my son of 1 yr 11 months has a habit to thumb sucking..and he understands that he should not suck his thumb, as I always make him understand that its a bad habit, he is very stubborn also, how to make him get rid of this strong habit of thumb sucking?

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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 three 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 a ok GDedvice of a paediatric dentist.

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Neem paste Or oil bottle completely edible you can apply either of the things onto that I think that is all your child is going to learn do it when your child is not doing it to your child is sleeping or something so that your child has not realise what you have done