An Orthodontist’s Dream

I’ve been told that most kids will stop sucking their fingers around age 4 or 5 due to peer pressure. My child is not “most kids” though so I’m not holding my breath. The very first song she created goes something like this: Finger Mouth. Finger Mo-ou-outh. Oooohhh! Finger Mouth! God bless those two wrinkly fingers on her right hand. They’ve calmed her more nights than one would imagine.

5 Comments

1. anneghormley Feb 13, 2008 8:08 AM

   Those are the two fingers Kate always had in her mouth when she was little.

   Oh, and I was evidently also not “most kids,” because I sucked my thumb past age 4 or 5. I think I was in 2nd grade or so before I really *stopped* for good.

2. Jan Wismer Feb 13, 2008 8:41 AM

   I have a niece who is 26, married, and STILL sucks her thumb at night!

3. Lindsey Feb 13, 2008 11:34 AM

   I was never much of a thumb-sucker, but I do remember being a part of the “peer pressure” in 1st grade when one of my classmates sucked his thumb all day long. I wasn’t part of the taunters (if there were any) but I remember being concerned that he would suck his thumb during art and ruin our class project.

4. Melissa Marsh Feb 13, 2008 1:37 PM

   My daughter sucked her thumb until she was at least 5 years old. I’m sure that I will be heading to the orthodontist at some point, too!

5. Sarah B. Feb 13, 2008 4:40 PM

   2 seasons ago on American Idol, a contestant named Mandisa confessed on national television that she still sucked her thumb!