#AskTheExpert My daughter is 20 months old and sucks her thumb to go. to sleep, if she is hungry or if we say anything no to her. we have tried a lot to give her cuddles for sleep but she just sucks her thumb. Anything we can do to stop this.

A. Thumb sucking in infants is a very normal phenomenon and its called mouthing reflex and nothing to be worried about it just maintain proper hygiene and with time this thing will go . In the toddlers thumb sucking habit is also seen maggny a times which could be phycological cause and feeling of insecurity or some stress . Just try to make the child comfortable and divert in some activities also spend good time with the child . In extreme case withdrawal can be tried with some solution available which are bitter like femite lotion . It needs to be applied locally .