Jo Bates, founder of Thumbsie® would like to share her personal thoughts on how to help your child to stop thumb sucking. Not claiming to be an expert, but Jo is just a mum who has had a child that sucked their thumb and have made many Thumbsie® fabric thumb guards over the past seven years that have helped other children.
Thumb sucking is such a hard habit for children to break. When our children first start, many of us think it’s cute, some of us are relieved that our children can settle themselves in the middle of the night when they awake, others just think they will grow out of it when they get to school. It’s one of those things that we keep putting off as we know it’s going to be difficult and stressful to try and stop.
Jo has read that children stop sucking naturally at the age of 4 or 5, which is great if they do. All too soon, however, we start to worry about the risks, about the potential damage that it’s doing to our children’s teeth, we get a ticking off from the dentist and then we want to find a way for them to give up this thumb sucking habit. It’s so hard for the children, especially if they’ve been sucking for a long time. It’s their comforter, their soul mate and we want to take it away!
Don’t just take our word for it see how three dentists describe the problems with thumb sucking and why they think you should try and help your child to stop digit sucking.
We had a lovely email from a mum that summed up everything that we really want to say. It’s Happy Customers like this that make us want to keep on making Thumbsies®.
“I would just like to thank you so much for the success we have had with the Thumbsies! My daughter Sophie (age 6) has not sucked her thumb for 29 days now and says that she never wants to suck her thumb again. Our dentist told us that her thumb sucking was preventing her teeth from coming through so we had to do something.
Sophie loved choosing the designs and they have lasted so well with repeated washing! The reward chart was great and we will continue until we have filled the whole chart with stickers. Loads of friends, her teacher and extended family have commented on how great they are – I wish they had been around when I was young!” Katie
We hope that this has given you ideas on how to stop thumb sucking and that you decide that Thumbsie® will help you as a family. It’s a great feeling when they break the habit!
Multi-award winning Thumbsie® was created from a real need when Jo Bates’s, founder Thumbsie Ltd, third daughter Isabel needed help to stop thumb sucking!
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