There is nothing more awkward than seeing a grown up kid sucking thumb in the public place. Most of the parents feel devastating and try earnestly to wean this off for their children. But, it is very difficult to take them away from this detrimental habit. Here are some tips which might be handy for you, if your child is having this bad habit.

First and foremost, you should sit with your child and make her understand about the after effect of this damaging tendency. By continuously sucking the thumb she is going to make the thumb look sick. She will also damage her smile permanently as the frontal teeth might come out from their own place. Finally, the germs on her thumb can get into her mouth, which might make her sick with some serious disease. Once she knows all these, she might consciously try to come out of this.

Find her some work to do, instead of sitting idle. It has been noticed that most of the time they start sucking the thumb, when they feel bored or monotonous. So, keeping their hands busy with some other work, you can control this habit to some extent.

Many children have a habit of going to sleep by keeping the thumb into their mouth. The exercise of sucking the thumb makes them sleepy. Find out some other suitable method to put her into sleep.Try to break this habit the moment you notice it. As early as you start the process of weaning off, your chance of success will increase. However, once the child gets habituated, then it will be quite difficult to take her away. You have to give some time and wait patiently to dissuade your kid from thumb sucking.

You should also accept her initiative to be out from this habit and praise her for that. A little praise and a small gift will give her encouragement to stop this. She will try whole heartedly to make you happy and to prove herself satisfactory to you.