Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 09:18     Subject: Re:Thumb sucking and lovies in older children
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!
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 09:16     Subject: Thumb sucking and lovies in older children
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
Post 02/02/2026 09:08     Subject: Thumb sucking and lovies in older children
I’ve seen that teens using pacifiers is a trend now.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2026 01:39     Subject: Thumb sucking and lovies in older children
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
Post 01/31/2026 22:39     Subject: Thumb sucking and lovies in older children
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
Post 01/31/2026 22:35     Subject: Re:Thumb sucking and lovies in older children
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
Post 01/31/2026 20:06     Subject: Thumb sucking and lovies in older children
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??