When my son first started sucking his thumb at one month of age, my first response was to stop the habit cold. I wasn’t too thrilled about thumb sucking, as my firstborn didn’t have the same habit. Besides I got plenty of unsolicited advice about thumb sucking as a bad habit. My efforts to remove my son’s thumbs were rewarded with a different habit – he sucked on his two other fingers!
But really, thumb sucking is one of the most common habits of young children. This natural sucking instinct is a child’s way of self-soothing. It also does not …read more