Soft Sockie to Unplug the Thumb!

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Soft Sockie to Unplug the Thumb! Hi, I have a question about unplugging the thumb program. I started with a new client yesterday. He’s 8 years old and wants to stop. When he called me this morning he said, “ I really tried hard last night but Sockie was really itchy.” Have you ever heard
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5 1/2 Year Old Who Sucks His Thumb

Hi, I’m a speech pathologist with a 5 and a half year old son who sucks his thumb. I never learned how to approach this problem in school unfortunately. I tried a lot of different ideas I heard about but nothing has been effective. I wonder if I started when he was too young. I
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Questions About a Method to Get Rid of Thumb Sucking in a Child

Q:  I have two questions about a method to get rid of thumb sucking in a child.  First, how many days should we consider reasonable for eliminating the habit?  Second, What if they mess up?   A:  I am glad you asked me those questions.  In our Unplugging the Thumb program, we use ten consecutive
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Thumbsucking: Patient discover that his thumb was in his mouth during that last night

My student went 9 consecutive days, and the night before his 10th, he didn't wear "sockie" because he didn't think he needed it anymore. Needless to say, he put his hand in his mouth during the night. My question: After the 10 days, will this continue to occur?
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Two year old sucking thumb to fall asleep

I evaluated a two year old girl today who already has overjet and an anterior open bite with a high palate due to her thumb sucking. Would you use your program with a child this young?
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My student didn’t wear “sockie” because he didn’t think he needed it anymore.

My student went 9 consecutive days, and the night before his 10th, he didn't wear "sockie" because he didn't think he needed it anymore. Needless to say, he put his hand in his mouth during the night.
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Using Unplugging The Thumb to stop sucking habit

Mom says she has tried everything and nothing has worked. It is also interesting to note that this same child has significant weakness of the tongue.
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5 year old that stopped thumb sucking, recently went back to it

Today, a 5 year old, (parents divorced this last year,) had stopped thumb sucking, but recently went back to it. I'm wondering how long to wait, because of the divorce issues and living in 2 households now, etc. She's suppose to let me know when she's ready, but do I put this off for a while due to the divorce?
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Which Unplugging The Thumb kit?

I have a 2nd grade student who sucks her thumb. She is mentally challenged, but she is a higher functioning one. She is in resource class and the resource teacher put a glove on her hand to prevent the pattern. However, the girl will take it off. She has told the teacher that the thumb sucking does not bother her and she does not care what others think. I don't think I will get much support at home either from the parent. Do you recommend using the Unplugging the thumb material?
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Two year sucking habit

Unfortunately, I have seen through the years that it is easier to eliminate the habit at an age much younger than two years old or to wait until the child is older. Sad,but true. Once the habit is firmly established for 2 years, it is hard to do anything about it until the child can make that decision for herself/himself based on information we can show them and reason with them about the habit.
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