Thumb sucking and lovies in older children

[Anonymous]

OP she is still doing this because of you.

Stop with the "baby" etc...talk.

She will stop on her own.

Lots of kids have stuffed animals through HS and even college that's not a big deal at all. Who cares??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my sister brought her loveys to college. She got made fun of but didn't really care. No, I'm not making this up.

Almost all girls I know brought stuffed animals to college

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I sucked my thumb, at least in some situations, until I was 20 or so. I don’t remember ever being teased although I mostly just avoided doing it around other people once I was a teenager.

I also still have my lovey (although I don’t sleep with it) and I am in my 60’s. I sort of imagine I might ask for it someday when I am dying.

Hello from a fellow adult thumb sucker…

[Anonymous]

My girls both have lovers. One is 9 and the other is in college and she left her three amigos home but snuggles them when she visits from school. I had a brother who sucked his thumb until his untimely death at 30. He had sucked his thumb in utero and it was just a part of his life.

[Anonymous]

I’ve seen that teens using pacifiers is a trend now.

[Anonymous]

She will be among friends so they may tease her but it should be harmless fun. If anything, it will help her stop on her own terms.

[Anonymous]

The only way my oldest stop sucking her fingers was when she broke her arm. Not sure that was the wisest way to stop it but it did end the thumb sucking!