hi friends my son who is 8 months old is always with his right thumb in his mouth he never takes out at times he takes and immediately he puts back.. so we tried dr.thumb and also got that instrument he sucks along with that also... during night it is horrible he does too much and does not sleep properly.. he puts his hand in mouth and keep rolling throughtout the bed at night time... iam too upset and all my friends r asking about this.. please help me is there anyone kid doing thumbsucking if yes please give me ur email id we shall discuss more.... hope u all understand my problem and help me... his diet schedule is morning milk,kanju,rice veg,soup,milk and again night kanju... he is also very fussy heater but i somehow manage to push some veges and fruits into his mouth.. now my only problem is his thumbsucking.... SS replied. Hi,

My son' s paed said that the more you pull out the thumb the more the child will think that it is something special. Let him be and the child will eventually wean off the habit.

Do not scold or even react to the child. They learn from their environment.

It worked for my lil one.

Hope this helps for you.

Regards,
Shilpa At replied. Hi friends,
My daughter same 8 months old now. She does this in starting then found when she is hungry she use to do so whenever she does i use to give her food . She got her lower one teeth . We bought the teether(toy) in the beginning wat happen when she put her hand we use to give that toy but she hate that taste i think so forgot tat habit.
As u said i too giving kanji ,rice , fruits(apple , banana , papaya) , curd ,sometime biscuits , dosa, idly all.
Whether able to say how to prepare soup . i want to start. Poonam replied. Hi Swetha,

Dont lose heart, it is only normal for some babies to do that. Drs have foen babies doing that in the womb as well. So there isnt any reason for you to be embarassed. He is 8 mos not 8 years sucking his thumb.

I have an 8 mo daughter who likes to put her fingers in her mouth and from the beginning we used to keep pulling it out. But its not as bad as your case. However, my dr. said thats because she is teething. I hate the pacifiers and never gave it to her.. but i remember in one of the appts my dr had suggested giving her the pacifier only if she starts sucking her thumb.His theory was you can take away the pacifier but not the thumb and you wont be asked many questions, since it is considered a norm for babies to have a pacifier. You may want to try that.

Good Luck
Poonam