Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months

Sucking fingers

Ella sucks her fingers at night and when she is really tired..she has a red calous (spelling ?) with a scab on her finger..looks pretty gross doesn't bother her..anyone else's LO's have this?

Re: Sucking fingers

  • My DD sucks her fingers at night.  She was doing it all of the time but we were worked on her doing it only in her bed.  She is also allowed to do it in the car if we are in the car at a time when she would normally be in bed.  I have never noticed any sores on her fingers because of it though I don't think she sucks very hard most of the time.  She also twirls her hair so that might help.

    We went to the dentist last month and he said he could already see how her teeth have moved from it.  He said she doesn't need to give it up right away but to work on and that her teeth will move back on their own.  She is 3.5 right now.  We haven't started the process of breaking the habit but we will probably when she is 4.  
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