Start the New Year with a thumb guard
Start the New Year with a thumb guard
Whether you are a new parent or you are dealing with a child who is entering school, there may be a few targets on your list for things to achieve this year. Your child will overcome many challenges as the year go on and they learn more about the world, but one of the most common problems children suffer from is really easy to fix – if you look in the right places. A thumb guard is a device worn on the thumb to protect it from injury or to support the healing of an existing injury. It is often used in sports or activities that put repetitive stress on the thumb joint.
The problem is Thumb Sucking
This problem is, of course, thumb sucking. Thumb sucking can drive parents up the wall as no amount of positive reinforcement or reverse psychology seems to have much of an effect. This can become really frustrating and even a little bit worrying.
As we have discussed so often here on the website, children can suffer quite badly from thumb sucking in general. Whether they receive a bit of “playful” bullying from classmates for doing it in public, or they start to cause dental problems, thumb sucking becomes a bit of a problem after a stage.
Although many children grow out of it, your own may require a little bit of encouragement. If your own child, or indeed a child of a relative or friend, is still thumb sucking beyond a normal age (3-5) then you might want to consider taking a more tactical way to beat the problem. If you have tried the old ideal of giving your child trouble for sucking their thumb and praising them when they aren’t, you may notice that it starts to lose its effect fairly quickly.
Solution – Thumb Guard
A Glovey Huggey thumb guard on the other hand – no pun intended – can be an excellent way to help your child. These smart gloves look cool and will make your child feel like they have a new fashion accessory, but it actually stops them sucking on their thumbs! It leaves them with full use of their hands but stops them from sucking their thumb. If they do, they will not like what they find instead!
Cut out this problem before the child starts to cause themselves problems, socially or dentally. Helping a child avoid these problems before they can really cause an issue is a great way to stop them from becoming really self-conscious or insecure about their traits and habits. Thumb sucking is an issue for a school child or a child who feels uncomfortable, and a thumb guard is an excellent way to keep them from sticking with the habit.
So make sure you add stopping thumb sucking by providing each child you know with a thumb guard! These cool little gloves will help them stay warm, and stop them from keeping up with a particularly embarrassing habit!