https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 17 May 2026 07:26:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-to-self-soothe-helping-to-find-the-thumb#post-269944 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:07:44 +0000 autumnlove 269944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO dropped the pacifer after she turned 4 months old and has never looked back. She found her thumb on her own. Sometimes I try to push it towards her when she is upset and that never works! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-to-self-soothe-helping-to-find-the-thumb#post-269937 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:04:18 +0000 heffalump 269937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO's a thumb sucker.... but she just found it on her own. We also tried to give her a paci but she didn't want it. I think it's just something they have to do on their own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-to-self-soothe-helping-to-find-the-thumb#post-269936 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:04:17 +0000 Mrsbells 269936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I dont have much advice, it was hard to for us too but we changed to this orthodontic pacifier in size 6-18 months and its much easier for her (4month old) to keep these in her mouth.<br /> From what I have been told its harder to break the thumb sucking habit than paci habit. </p> [attach=1326/12/m99wz6.460x460.c175e9287d9d9abf4dc105637e967a6b.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/teaching-to-self-soothe-helping-to-find-the-thumb#post-269922 Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:53:31 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 269922@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is three months old and I am really hoping to avoid CIO -- he always starts the night well - usually 7-9 hours of great sleep, and then around 2 or 3 am, he gets up, sometimes eats, but mostly freaks out because he needs his pacifier, but can't seem to keep it in his mouth. We stopped swaddling, but I'm wondering this - does anyone have any experience with encouraging your LO to just find is thumb/hand to suck on at night so we aren't going in to his room a million times from 3 am til morning to reinsert the pacifier?? </p>