You always hear stories of people who have a problem stopping their children from sucking their thumbs. I recently heard one mother tell me that she had an eight-year-old daughter and she did not know how to stop sucking her thumb.

First, you have to ask yourself when children suck their thumbs. Many times a child will suck their thumbs when they are tired, bored and in need have comfort. You can also purchase thumb sucking guard online to stop sucking thumb for children in 5-21 days.

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There are all kinds of numbers of research out there that shows many children stop sucking their thumb by the age of 5, which I believe is true. However, I may be alone in this, but I think it was 3 years old that should be cut off point when the little ones need to stop sucking her thumb.

Thumb sucking is a habit that is very funny, but it can quickly turn into bad habits and addictive. If parents are not watching for it or think it was funny at age 5 or 6, they should talk to the dentist. Thumb sucking will disrupt the children's teeth are really bad.

Teeth will usually stand out and can have an effect on their speech. I also heard of a dentist, that if you see an adult who does not have the chin forward, there is a good chance that it is thumb-sucking at an early age in their lives.