Thumb sucking advise Please. My son's teeth are getting ruined. Help Please!?

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Thumb sucking advise Please. My son's teeth are getting ruined. Help Please!?

Answer 1

Dip his thumb in hot sauce and than rinse it. The smell should discourage him from sucking it.

Answer 2

smother it in nail polish remover. I hear its harmless and tastes DISGUSTING!!!

Answer 3

Define "My son's teeth are getting ruined" are they rotting?  That's not caused by thumb sucking.  Are they mis-aligned?  That's caused by genetics not thumb sucking.  

Answer 4

Braces.  When he's 13.  

No, really though.  I was a thumb sucker when I was little...and my mom would put bitter stuff on my thumb and nothing would stop me.  

I did eventually stop when I went into kindergarten.....but I had 5 years of braces in junior high and high school.  

Answer 5

my child just turned 5.  I had tried everything, hot sauce, thumb sucking polish, taping gloves, wrapping tape or bandages around the fingers. nothing worked.  I then allowed her to suck only to sleep. this meant, I had to be consistent w/ removing the thumb. but honestly, when I explained that the dentist would make her wear a headpiece to fix her teeth, described it; how it would feel and other kids reations....she looked at the finger, cried a little ... she hasn't sucked since.

Answer 6

check www.onestepahead.com

they have a silicone guard that goes over the thumb and attaches to the wrist. it covers the thumbs and takes away the pleasurable sensation of thumbsucking. It is kind of pricey (like $75 i think) but still cheaper than braces and retainers

Answer 7

tape mittens to his hands. we did this with my little sister and it worked perfectly.However, she still has a lot of dental work ahead of her. Too many years of a bad habit.

Answer 8

a dentist can put a metal retainer in and it will help to discourage thumb sucking and help keep teeth strait.

Answer 9

Hi, u might wanna try using the nail bite lotion to apply on his finger nails.  it taste bitter and it works will for my gal :)

Answer 10

Put either oven mitts or rubber gloves on his hands so that he cannot suck his thumb (it'll be too clunky for him to get his thumb, and he won't like the feel of it).