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.
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.
Posted by: anneghormley on February 13, 2008 08:08 AMI have a niece who is 26, married, and STILL sucks her thumb at night!
Posted by: Jan Wismer on February 13, 2008 08:41 AMI 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.
Posted by: Lindsey on February 13, 2008 11:34 AMMy 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!
Posted by: Melissa Marsh on February 13, 2008 01:37 PM2 seasons ago on American Idol, a contestant named Mandisa confessed on national television that she still sucked her thumb!
Posted by: Sarah B. on February 13, 2008 04:40 PM
