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<blockquote data-quote="aeroeng" data-source="post: 389014" data-attributes="member: 6557"><p>My difficult child sucked his fingers until 6th grade as well. And yes he will be teased. In fact our Dr. told us that if his need for sucking was so strong that he continued sucking after receiving all the teasing from school then there was nothing we could do to discourage it. He recommended we not add to the stress level. We did try several different strategies. All at the request from difficult child, trying to support not nag him. None of them worked. What finally worked was through sucking hard, difficult child developed a callus on one of his fingers. husband thought it was a wart and told him warts could spread to his mouth. Then each time difficult child's mouth touched the callus he would pull the fingers out, not wanting any warts. I'm not sure that will help you, but what we learned is:</p><p></p><p>- Be supportive, don't add to the stress level.</p><p>- He already knows it a big teaser item.</p><p>- He must want to stop</p><p>- The most effective thing to stop him must remind him every time his thumb goes in his mouth</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aeroeng, post: 389014, member: 6557"] My difficult child sucked his fingers until 6th grade as well. And yes he will be teased. In fact our Dr. told us that if his need for sucking was so strong that he continued sucking after receiving all the teasing from school then there was nothing we could do to discourage it. He recommended we not add to the stress level. We did try several different strategies. All at the request from difficult child, trying to support not nag him. None of them worked. What finally worked was through sucking hard, difficult child developed a callus on one of his fingers. husband thought it was a wart and told him warts could spread to his mouth. Then each time difficult child's mouth touched the callus he would pull the fingers out, not wanting any warts. I'm not sure that will help you, but what we learned is: - Be supportive, don't add to the stress level. - He already knows it a big teaser item. - He must want to stop - The most effective thing to stop him must remind him every time his thumb goes in his mouth [/QUOTE]
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