Thumb sucking, a bad habit (kids’ edition) - Lapointe dental centres

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Fingers in your mouth! What a bad habit. The thumb, the little blanket, the toys—none of that is a good idea. Do you realize how this awkward habit, besides making you look like a baby, could get your teeth to shift and make you resemble a beaver or a rabbit? By inserting a finger or any object in your mouth and closing your lips all around it, you incite your palate, your teeth and also your lips to take on the shape of these objects. The result is that your incisor teeth will tend to stick out of your mouth and your lips will be no longer be able to close properly when you don’t think about it. Your face takes another appearance and you don’t recognize yourself in the mirror. You have more difficulty eating or chewing your food properly and you begin talking in a strange manner. This is imperative that you stop this bad habit as of today. This way, you will save your parents many concerns and you will have the satisfaction of recognizing yourself in the mirror at first glance.

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yall talking about some, stop sucking your thumb. its hard to stop! you don't know the struggle.

proudcurlyhairedafricaname

the struggle is real!! y’all can’t just say “stop.” give suggestions and actually help!!

ila

Listen woman, u can’t tell someone “stop.” When it’s a HABIT! Mkay

GloriannaChilcoat

I'm 13 and addicted to sucking my thumb I just can't stop ! I heard sleeping with socks on your hands helps must try!

ytrebilw

I'm 33 now and I stopped sucking my thumb 3 months ago when I got braces and habit breaker. The first few weeks were difficult but I'm used to not sucking my thumb now.

sheminence

But it’s really relaxing though, I guess for me anyway.

TheOllzzz

I didn’t realize this was something people did past the age of 5

turle

“By inserting you finger, or any object in your mouth. And closing your lips all around it.”

randybrady

It really depends on how often the thumb sucking occurs. If it's constant it will definitely reshape the mouth and hinder speech. There's a range to when it is harmful.

I've seen both non-harmful and harmful.

Harmful being it affects speech development and changes mouth and teeth formation.

simonebeckley

I'm forty now and I sucked my thumb til I was 16. No-one could make me stop. One night when I was ready I just stopped and it was quite easy because I knew I was far too old to be doing it at that age. My teeth are perfectly straight and I didn't have a brace either.

sugarpuff

It takes time to stop doing something you are used to

aleasecalhoun-neal

As a speech therapist I can tell you it is completely true. I’ve seen hundreds of kids who just wouldn’t stop sucking their thumbs/fingers and now their parents want us to “fix” their speech problems and we have major difficulties with it because they let their kids suck until they reshaped their mouths. I’m working with a 9 y/o now who sucks all 4 fingers and it’s really hard to fix his speech b/c he’s been sucking he’s fingers since before he was born and he does it unconsciously even while he’s sleeping.

joecostarica

Talking in a strange matter? Ahem, it's called a lisp, btw people can be born a thumb sucker.

colinbauer

I’m 19 and I still suck my thumb, I don’t see anything really wrong with it besides that it’s children’s habit. My teeth are good, my diction is also fine, so I don’t see point in making kids scared of sucking their thumb. Honestly most of them anyway outgrow it but if they don’t it’s not a big deal

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