Thankfully nope. My son’s been okay.

My older daughter, middle child, sucked her fingers when she was younger due to anxiety from not being able to see me as much as her father wouldn’t let me (lied to me). He used to smack her for it. It was awful. I knew that explaining to her that it could stuff up her teeth and letting her get out of the habit herself would happen which it did. I didn’t punish her in any way, it wasn’t her choice.

I don’t see it as a huge problem but probably should be discouraged sooner rather than later.

Mine never were but i dont see a problem with it. Its a safety/comfort thing for most children and they do grow out of it eventually.

Neither of mine sucked their thumbs but they both left their tongues hanging out

My eldest sucked to fingers till she was in Kindy

It is a habit that should fade in time.

No thumb suckers here, but if we did, time would be the answer they’d grow out of it.

I’m hoping my daughter gives it up herself

Bitter ales on the thumb usually stops it as it definitely doesn’t taste nice. Hard for the Royals – they would be castigated even more if Louis had a dummy in his mouth.

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  • • mom101628 replied
    • 12 Jun 2019 , 9:54 pm

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  Should read bitter aloes – pity that the predictive text takes over at times.

that’s why I liked my kid having a dummy, you can throw it out but you can’t throw a thumb out

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  • • Blossom replied
    • 12 Jun 2019 , 10:38 pm

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  Yes, you can cut a piece off it then tell your child it is broken.

We just left them – they grew out of it.

It’s almost impossible to stop thumb sucking. I gave both of mine dummies so they wouldn’t suck their thumbs.