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Breaking finger in mouth habit. Someone respond!
I need help getting my 15 month child to quit sucking on her
first 2 fingers! Her skin is so raw and tears easily from being so soggy all the time. Any suggestions? |
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Rosalie B writes:
My mom put me into a crib with a top sheet with a hole in it for my head so that I couldn't get my hands to my mouth. She made this sheet herself, with a zipper in it to put me through. I think it was her own invention. Yikes, don't try this at home folks :-) (Seriously, it sounds like a strangulation hazard to me, though I could be wrong.) Sidheag edd Oct 13th |
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"mcp" wrote in message om... I need help getting my 15 month child to quit sucking on her first 2 fingers! Her skin is so raw and tears easily from being so soggy all the time. Any suggestions? I believe that there is a relatively inexpensive item you can buy to smear a yucky tasting item on the fingers. I'd probably do *all* the fingers so she doesn't just switch to different ones, and probably offer a substitute like a pacifier or a lovie to hold. One thing to analyze is *when* she is sucking. That will tell you the function of the behavior so you can more readily determine what replacement behavior or item would be likely to work. For example, if it is a fall to sleep item then you might replace it with a lovie to hold. If it is a self soother when frazzled, substituting a cuddle or something else might work, if you catch my drift. And, be 100% consistent in both coating the fingers and offering the replacement behavior/object - intermitten reinforcement of a behavior is the strongest reinforcer known so letting her suck those fingers occassionaly will entrench the behavior more strongly. -Aula |
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x-no-archive:yes Sidheag McCormack
wrote: Rosalie B writes: My mom put me into a crib with a top sheet with a hole in it for my head so that I couldn't get my hands to my mouth. She made this sheet herself, with a zipper in it to put me through. I think it was her own invention. Yikes, don't try this at home folks :-) (Seriously, it sounds like a strangulation hazard to me, though I could be wrong.) I thought that too, although I obviously survived. But I don't quite see how I could have strangled myself anymore than I would have stangled myself on a shirt that went on over my head for instance. Not that I'm recommending it. grandma Rosalie |
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"just me" wrote: "mcp" wrote in message . com... I need help getting my 15 month child to quit sucking on her first 2 fingers! Her skin is so raw and tears easily from being so soggy all the time. Any suggestions? I believe that there is a relatively inexpensive item you can buy to smear a yucky tasting item on the fingers. I'd probably do *all* the fingers so she Not to be a wet blanket, but children of that age will readily ingest stuff that tastes yucky. Otherwise you wouldn't have kids drinking drain cleaner etc. I think the yucky tasting stuff will work better when she is older. doesn't just switch to different ones, and probably offer a substitute like a pacifier or a lovie to hold. One thing to analyze is *when* she is sucking. That will tell you the function of the behavior so you can more readily determine what replacement behavior or item would be likely to work. For example, if it is a fall to sleep item then you might replace it with a lovie to hold. If it is a self soother when frazzled, substituting a cuddle or something else might work, if you catch my drift. And, be 100% consistent in both coating the fingers and offering the replacement behavior/object - intermitten reinforcement of a behavior is the strongest reinforcer known so letting her suck those fingers occassionaly will entrench the behavior more strongly. -Aula grandma Rosalie |
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Rosalie B. wrote: x-no-archive:yes Sidheag McCormack wrote: Rosalie B writes: My mom put me into a crib with a top sheet with a hole in it for my head so that I couldn't get my hands to my mouth. She made this sheet herself, with a zipper in it to put me through. I think it was her own invention. Yikes, don't try this at home folks :-) (Seriously, it sounds like a strangulation hazard to me, though I could be wrong.) I thought that too, although I obviously survived. But I don't quite see how I could have strangled myself anymore than I would have stangled myself on a shirt that went on over my head for instance. My take on this is that a shirt would move with you, whereas as I envision it, the sheet would be anchored to the mattress, and thus not move, making it more of a hazard. Maybe I'm not envisioning the right thing though. A safer idea along the same lines might be to put the child in some kind of sleeper without arms (or without using the arm holes provided). But this would seem to work better for a much younger child than the one originally posted about. I don't have any suggestions as to how to deal with this in a young toddler! Good luck to the OP! --Robyn |
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I need help getting my 15 month child to quit sucking on her first 2 fingers! Her skin is so raw and tears easily from being so soggy all the time. Any suggestions? At this age, if raw skin and tears don't bother her, nothing else is going to help anyway. I would just let her alone, maybe encourage some activities where she needs to use both hands. See http://216.247.224.230/forPatients/c.../chatter_6.htm for what you do if it persists past an age when you need to be concerned (which is more like age four or five! the vast majority of children will give it up on their own before then). --Helen |
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