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I have a 3 mo and DCM said she started ****ing her thumb over the weekend. Mom said DO NOT let her **** her thumb, put her paci in instead. She does not like her paci! I can sympathize with DCM because my oldest was a thumb ****er and I pushed the paci with the rest of my kids because it's a lot easier habit to break. My quesiton is, how much do you stay on top of it? If I pull her thumb out when she's sleeping, she will never nap. But she will not take the paci no matter how hard I try!
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Here’s some more threads on thumb ****ing
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I'm looking at this through the eyes of a provider who has 6 kids - 3 of whom have developmental and/or behavioral issues so....If it were me, I'd stay on top of it as much as possible but it probably wouldn't be my 1st priority. If I noticed the baby's thumb in her mouth, I'd take it out and offer her the paci whenever possible but if she kept spitting it out, I wouldn't spend a lot of time trying to get her to accept it. It would really depend on what was going on with my group at the moment.
At nap time, I'd offer the paci to the baby. If she didn't accept it and taking the baby's thumb out of her mouth caused her to be disruptive, I'd leave her thumb in her mouth. The other kids need their naps. I need them to take their naps. While I understand dcm's concern and would do what I could to honor her request, she'd have to be a little flexible on this issue if she didn't want to start looking for another provider.ÂComment
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I have only had one dcb that ****ed his thumb and he was 5 and in the 1st grade, Not kidding. DCM had no issues with it and wanted me to nap the child after school (after nap time was done) and drop off his blanky when she dropped off the baby and 4-year-old sister in the morning.
Other than that I currently have an almost 1-year-old that ****s on her middle fingers and dcm thinks it is adorable and I don't care. Even if I did, it would take more effort and time away from the other kids in my care to monitor when she put her fingers in her mouth.
I agree with e.j. on how to handle it.
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