ThumbGuard and FingerGuard

Comments about Med Et Al Development ThumbGuard:

My sister used this product and was successful. My daughter has very small hands and consistently managed to get her thumb out of it. I decided to put it away until she is a little older (and her fingers a little bigger). There is no reason to remove it once it is on since it washes up pretty well. Recommend not removing it for at least a week after they seem to have stopped thumb sucking.

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We bought this for our 2 1/2 yr old daughter who had begun to suck her thumb all day in addition to all night. I was skeptical about spending this kind of money on a piece, but after reading all the positive reviews I decided to give it a try. It was the BEST decision we made. We put the thumbguard on our daughter all day and night for about 5 weeks and she was OVER sucking her thumb by then.
We took the piece off twice a day to wash her hands and let the finger breath a little.
We always put a little of Vaseline on the finger before putting the thumbguard on to prevent her skin from blistering.
I was afraid that she would lose her nap and we struggled with it the first week, but she was back on track by the second week.
Once you figure out the right setting for your child's hand, the guard is very easy to put on.
I still cannot believe that she no longer sucks her thumb.
She has a lovey which we did not take away during the process and I caught her a couple of times making the gesture to put her thumb in her mouth when we would give her the lovey, but that habit vanished 100% about two weeks after we removed the guard.
Good Luck and it is definitely worth investing in this piece.

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My 4-year old has been using his thumb guard for about 2 weeks. It works well as long as we remember to put it on (we forgot one time.) The only complaint he has about it is that it makes his thumb hot. Might be nice if there was some way to ventilate. Also, I am not thrilled w/ the fact that there are wrist bands that can only be used once so we will have to buy more. (90 are included in package). Overall I think this will help him break his habit eventually.

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Grandson was able to pull off no matter how tight they were applied. Needs to have a better system to keep on. Extremly disappointing.

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The thumbguard, originally, seemed like a great idea. However, if you have a clever toddler, with the tendency to be sneaky, he/she will find a way to wiggle the thumb out from under the guard. This is the case for my 3-year-old daughter. It was just too much for her to go without her thumb at nap/bedtime. So, she found a way to sneak out her thumb under the flexible plastic guard. Her fingers are small enough to do that, no matther how tightly I adjusted the wristband. Plus, making the guard tighter then caused dents in her skin, which were irritating her. And the straps chaffed against her skin as well. The conception of the thumbguard is a great idea, but the construction and use need work.

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I never thought this would work. However to get my wife from nagging me, I bought this. I was pleasantly surprised that this product really works. My son was over 4 years old when we tried this. He has been sucking his thumb ever since he was born. It is worth the money

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I bought this from the company directly before they had distribution. It really works!! When my son was 3 3/4 years old, he broke his thumb sucking habit within 2 1/2 weeks. I waited until he was receptive to breaking the habit before I introduced the thumbguard. Had I used it before he was ready, I don't know how successful we would have been. My second child will be using the fingerguard soon. I hope to have the same success. The only con is that it's a challenge to wash hands with it on so you either have to use a bunch of the colorful straps each day or I suppose let the child was his/her hands and shake out the excess water from the guard. Definitely worth the money!

Comments about Med Et Al Development ThumbGuard:

I think it is a great invention and it worked for us. Our son sucked on his thumb constantly but this device helped to prevent him from doing it. There is only one problem with that, make sure the finger or thumb of your little one is dry all the time. Our son's thumb got infected and covered with blisters because that thumb guard is plastic and doesn't let the skin dry easily.

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I used this on my 3 1/2 yr old daughter who has habitually sucked her thumb since birth. I purchased this after over a year of trying other methods (begging, bribery, bitter nail paint, taping a sock over her hand, taping up her thumb...etc). I did a lot of research, and although it is not cheap, it is less expensive than other devices out there.

Like some of the other reviewers, our dentist advised us that our daughter NEEDED to stop sucking her thumb ASAP- that her teeth were already showing signs of damage. Also, like some of the other reviewers, at first she was able to slip her thumb out of the devise, because I had not properly fitted it to her hand. But per the instructions, I tightened the hand straps (not wrist straps), and viola! IT ACTUALLY WORKED!!! The funny thing is that I didn't even need to use it for the recommended 2-3 weeks- it was 4 days! I think she hated the devise that much that she gave up thumb sucking. And trust me, she was not a casual sucker- she was a comfort sucker- at any given moment- happy, sad, tired or asleep- her thumb was in her mouth.

My only regret is that we waited so long before buying this. Her teeth are already bucked- and will need dental intervention some day, but as the dentist said- they would be alot worse if she continued....

Bottom line: IT WORKS- follow the directions for proper fit. If you have tried other methods to no avail, this WILL work as long as you fit it properly!

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This product worked in one week for our 4 year old! I was pleasantly surprised with the color bands. I read reviews that said it was difficult to put on but found it easy. I played the "princess teeth" card. Saying this would help her keep her princess teeth nice. We did wear it to bed for 3 weeks just in case. We talked about having the thumb guard for a few weeks before using it. I think it was easier that she wanted to stop sucking her thumb and the first night was very hard. But I made sure the next few nights she was exhausted by playing that she fell asleep quickly. I would have done this a year ago if I'd known how well it would have worked. Her teeth are already showing a difference!!

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This product was great! It took my son about a week to get used to it and not scream to want it off. But once he understood that I wasn't going to take it off he gave up the screaming. It took about 1 month to completely break him from thumb sucking. I used it every time he went to bed.He was 4 and finally gave it up. He has not gone back to thumb sucking at all. I definitely works just takes patience from the child and parents.

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I have never written a review. However, this ABSOLUTELY worked. A true miracle for our 4- year old who sucked her thumb daily...until we used this guard. We took this bracelet and showed our pediatrician. We are amazed.

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This product is helping him stop sucking his thumb but the bad part is that there are no air holes in it to air out any moisture. The thumb sweats and it gets all wet inside the thumbguard, which makes any scratches on that thumb prone to infection. If there were air holes on the thumbguard it would be a great product. Because it does not, it is only okay. I take the thumbguard off at night and use a long sock to let the thumb air out.

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I bought this after our Dentist said that our 3 1/2 year old needed to stop sucking her thumb. The habit had grown to be worse over time. She was sucking her thumb all the time instead of just when she was tired. The first day was fine, but that night she cried for just a little while. After that... no crying. She only had to wear it the first 3 days all day and only at night after that. By the end of week 1 she has basically stopped. She doesn't talk about it anymore. I'm not ready to give it up at night quite yet. I may wait one more week just to make sure. That will make it 3 weeks total. It is a little difficult to put on at first. Once you figure out how it fits, it's really simple to put on. We love this. I highly reccommend this to any parent. Definitely worth all of the money!!!!

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We got this to help our child stop thumb sucking- I wish I would have got it much sooner- it really seems to be working!