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My 34 month old son has this habit of putting his fingers into my mouth for me to suck his fingers for him to go to sleep. Any suggestions on how I can get him to stop this?

Posted by Sonya, 29/7/13


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  • I would just pull away, distract and teach him different ways to settle


  • Cold turkey. Just bite the bullet and get it over with.


  • if they grow they will reduce it,, keep them busy as well they don’t remember to put their fingers in to the mouth.


  • I’d try the cold turkey way he definitely needs to break the habbit maybe even put something he doesn’t like on ur fingers to show they taste yucky


  • there are some good comments here


  • Have you managed to break the habit?


  • Weird one! Maybe it will just have to be “cold turkey”?


  • I hope you’ve had success


  • It is hard to break some of these habits – what did you try?


  • Any luck with the advice below?


  • Its a habit that eventually they need to break


  • hopefully they’ll grow out of it, mine girls put their hands down my top I think its just a comfort thing and really hoping some day they’ll grow out of it


  • Dont let him put them there, he has formed a habit he needs to get out of.


  • Can’t say that mine ever did that to me. I agree with others below in finding another distraction or keeping your mouth closed.


  • A-Edwards read the question again. The child isn’t sucking on his own fingers. I don’t think giving a 34 month old child a dummy would solve any problems anyway!


  • Cant u give him a dummy instead


  • If it was me I wouldn’t worry and hope he grows out of it. It may be a comfort thing at the moment if he is starting child care .he might be a little scared.


  • yup keep your mouth firmly shut and direct his little hands elsewhere !


  • I’d just not let him do it. Maybe direct his hand somewhere else. My daughter likes to touch my ear as shes falling asleep but shes slowly growing out of the habit. You could try giving him a blanket or toy to hold instead.


  • it will stop in time, but I found distraction (a squishy ball) worked well with our daughter,


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