Tips on how to get toddler to stop sucking his thumb?

He never took to a pacifier when he was a baby because he always preferred his thumb, and now hes going to be 2, his teeth are being affected and his thumb is calloused. I got those sensory chewing sticks for him to use which is working during the day but at night he refuses to use one that i have tied to his crib so he doesnt end up tangled in the string 😭

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My 4.5 year old only recently stopped sucking her thumb because I bought bitter nail polish for kids off Amazon. SUPER effective.

Oh wow i didnt know that existed! Im definitely going to have to try that!

same same same !! I tried the thumb cuffs/gloves &nail polish but each time she had a freak out moment and i felt bad making her super anxious! I’m going to wait till she’s a little older and can understand a little more and can find other ways to self sooth positively.. Her dentist told me she should be ok till she gets a little older and the real worries come in as their adult teeth come in bc that’s when the shifting is more permanent &harder to fix. We got a lil time mama! lol.read up on different ways and do deep dives! atleast to get an idea of what your working with and why your baby does it.

@ShellBell 100% I sucked my thumb til I was 8, so I wasn't worried about getting my 4.5 yo to stop until after she turned 4 because she understood at that point, but I don't want her to have all the braces like I did. She's been begging to get her ears pierced so I told her she can once she stops sucking her thumb because "only big kids have their ears pierced and big girls don't suck their thumbs." She was doing pretty good at daytime, but needed the extra diversion of the bitter nail polish for night time

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