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NBR Moms who were thumb-suckers

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First off, this poll is in no way intended to criticize those October moms who are letting their LO's suck their thumbs!  I was a thumb sucker and didn't break the habit until I entered junior high.  My teeth suffered big time!  My mom always gave me the guilt trip but I just couldn't stop.  I only did it in front of my family and at the time I thought I was the only girl in the world still sucking her thumb, but from reading through posts it seems a lot of us did it into elementary school.  So just out of curiosity, at what age did you stop sucking your thumb?  Or if not you, your DH?[Poll]
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Re: NBR Moms who were thumb-suckers

  • iverske9iverske9 member
    I only sucked my thumb till four or five my mom says, no problems stopping and teeth are perfectly straight (no braces either). My mom actually didn't mind me sucking my thumb because unlike my three sisters I didn't have a soothing toy or blankie. Hence it never got lost lol.
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  • blu-eyedwifeblu-eyedwife member

    I think I was 11ish.  DH was probably around the same age.  I think he eventually stopped out of embarrassment.  I had one of these, which basically prevented you from getting your thumb in there:

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    And I had the whole gamut of thumbsucking effects - overbite, ridiculously high roof of mouth, crossbite, and open bite.  

    - Although my mouth was too small for my teeth so I probably would have had to have braces even if I didn't suck my thumb

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  • LCassLCass member
    imageblu-eyedwife:

     I had one of these, which basically prevented you from getting your thumb in there:

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    I had one of those, too.  But I figured out a way to suck my thumb around it.  Hmm  So not good.  My mom tried putting stuff on my thumb that tasted awful, tried making deals with me for what I would get if I quit, etc.  Nothing worked.

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