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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mavala Stop fingernail polish. [/quote]

This is what we did and it worked in a week.  I had to reapply once.  Do it ASAP.[/quote]

Dedicated thumb suckers will just suck the nasty flavor off. That's what mine did.

OP we offered bribes and tried the polish starting when our kid was about that age. Nothing stuck. Eventually I put a sock on her hand and laid down with her and rubbed her back until she fell asleep for weeks on end when she was 5 and old enough to start understanding. That finally did it, but it was hard on her (hence the rubbing her back, so that I was there for her during the hard time). I wouldn't say her teeth are fine - she had an expander and she'll do braces - but they aren't worse than her sister who gave up the paci at 1.[/quote]

That's why you have to reapply it.  My daughter sucked her thumb for years until we did the nail polish.  Applied on a Monday, gone by Wednesday.  Reapplied on Wednesday, no more thumb sucking by Friday. [/quote]

PP here. I would have been applying many times a day.[/quote]

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