Thumb sucking, despite everything you hear, is a normal activity, natural and healthy for your baby and the baby to take part in. Children usually overcome this habit at the age of three if they start doing that at all, regardless of physical or psychological side effects of any kind. You can find more about thumb sucking procedures via https://www.amazon.com.au/Age-2-7-STOP-Thumb-Sucking/dp/B00VQU2DZS.
However, some children do not abuse myself of this habit and if it continues to age 4, 5 and 6 once, your child may be at risk for, or already developed several problems associated with thumb sucking. Some problems can be misaligned teeth, lisp and improper development of the mouth and jaw.
So how do you get your child to stop?
Good question and here is the first tip. Do not yell, nag or get annoyed with children if they are still sucking their thumbs. This will only strengthen their thumb sucking habit and make it more difficult to get them to stop. There are several ways to go about getting your child to stop sucking their thumbs:
1) Taste – There are products you can put on your child's thumb that taste pretty nasty. This, of course, completely safe and doctor approved. This reinforces the immediate stimulus thumb sucking thumb badly with bad taste.
2) Praise – When a child does not suck their thumbs for a certain period of time, be sure to praise the child. It offers positive reinforcement of something done.
3) My Special Shirt – This is a specially designed shirt and program behavior patterns to help children and parents overcame thumb sucking. The program also comes with a professionally crafted agenda and support system of the developers.
4) Pay More Attention for Children – Thumb sucking often continues because of insecurity and the need for comfort.
5) Children older – Have them help choose the method they want to try. This will provide them with more control stop.