ThumbGuard and FingerGuard for Kids Thumbsucking

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These thumb guards are kind of hard to put on, especially when your toddler is not a fan of them. I have to tighten them so tight that it practically cuts into his skin, or he is able to pull his thumb out. I don't recommend this produce at all and for [$] it's not even worth trying it.

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I can't believe it! My two year old doesn't suck her thumb any more! She had been sucking so agressively that her teeth and palate weren't forming right, and she wasn't talking. So, the day after her second birthday party, we put the thumb guards on her. I left them on 23 of 24 hours for the first 3 weeks. She cried a lot the first 2 days, but we persisted. After 3 weeks, we only put them on for naps and bedtime, or if she put her thumb in her mouth during the day. I kept telling her these were just to help her remember to be a big girl and keep her thumbs out of her mouth. She didn't fuss about it after 2 days. I found that every once in a while, she would pull it off. Also, sometimes, she was tempted to chew on the plastic. so, I got the THUM fingernail polish, too. Just painted that right on the guards and on her thumbs and all her fingers. She thought it was nail polish and loved it, and it did keep her from chewing on the guards or sucking other fingers. If I didn't have the THUM stuff on and she put a thumb or finger in her mouth, I just poured vinegar into a bowl and took her hands and dipped them in the vinegar. I was real nice, and very gentle, and she would just make a face and then smile at me and stop. I didn't say a word--just dipped and walked away. It took 2 months instead of one, and about half-way through we wondered if it was ever going to work or not, but persistence won! Now (2.5 months later), she doesn't even think about sucking at all. The behavior is completely gone, and her teeth look beautiful and she is talking up a blue streak! She has even been sick since then, and she didn't even consider her thumb. Do get some ribbon for when you run out of straps. I tried several kinds of ribbon, and the one that worked was the thin kind that you wrap presents with and can make curly cues by sliding scissors down the edges. I watched to make sure I didn't tie it too tight--hence needing the THUM stuff. Anyway, this all worked really well together without being too frustrating, although a little time consuming. I worried about the indentations in her hands from the guards at first, but after awhile, we relaxed. It was more like what your shins look like from shin guards after playing 2 hours of soccer or something. It does go away, and she didn't ever seem very bothered by it. I did use vaseline on the one spot between thumb and forefinger at first, as that seemed to rub raw, but even that went away in a few days. Honestly, I would do this again in a heart beat--but I don't have to!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!

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This product was easy to use, comfortable for my 6-year old and worked in less than a month. She wore it every night for about 3 weeks and broke the habit. A couple of times she asked to wear it because her "brain is telling her to suck her thumb." But now thumb-sucking is a thing of the past and her baby teeth are already straightening out less than 3 months later.

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I used this product on my 4 year old. She sucked her thumb all day and all night. She wore it for about 2 weeks and quit sucking her thumb. She only does it when she is asleep and doesn't know it. I have her wear it to bed when she is really tired and it works great. The product is not high quality so it wouldn't work for long term wear. Luckily she only needs it once in a while. I now bought it for my almost 2 year old. He was sucking his thumb a lot. He wore it for a little over a week and now doesn't suck his thumb at all. This is worth the money and is such a GREAT product. I would recommend this to anyone that has a thumb sucker. It obviously works better the younger the child.

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I bought this for my almost 4 year old, even showed it to her so she knew it was coming. I also bought Mavala stop at the same time. Thinking I would use the guard at home and night time and the STOP for school and other times. The STOP got here first and she asked me to put it on. 2 days and she was done - 2 weeks and I don't have to use it. SHe asked and asked for the thumbguard but since she didn't need it I returned it.

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This product works!! The key, I believe, is that your child has to want to stop sucking their thumb/finger. My 4 year old who is turning 5 next week really wanted to stop sucking her thumb but just couldn't because she's been sucking her thumb since she's been just a few months old. We bought the thumb guard and this is now her 3rd week. She loves it!! We change it twice day and she can wash her hands like she normally does so having the guard on is not an issue. The first week we changed it, but didn't allow any time for it to be off. Week 2, we let her take it off for about 2-3 hours a day and she never tried to put her thumb in her mouth. We're on week 3 and still changing twice a day and leaving off for about 4-5 hours. I believe she has stopped sucking her thumb but since she's been doing it so long wanted to keep the guard on for the full 4 weeks. Probably the one downside is my daughter can slip the guard off sometimes. For us, it wasn't a big deal because she wasn't trying to get it off to suck her thumb, she was just taking it off because it was bath time or time to change it. If you're trying to use this on a 2 or 3 year old you will probably have less success. Again the key is that your child has to want to stop!!

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Does this really need to be [$]. The concept is ok but I dont think the materials are worth that much!

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My son has been a thumb sucker since he was 3 months old. I wasn't sure that anything would work for him. After the first three weeks he had almost completely stopped. He had one or two episodes of sucking, I put it back on for two weeks and I am happy to say that my 71/2 year old now has broken the habit of thumb sucking. I am going to order one for my daughter.

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Thank you thumbguard! We tried everything from bandaids, punishment, to the nail polish, my daughter didn't care, she kept on sucking! This took a few trial nights of placement. The first 3-4 nights she snuck her thumb out. After trial and error we found a good fit and it's now been 1.5 weeks with no thumb sucking. We now leave it off for 3-4 hours during the day and she doesn't even think about sucking her thumb. We will continue to use the guard for the full 4 weeks, but I'm confident we won't have to use it after that.

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It help my baby to stop suck her thumb in a week, but she continued using it by four weeks as recommended.

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Unfortunately, this product has not worked for my daughter. She was never fond of a pacifier but loved her thumbs since she was just a tiny baby. At the age of three, I decided to intervene and bought the Thumbguard. She wears it everyday before her afternoon nap, and before going to sleep at night. While she was excited to wear it every day, and even choose a different color wrist band every time, she still kept sucking her thumb while the guard was on, chewed on it, and/or managed to take it off. She has been wearing it for about two months now but she's still sucking her thumb. I don't know what else to do.

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We bought this based on positive reviews because our 6 year old son sucks his thumb at night. Unfortunately, even in a half-asleep state, he can easily slip his thumb out of the plastic (regardless of how tight we make the band). I wish we could return it.

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This appliance worked well for the first couple of nights, but then my daughter (6 yrs old) figured out how to work her thumb out of it. It wasn't too big for her nor did we leave it loose at all. It just didn't work because she was able to manipulate it.

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my child was able to slip out her thumb and suck it, making this an expensive peice of junk! totally didnt do what was supposed to do. i have no idea how to get her to stop sucking her thumb and she is almost 5!

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While this product definitely keeps your child from sucking their thumb, it absolutely cannot be worn all day long. My daughters thumb became very irritated with just one over night use. Also, there are NO where NEAR enough straps. You get 60. If you put both guards on (to keep them from sucking the other thumb) at both nap time and bedtime, then you have all of 15 days to use it. Also, my daughter could take them off herself and when I put it on tight enough so that she couldn't, she woke up with indentions that took hours to go away.I went to THUM which is the hot sauce you put on their nails. It costs $7 at [...] and she stopped sucking her thumb in just 4 days. And she only cried the first night.