Thanks to the technologies existing at present, we do know that babies suck their thumb while still in their mother's womb. Meaning, this action appears even before they come into the world. Sucking the thumb in the uterus is harmless since it derives from the post-natal reflex; it provides calmness and inspires tranquility on the baby/child. However, if it continues along time and it may turn into a habit and if it continues for years, it becomes a problem that it is advisable and most necessary to be weaned of it. This is a problem with repercussions in the long run, such as: crooked teeth, damage to the structure of the jaw, inverted bite and so on. See Our digital course.
Contrary to the use of a pacifier, we cannot part from our thumb so easy, and so weaning of such behavior turns into a complicated and difficult mission and at times- impossible. There are many methods suggesting help with the weaning process and promising to assist you and your child, so he could stop this habit once and for all. Some methods are not always successful, since they are trying to prevent this behavior using "aggressive" methods which could lead the child to develop another nasty habit such as nail biting.
That is to say, to prevent your kinds of behavior completely, it is most important that the child to express his will to be weaned. Namely, for the weaning process to take place and gain full success, you must check with your child if he wants to be weaned and is actually ready to undertake the process.
Therefore, the weaning process begins- first and foremost- in the child's readiness and his/her true and sincere wish to be weaned from that habit. You may encourage your child, and explain to him/her the importance of the weaning; what the thumb sucking might cause him/her should the child refrain from undertaking the process.
The method we suggest is a truly comprehensive program: it talks to the child on "eye-level" and thus helps him to go through the weaning process easily and efficiently. It may be activated independently while sharing it with the rest of the family and gaining positive intensification.
We do believe that it is absolutely possible to be weaned of the thumb sucking habit and we have many testimonies of children and their parents about their success and how they were successfully weaned of the habit.
We invite you to join us towards freedom- with our digital course- to be weaned of the thumb sucking habit, easily and swiftly which will enable your children a life devoid of thumb-sucking. A free life. Come – join us.
*The writer Dana Kaminsky is an Educational counselor, and partner in the project Stop your child/children from their thumb-sucking habit – In Hebrew and in English.