How do you get a 7 year old to stop sucking her thumb? Like is there annything a can/should put on it?

Question

If u r thinking "if you put something on it the child will just walk away and wash it off." But what if you put it on her thumb when she is sleeping? p.s she has lost her 2 front teeth already so i can allredy see them getting buck... i need a semi quick fix!

Answer 1

mustard.

Answer 2

Her thumb sucking has nothing to do with bucked teeth.  The shape of her mouth is the result of genetics not by thumb sucking.  Obviously someone in the family has an overbite (bucked teeth) or a mouth that comes to a point on top which often causes teeth to appear bucked.  Or it could be like it was in my case, my front teeth came in too large for my mouth however I did eventually grow into them.

Answer 3

Well it is okay if she sucks her thumb my cousin lia has been sucking her thumb ever since she was born and she is now 20 years old turning 21 years old!! She still sucks her thumb it's actaully kinda funny that she still does but she is proud of herself about it!!

Answer 4

Buy a thumb guard. They make it impossible for the kiddo to suck their thumb.

This is what I'm talking about:

http://www.thumbguard.net/english/ourpro...

~Susie

Answer 5

put aloe vera on her fingers, it is very bitter. Trust me she'll think twice before sucking her fingers again. I've seen aloe vera in supermarkets.

Answer 6

let your daughter paint her fingernails and feel pretty, and tell her if she sucks her thumb bye bye pretty nails, you can also buy bitters nail polish, they use it for nail biting, but thumb sucking would work to

Answer 7

If you make her wear a cheap pair of gloves, and everytime she goes to suck her thumb, she'll have cotton or wool in her mouth. Also, then she has to go around in gloves in the middle of summer, which would be quite uncomfortable for her.

Answer 8

one of the women i nanny for has this same issue.

She has a boy and girl and each needed a different method for reducing the thumb sucking.

For the girl, she painted her nails a certain product that makes them taste disgusting and make her not want to suck her thumb.

That didn't work for the boy, so his mom took some old garden gloves. She cut the thumb out of it and attached the new thumb cover to a strap that had velcro so she could take it on and off when he need to eat or wash his hands, etc. This really worked. He hated wearing the thing and was only allowed to take it off when he promised not ot ever suck his thumb again plus while it was on, he couldnt' suck his thumb at all.