Tips to help your son (a) to stop sucking the finger

Many moms have written to me in response to the question from a reader with a 14 month-old baby that finger is sucked. Mums who wrote me had more children and wanted more tips on how to remove this habit. In response, I would like to offer some advice.

Both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Association of dentists give us similar children who suck the finger tips. First, recognize that suck is a normal reflection and part of the development of the chiquitos children and that most children quit on their own without intervention towards the 2-3 years. Similarly, specialized dentists tell us until the age of 4, when the formation of the gums is more developed, is not a problem.But if that we can begin to teach before alternatives to the soother to avoid that habit is more developed.

If your son to have reached age 4 and continues sucking up the finger, there are certain things that you can try. One of the most important is not to scold them, punish them, or be them above constantly about sucking his finger.Found that the more pressure we put them, is more difficult them kick the habit.This is something very important because parents, worry, increases the tendency to go behind their children to stop sucking his finger and this pressure usually increase the habit.

Praise to reinforce the positive
Instead of focusing on finger sucking habit, it is important to focus at all times when not suck your finger and commend them for their behavior. The positive attention to the moments in which finger is not suck will be more effective than the negative attention focused on chupár it. With this pre-school age children, we can use strategies such as simple rewards to help stop the habit of sucking the finger.

For example, we can create a table of stickers / decals where children receive a sticker for every morning or afternoon pass

without sucking the finger. When you have achieved a certain number of stickers (or stickers), you can choose a greater reward. Remember, the best rewards are the social, which involve do something fun with MOM or dad and not requiring an economic cost. A good reward is cooking something together, playing your favorite game, go to a place favourite Park, etc.

For some children works cover the finger glove or a bandage.This should never be done as a punishment, but simply as a reminder. Don’t make this strategy if your son to not agree. It is noted that cover them the finger against his will not help them solve the problem. They may also consult with your doctor or dentist to make prescribe them a liquid to put him on the finger.ONLY do this under medical consultation.

What to do if the child sucks finger stress

Look at what now his son to is more prone to suck the finger.But increasingly we see that suck the finger can be a simple habit, it is also common that children suck your finger as a response to a situation that generates them stress.If your small to sucks the finger in response to something that intimidated you, gives you fear or generates it anxiety, seeks to give them alternative positive.Help you to relax with soft music, sensory blowing bubbles, play with macilla or plasticine, breathe deep filling the belly air and blowing gently, hugging a favorite stuffed, etc doll games

Finally, it is important to consult with your doctor or a dentist specializing in children that sanity teeth and gums your son’s and decide if you need any other type of intervention.

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