XP: Thumb Sucking

melissa0726

DD1 is a hardcore thumb sucker, and it's starting to shift her teeth.  I took her for her first dental appointment this week - she did great! - but the dentist said we had to break the thumb sucking habit right away.  He said there are things we can do down the road to make sure her permanent teeth come in correctly, but that our job now is to break the habit.

Anyone have any experience, advice, tips, tricks, or just words of encouragement? I think we're going to start with just gently reminding her not to do it throughout the day - i.e. when she's watching tv or riding in the car - and then move on to the sucking while sleeping part.  The dentist recommended putting something bad tasting on her thumb, and/or band aids, so I guess we will give both of those things a try.

I'm going to XP on both our August boards, just in case anyone isn't checking both places.  TIA everyone!