a comfort thing for him. He has the dummy, but isn't too keen on it.
Should I just let him go? Or should I try to stop it?
My DS never took to a dummy so he llloooooves his hand/thimb etc... I figure this way I don't have to get up in the middle of the night to replace a dummy. I may live to regret not encouraging more with his dummy, as everyone keeps telling me , but it's something I am willing to deal with later
Personally, at 5 months, I'd leave him be! And I'm a fan of thumbs over dummies tbh, dummies can get lost, at 3am I didn't need to go in and re-find ds's thumb for him! :P
Whatever settles them is fine I reckon. I'd say that many children grow out of thumb sucking as they grow older, and those that don't can be persuaded by other means.
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.
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, but it's something I am willing to deal with later
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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