How did you wean your baby off of sucking his thumb?? Mines 15 months old
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You donāt. They should grow out of it. Iād simply ignore it unless or until they are old enough to understandā¦ and then you could explain to them ābig kidsā donāt do that but I wouldnāt make it a big deal.
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Coming from a mom whose now 7 year old does itā¦ Itās incredibly hardā¦ Nothing works for us. Probably going to take the dentist putting a wire in
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Maybe itās just me, but I didnāt do anything about it. 
Heās 3-years-old and stopped sucking his thumb around 2.5-years-old. On his own. Your baby is still so young. 
My daughter is 8 and still sucks her thumb. I have tried everything and nothing has worked.
We just pulled it out of kids mouth and made funny faces doing it as we said we donāt need that in our mouth.
Mines almost 5 and still does it 
I stopped around 5 from being embarrassed to have sleep overs
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My 6 year old still does it
My step daughter is 22 and still sucks on her fingersā¦
Iām 42 and if I didnāt have long nails, I suck mine 
You donāt,ignore it,the more you fuss about it the more stressed baby will be ,the more theyāll need to do it.Use distraction,Just calmly remove thumb and give a toy or a book or a cracker anything to break the act,but calmly no words just act
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my son wanted to and I believe he was in the womb doing it, it found his face from birth. I pulled it away immediately! Iāve seen the negative oral effects first hand with fam members. he was just fine
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My daughter has been sucking her thumb since she was in the womb. She is now 9ā¦she has an expanderā¦and bracesā¦still working on completely kicking the habitā¦it is really hardā¦time and lots of patience and consistencyā¦some outgrow it quickerā¦than othersā¦best of luckš
Mine is 9.5 and has a wire plate in her mouth from sucking hers. I tried everything. Only thing that stopped it was something she didnāt like on her thumbs.
My 13 year old needed a bracket in the roof of his mouth to stopā¦ I also recommend a trip to the dentist. I tried all the tricks and tips and nothing worked.
My son sucked his fingers until about 11/12. Probably for comfort, idkā¦He did not have any negative oral effects
That kiddi will grow out of it when ready.
As someone who used to, by many means necessary. Itās horrible on teeth. 
Tape their fingers, nail biter liquid on their nails, etc.
Itās a soothing reaction. Usually in reaction to anxiety.
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