Avery is four now, & that is the magical age where thumb-sucking becomes a problem.
So we started our quest to break the habit. They have a couple products on the market that are specially designed for getting a kid to stop, but we are too cheap to invest in something that costs about $100-$150 dollars (I guess we'd rather pay for major dental work when she gets older). Brett decided to concoct his own little device while he was at school.....and this is what he came up with..........
TADA!!!!
Plastic thumb....things with ribbon
Plastic thumb....things with ribbon
Despite all the work put into these aesthetically pleasing contraptions, they weren't working great. They kept coming loose & falling off. So I took matters into my own hands. I requested a review for the 'HANDAID' (through the website I review for). Fortunately, the company obliged and we are on our way to no more thumb-sucking.This is what the HANDAID looks like:
A couple weeks of wearing this and Avery should be CURED!!! She'll still need braces, because she has been sucking her thumb since she was 2 years old, but her open bite should close quickly.
2 comments:
lol nice and creative@
let me know how it goes. We did the thumb guard with Kaylee and it worked beautifully. She stopped sucking at around 4 1/2. Sadly about 10 months later (almost a year for crying out loud) a new family moved into our ward with a daughter Kaylee's age. The little girl never had her thumb OUT of her mouth and of course she was in Kaylee's class. No one bothered her about it. Kaylee remembered how much she enjoyed and started sucking again. Ugh!! At this point I give up. She will be known as one of the thousands of kids who sucked their thumbs til like 8 or so. Good Luck friend.
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