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The directions say to use it for both thumbs, but I chose to just use it on
the thumb that she sucks. So far, so good! I suppose she could switch thumbs and in that case, we'd use both. My kids had a *really* strong preference (except as small babies, when they went back and forth between thumbs, two fingers, whatever). I think it wouldn't have "worked" for them to suck the other thumb. --Helen |
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The directions say to use it for both thumbs, but I chose to just use it on
the thumb that she sucks. So far, so good! I suppose she could switch thumbs and in that case, we'd use both. My kids had a *really* strong preference (except as small babies, when they went back and forth between thumbs, two fingers, whatever). I think it wouldn't have "worked" for them to suck the other thumb. --Helen |
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Were you the
one who was saying that if thumb sucking stops early enough that teeth can actually correct themselves? Have you seen that phenomenon with Mariel? Okay, I'm not related to Mariel, but my daughter's teeth and palate reformed *markedly* after she quit sucking her thumb at seven, and before any orthodontic work was done. In fact the orthodontist refused to even start working with her until after her mouth had settled down, so to speak. She got *much* better tooth contact between her back teeth, even (it turned out she'd hardly had any, the orthodontist said he didn't see how she had been able to chew at all). She's still needed some orthodontic work, certainly, but not nearly as much as would have been necessary if her mouth had been stuck the way the thumbsucking had formed it. --Helen |
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Were you the
one who was saying that if thumb sucking stops early enough that teeth can actually correct themselves? Have you seen that phenomenon with Mariel? Okay, I'm not related to Mariel, but my daughter's teeth and palate reformed *markedly* after she quit sucking her thumb at seven, and before any orthodontic work was done. In fact the orthodontist refused to even start working with her until after her mouth had settled down, so to speak. She got *much* better tooth contact between her back teeth, even (it turned out she'd hardly had any, the orthodontist said he didn't see how she had been able to chew at all). She's still needed some orthodontic work, certainly, but not nearly as much as would have been necessary if her mouth had been stuck the way the thumbsucking had formed it. --Helen |
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Were you the
one who was saying that if thumb sucking stops early enough that teeth can actually correct themselves? Have you seen that phenomenon with Mariel? Okay, I'm not related to Mariel, but my daughter's teeth and palate reformed *markedly* after she quit sucking her thumb at seven, and before any orthodontic work was done. In fact the orthodontist refused to even start working with her until after her mouth had settled down, so to speak. She got *much* better tooth contact between her back teeth, even (it turned out she'd hardly had any, the orthodontist said he didn't see how she had been able to chew at all). She's still needed some orthodontic work, certainly, but not nearly as much as would have been necessary if her mouth had been stuck the way the thumbsucking had formed it. --Helen |
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On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:42:14 GMT, "looneybird"
wrote: "Seth Jackson" wrote in message .. . I'm glad it's working for you. It was so exciting for us to see our daughter break this habit. I can really relate to that. She actually seems happier. As I think I said before, I sucked my thumb until I was 13. It became torture to me... knowing that I should stop, and feeling that guilt and embarrassment. I don't want Jenna to go through that. Not to mention the orthodontic problems that it caused me. We were motivated into action after taking Mariel to her first dentist appt. The dentist told us that she has a significant overbite for someone her age. We just added the kids onto the dental plan, so I plan to take them very soon to the dentist for the first time. Their teeth seem healthy, but Jenna has a noticeable overbite with a gap between the front teeth. DH thinks they look fine, but they are quite different from my son's. I was looking at the pictures of your children (they are so beautiful, btw) and notice the same thing with your kids. Your son's teeth look perfect, but Mariel's have a similar look as Jenna's (although not as bad as Jenna's). Mariel does have a slight space between her teeth, although I'm not sure whether or not that attributable to thumb-sucking. I have a similar space, so it might be genetic. OTOH, I sucked my thumb till I was 5, so I may have gotten it that way. Were you the one who was saying that if thumb sucking stops early enough that teeth can actually correct themselves? Have you seen that phenomenon with Mariel? It wasn't me who said it, but I hope it's true. It's probably too soon to notice any change in Mariel. -- -Seth Jackson, proud father of Derek and Mariel(10/1/99). Pictures at: http://hitmeister.home.mindspring.co...lypictures.htm Music links: www.mp3.com/SethJackson www.mp3.com/loudspeaker www.SethJackson.net |
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On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:42:14 GMT, "looneybird"
wrote: "Seth Jackson" wrote in message .. . I'm glad it's working for you. It was so exciting for us to see our daughter break this habit. I can really relate to that. She actually seems happier. As I think I said before, I sucked my thumb until I was 13. It became torture to me... knowing that I should stop, and feeling that guilt and embarrassment. I don't want Jenna to go through that. Not to mention the orthodontic problems that it caused me. We were motivated into action after taking Mariel to her first dentist appt. The dentist told us that she has a significant overbite for someone her age. We just added the kids onto the dental plan, so I plan to take them very soon to the dentist for the first time. Their teeth seem healthy, but Jenna has a noticeable overbite with a gap between the front teeth. DH thinks they look fine, but they are quite different from my son's. I was looking at the pictures of your children (they are so beautiful, btw) and notice the same thing with your kids. Your son's teeth look perfect, but Mariel's have a similar look as Jenna's (although not as bad as Jenna's). Mariel does have a slight space between her teeth, although I'm not sure whether or not that attributable to thumb-sucking. I have a similar space, so it might be genetic. OTOH, I sucked my thumb till I was 5, so I may have gotten it that way. Were you the one who was saying that if thumb sucking stops early enough that teeth can actually correct themselves? Have you seen that phenomenon with Mariel? It wasn't me who said it, but I hope it's true. It's probably too soon to notice any change in Mariel. -- -Seth Jackson, proud father of Derek and Mariel(10/1/99). Pictures at: http://hitmeister.home.mindspring.co...lypictures.htm Music links: www.mp3.com/SethJackson www.mp3.com/loudspeaker www.SethJackson.net |
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On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:42:14 GMT, "looneybird"
wrote: "Seth Jackson" wrote in message .. . I'm glad it's working for you. It was so exciting for us to see our daughter break this habit. I can really relate to that. She actually seems happier. As I think I said before, I sucked my thumb until I was 13. It became torture to me... knowing that I should stop, and feeling that guilt and embarrassment. I don't want Jenna to go through that. Not to mention the orthodontic problems that it caused me. We were motivated into action after taking Mariel to her first dentist appt. The dentist told us that she has a significant overbite for someone her age. We just added the kids onto the dental plan, so I plan to take them very soon to the dentist for the first time. Their teeth seem healthy, but Jenna has a noticeable overbite with a gap between the front teeth. DH thinks they look fine, but they are quite different from my son's. I was looking at the pictures of your children (they are so beautiful, btw) and notice the same thing with your kids. Your son's teeth look perfect, but Mariel's have a similar look as Jenna's (although not as bad as Jenna's). Mariel does have a slight space between her teeth, although I'm not sure whether or not that attributable to thumb-sucking. I have a similar space, so it might be genetic. OTOH, I sucked my thumb till I was 5, so I may have gotten it that way. Were you the one who was saying that if thumb sucking stops early enough that teeth can actually correct themselves? Have you seen that phenomenon with Mariel? It wasn't me who said it, but I hope it's true. It's probably too soon to notice any change in Mariel. -- -Seth Jackson, proud father of Derek and Mariel(10/1/99). Pictures at: http://hitmeister.home.mindspring.co...lypictures.htm Music links: www.mp3.com/SethJackson www.mp3.com/loudspeaker www.SethJackson.net |
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