Well, we definitely have a thumb sucker on our hands! Everytime Ava's hands are free, they automatically migrate right up to her face and every once in a while her thumb ends up in her mouth! I wondered if this would be the case, because every ultra sound showed her hands right up at her face. Even within the first hour after she was born, she was sucking her thumb, it was too cute, but I know what trouble that may bring... Sophia, Adrianne's daughter was a thumb sucker and when asked if she thought Ava would suck her thumb, her response was "I hope not, because it's very hard to quit!" =) We'll have to see what happens.
Hi there,
ReplyDeleteI had the same experience with my son. All he loves to do is suck his thumb. We tried holding back his favorite snacks, but he would sneak off behind the couch and suck his thumb
I then just thought I would give up; I figured he isn't hurting anyone and that was his security blanked. Then I asked his doctor about it and he told me all the bad things that can happen as far as his teeth are concerned & its stops your chin development!
He told me to look at adults with no chin form and that most likely means they sucked the them...
So I searched the internet and found these pair of gloves...he loved wearing them (we bought him the long blue pair, so that he couldn't pull them off) & after a couple of months he has stopped sucking his thumb!
The funny part is we just bought him another pair because he loves wearing them...he calls himself Sonic the Hedgehog...lol
They also have some real nice ones for girls too.
Here is the site in case you want to take a look
http://endthumbsucking.com