Gentle Ways to Stop Nighttime Thumbsucking How do I stop my 4-year-old from sucking his thumb at night? His front teeth are starting to be affected. Your statement “his front teeth are being affected” is a red flag that supports your mother’s intuition that something must be done now to stop the nighttime thumbsucking. Once […]
How to Know if Thumbsucking is Harmful or Helpful Thumbs naturally find their way into the mouths of babes and often stay there for years. Thumbsucking is a boon to babies but bothers onlookers and dentists. So what’s a poor thumbsucker to do? Can a baby and her thumb find happiness together without public censure? […]
Thumbsucking Statistics and Ways to Help Your Child Stop In 1977 researchers studied fifty habitual thumbsucking children between ages one and seven. Researchers compared habitual thumbsuckers to children who did not suck their thumb. Studies showed that thumbsuckers tended to be bottle-fed rather than breastfed. The child who was weaned later was less likely to […]
7 Tips for Breaking Nervous Habits in Children The phrase “break a habit” has some biological truth behind it. A child’s developing brain consists of miles of tangled electrical wires. As the child learns and grows, he makes connections between all these nerve wires that store patterns of association. Patterns of association are things that […]
How Do I Gently Stop Thumb Sucking? I have an almost 2-year-old, who falls asleep with his thumb in his mouth and can sleep with it for a long time. I worry about his teeth. How can I help him to quit his thumb sucking? Thumb Sucking to Fall Asleep Both the nighttime thumb sucking […]
Helpful methods to break annoying habits The following are the most common childhood habits. Below each habit you will find the four helpers to break annoying habits. THUMBSUCKING Motivators: Point out sore thumb. Compare sore thumb with other thumb. Show buck teeth in mirror. Run fingers over protruding teeth. Busy bored hands. Relaxers: Play soothing […]
Divorce is a set-up for discipline problems to surface. When parents divorce, children often blame themselves or become angry at their mother and father. They often show a complete turnabout in behavior and personality following this family upset. These behavior challenges come at a time when parents are busy putting their own lives back together, […]
