Category Archives: thumbsucking

Did my child stop sucking her thumb completely?

January 16, 2009 – 3:45 am

Well, her nightmares continued for a while, and after a few months she finally stopped waking up at night to throw tantrum. And yes, she did not suck her thumb to sleep at all since the day she ‘lost’ her favorite bolster cover. But

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What we had to go through to keep her from sucking her thumb

January 14, 2009 – 4:12 am

My child’s withdrawal symptom (from the thumb-sucking addiction) was literally a nightmare. For the subsequent days, she would wake up in the middle of the night and cried and threw tantrum for about 2 hours each night.

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How we persisted to reduce her thumb-sucking addiction

January 12, 2009 – 3:58 am

Meanwhile, I hid her favorite bolster cover that was supposed to be in the wash in a place where nobody knows except me.

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Methods to reduce thumb sucking

January 5, 2009 – 3:26 am

I was getting quite desperate as my child was approaching 2 years old, and she was still sucking her thumb before or while she sleeps. I read that a child’s thumb-sucking habit is considered serious if they suck their thumbs past 2nd birthday,

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How we reduced our child’s thumb sucking habit

December 30, 2008 – 6:02 am

So once I started to sleep next to my child, I was fully aware of when and how often my child sucked her thumb. I realized that because my child was a very light sleeper, every slightest sound would wake her up, and she would suck her thumb to go back to sleep.

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Why my child sucked her thumb

December 29, 2008 – 12:44 am

Before my child turned one, her thumb was in her mouth all the time. Every photo that we took had her thumb in her mouth. She wouldn’t even remove her thumb just for that few minutes when we wanted to take a photo.

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My child sucked her thumb

December 23, 2008 – 4:32 am

When my 2nd child was born, we thought that if we let her sleep alone in her own room, we would get more rest. That was a big mistake.

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