Stop Thumbsucking Thumb Sucking Kids Baby Child Finger Guard Protect (Small (from 12 to 36 Month))

To be honest I had little to no belief that this product would actually work. My 2-year-old daughter had been sucking her thumb since she was 6months old. She was very bad, I would say the majority of the day her thumb would be in her mouth. The doctors said not to worry too much about it till she was older and I wasn't too eager to make her stop because I know that sucking her thumb soothed her. But her thumb got so raw, it became infected and the nail started to come off. I decided I needed to try something. At first I tried putting the things on her thumb that make it taste bitter, that didn't work whatsoever. So that's when I decide to try Dr. Thumb. I was so afraid that she was going to absolutely hate have this on her hand, but she only really got frustrated with it for the first 15-20 minutes. After that she didn't care it was on and she stopped trying to put her thumb in her mouth. She could do everything as normal and actually got mad when we took it off for bath and food (we told her it was her bracelet so thats what she called it and showed it off to everyone). So we kept it on the 3 weeks, as per the instructions, only taking it off for eating and baths. By the end of the first week she would stop putting her thumb in her mouth even when it was off. But we still kept it on to be safe. By week three we were nervous to take off, but once we did to our joy she didn't suck her thumb!! It's now been 2 months since and she has not tried sucking her thumb once! This product is amazing and so glad we tried it! The only complaint is i wish it was easier to tighten & loosen the straps. You have to make fine adjustments to get the tightness just right, for they cannot take off. And with this setup it can be difficult to do. But once you got it, you don't have to worry about it too much.

I have a very petite three year old, so I ordered the smaller size. Well, it leaves marks on her hand from being too tight in some spots but she can get her thumb out! She doesn't suck while it's on, but she can easily get it off. I find it on the floor all the time. I'm not sure how it's too tight and too big at the same time. I have adjusted it a ton of times. Also, although the photo appears to be in English, the product comes with everything in a foreign language.

I bought this last month for my 17-month-old daughter to stop her thumb-sucking habit. The fitting was perfect. My daughter struggled for two days while sleeping. But after two days, it worked like a miracle. She completely stopped sucking her thumb just after two weeks and slept well at night. We were so happy. But right after two weeks, both of the size control loops broke. It couldn't fit any more on her hand and my daughter started again sucking her thumb. I was planning to use this for two more weeks so my daughter can completely stop sucking thumb. I don't know what happened to these size control loops. I guess my daughter has chewed them, but I never saw her doing that. I wish this company would have added at least two extra size control loops in the box. Otherwise, the overall product is good.

We were hoping that our daughter's thumb sucking habit would go away on its own. Constant reminders to "stop" and attempts to distract her from sucking her thumb had little effect on this highly addictive habit and it resulted in her two upper central incisors to shift outward. We decided to try this item on our daughter's 2nd birthday. I It was fairly difficult to get Dr. thumb on my daughter's thumb, but once in place, she complained for a total of 1 day. On day 2, she COMPLETELY stopped sucking her thumb and, for whatever reason, enjoyed having the thumb guard on (I'm sure this fairy tale will not be what everyone experiences). It's been two weeks and she has worn Dr. thumb every single day and night. She does not attempt to suck her thumb any longer. I'm not taking any chances of recurrence so I plan to keep the thumb guard on for two more 2 weeks to make sure that this palate distorting, tooth ruining habit never comes back! By the way, she is actually able to pull the guard off her thumb finger....and she does so once in a while. Amazingly, she just ends up putting it right back on a minute later because she likes it so much. Kinda creepy. The $30ish price tag is an absolute steal when compared to how much you will spend for braces at a $$ dental office $$. Damage from thumb sucking will continue to accumulate as long as they perform this act....so you really have to act fast once you realize that the habit has not ceased and is causing a change in your child's dental palate and a shifting of the frontal teeth. Early prevention can save thousands of dollars in cost for braces and never mind all the other side effects that may result from having braces (eg. cavities due to difficulty in cleaning between the braces, damage to tooth enamel). Wish I had done this before my daughter's teeth came out because even though she has stopped, her front tooth shifting is still present. Hoping it will go away with her permanent teeth. UPDATE JULY 8, 2016: Daughter's thumb sucking never recurred. Do yourself and start earlier than age 2. The earlier the better to avoid tooth shifting etc. Made a big mistake waiting till her 2nd birthday! Should have acted faster. There is absolutely nothing cute or good about thumb sucking!!!! Believe it.

First tired it with my son at around age 2, he did stopped sucking on the thumb, but then figured out he can suck on the other fingers, so that didn't work. What worked was putting gloves on his hands and taping them to long sleeve tops (make sure to cut hole on top and bottom). Seemed like putting nail polish with the gloves worked for my son. So waste of money buying the finger guard. We thought my son was too old and smart for it, so when our 1 year old daughter started sucking on her thumb, we bought it again, and to our dismay she also started sucking on other fingers. We are back using the gloves with long sleeves since its winter now, hopefully the glove will work again.

Awesome product in general. We used it on my 2.5 yr old son who has sucked his thumb since he was in the womb. My son mostly sucks his thumb to sleep and for comfort when stressed during the day. For us it took some coaxing that he wanted to be a big boy and big boys don't suck their thumb. We also bought "Thumbs Up Brown Bear" book to help him. After he was on board he wore it happily for the most part and took his book to school for a week. There was crying the first couple nights, and during the day we coaxed him that if he felt the need to suck his thumb he can ask for hugs or snuggle with his blankie. Also made a point that he can snuggle with blankie without the thumb. The instructions said to wear it for 3 weeks to break the habit but my son was done with thumb sucking after 2 weeks. We took it off at playground time, meals and bath time. I think the key is making the experience a positive thing for the child and that he is willing to stop. I'd highly advise anyone buying it to check the company website for ways to adjust the device to your child's hand. Instructions are lacking in that aspect. If it isn't adjusted correctly your child will be able to remove his thumb from the guard which is why I dock a star. Luckily my son was willing to leave it on because I can see a child getting the cover off the thumb if he wanted. Also, keep good track of it when you take it off. We lost it the first week and had to replace it and it isn't exactly a cheap product.

My daughter started sucking her thumb at 2-3 months old. She is now 3 and developed a callous on her right thumb. We used Dr. Thumb for a total of 5 days. I told her that I ordered a "thumb thing" to help her stop sucking her thumb. We built up anticipation, so when it finally came in the mail she was excited to wear it. She wore it for 48hrs straight (removing only for bath time), then only at nights for 3 nights. The device seemed to be comfortable to wear because my daughter never complained when she had it on. She was able to play, and eat as usual without issue. During the first day of wearing it I saw her about to put her thumb in her mouth, then suddenly stop once she remembered she had the device on. After the first day, she didn't even try to suck her thumb during the day! Once she learned to cope during the day without sucking her thumb she didn't even try to suck her thumb before bed either. It has now been 3 weeks without the device and she has not reverted back. She is not a thumb sucker any more! The first week after she stopped wearing the device we would radomly ask her if the sucked her thumb and she would proudly say "nope!" We gave her a high five each time. I think she was the right age to try this product. I'm not sure if this would have went so quickly if she were younger or older. Her thumb callous is almost gone too!

I was really hoping this would be the solution but the product just did not work. Our 18 month old was able to take it off within 5 days and no matter how much we adjusted, tightened and tried to work with it, she simply would pull the whole contraption up and free her finger. good idea, but just too flexible for my child, not to mention the stress of putting it on through the crying and screaming. Will try alternate solutions.