Unlock Additional Features and Earn Reward Points

Want to share your parenting queries and get answers

Get Solutions and advice from other parents and experts

Ask a Question

Father of a 7 yr old boy3 years ago

Q.

#AskTheExpert my son 3 yr old he suck his thumb how we can chamge his habbit

1 Answer

Dr Sameer awadhiyaGuardian of 2 children3 years ago

A. Thumb sucking or habit of taking fingers in the mouth 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 it resolves automatically. In the toddlers thumb sucking habit is also seen many a times which could be psycological cause and feeling of insecurity or some stress . Just try to make the child comfortable and divert in some other more playful activities also spend good time with the child . In extreme case withdrawal can be tried with applying some solution over the finger which are bitter like femite lotion . It needs to be applied locally . apart from this if the habit continues after tk fewhree years of age it may disturb the dentition of the baby and the teeth may also get affected so then the habit breaking appliance need to be planned by the advice of a paediatric dentist.

1 Like

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

SIMILAR QUESTIONS

Father of a 4 yr 9 m old girl

Q. My daughter still suck the thumb. Any suggestion so that she stop this habbit.

Read More

Mom of a 2 yr 4 m old girl

Q. my baby sucks thumb while she feels sleepy.. while sleeping she used to suck thumb.. what I can do to avoid this habbit of her...

Read More

Guardian of a 3 m old girl

Q. #AskTheExpert how to break habbit of hand/thumb sucking ?? she always used to suck hand or thumb n vomit immediately

Read More

Mom of a 9 m old girl

Q. hi my daughter is 9month 7days old. she got the bad habbit of thumb sucking. Every thime she suck her thumb even at whole night she does this. Now what should i do that she leave this bad habbit???

Read More

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

Mom of a 2 yr 9 m old girl

Q. my baby is 2 nd half yrs old nd she has thumb suck habbit how to get rid of it

Read More

Mom of a 3 m old girl

Q. Hi my baby is 3 months old and she has started to suck her thumb even when they are covered. Is it normal ? And how should I get ride of the habbit ??

Read More

Guardian of a 2 m old girl

Q. my 3 month baby always suck her thumb is it normal

Read More

Mom of a 1 yr 11 m old girl

Q. #asktheexpert my baby having thumb sucking habbit...how i can get rid of her this habbit..

Read More

ADVERTISEMENT

ADVERTISEMENT

Guardian of a 1 yr 2 m old boy

Q. #asktheexpert why my child suck his thumb?

Read More

Guardian of a 3 yr 5 m old boy

Q. #asktheexpert my child suck thumb what should I do?

Read More

SUGGESTED ARTICLES

How to Calm a Baby Who Likes to Suck

Thumb Sucking In Babies

10 Easy Thumb and Finger Painting Ideas for Kids

How to Stop Thumb-sucking Habit in Children

Do you know any solution to this question?Let’s go to the app - To help out fellow parents & to get answers to your questions

Add An Answer

Add An Answer