Habit broken

Do you have a finger or thumb sucker?  Not only does this affect the teeth and even the mouth, but it can directly impact language development as was the case for our daughter.  Would you like to break the habit for under $100?  In fact, if the habit does not break, you get your money back within 30 days of purchase! 

Our daughter is living proof this works...if it can work for her, it can work for anyone!

Words are so lacking when it comes to adequately describing our almost three year old's iron-will.  If you tell her she can't do it, she finds a way!  She's dressed herself since two completely- shoes and all.  You may even see her in a store with tiger pants and a frilly shirt; she has her own style!  She butters her bread, serves her plate most nights, feeds the dog, folds her clothes (well.... her way of folding).  From the time she was born and even before, she has been an avid finger sucker- the two in the middle.  I remember when she was a wee little 20 weeker sucking away thanks to ultrasound.  As she grew, she kept those fingers in constantly so much so that we joked that she only took them out to eat.  As she approached two, we noticed she was not progressing at all with language development and seemed to have no desire to speak.  We had her hearing tested and she tested perfect for hearing.  She had excellent receptive language skills, but she just did not want to express herself with words.  For one, she loved those fingers.  Secondly, she communicated perfectly non-verbally and her older brothers did the talking for her.  I began to research my options to help her rid herself of finger sucking as she was only saying three words at two years old.  We were really hesitant to use any chemical products on her nails as the ingredients in these deterrents are toxic.  I looked them up and was shocked! I stumbled upon the tguard fingerguard back in June 2015 and knew this was it https://tguard.com/?ap_id=turnerfamily (my affiliate link).   For one, the product is made in the USA from a soft, medical grade, BPA-free plastic and there are no toxic chemicals involved.  Secondly, rather than trying to prevent thumb or fingsucking, the t-guard allows it, but without the suction that creates the pleasure.  If you break the suction, you break habit.  This product even has a 95% success rate.  

On June 19th, I placed the guards on her hands and she wore them for 8 weeks around the clock.  Mind you, this is 2x the length of time that the normal child takes to break the habit, but this goes right along with her strong will, so we were not in the least bit shocked.  Twice she destroyed the guards with her chewing and pulling.   The company responded immediately replacing them free of cost because they stand behind their product.  After 8 weeks, I could tell the habit was broken as she was no longer touching the guards to her mouth.  I took them off and it has been 10 days now and she no longer puts her fingers in her mouth.  I do plan to put the guards on her whenever she is in nursery at church or away from us for a bit longer just to make sure she does not return to her habit. 

We are so grateful for the tguard and recommend it 100%!  We love the product and loved the support the company offered regarding questions, etc.