Getting our children to stop sucking their thumbs has always been a chore for me.  Brett was easy and decided to stop on her own.  Colter and Emery used pacifiers, which I took away from them when they were about a year old.  After 2 nights of crying for each of them, they were over their pacifiers.  Fletcher and Greyden were a lot harder – it involved a lot of glove wearing, duct tape, and many months. LOL

Indigo and Jade are the last of the Jonas children to suck their fingers.  We have been trying for almost 6 months to help them stop and they just couldn’t break the habit. Indigo has always sucked her thumb:

While Jade sucks her two fingers:

We thought that Jade had broken the habit about 4 months ago when she got a bad cut on her finger.  She cried for about 3 nights and then was fine.  But once the cut healed she went right back to sucking them!

While we were at the Christmas Show this year, I was walking around with Jade when I came across a vendor selling nail care stuff.  I was about to walk by when I heard her ask me, “Does your daughter need help stopping sucking those fingers?”  I looked down and sure enough, Jade had her fingers in her mouth.

The woman (Shirley) put a test coat on Jade’s fingers and I told her if it worked, I would be back!

I watched Jade for the next several hours and every time she would put her fingers in her mouth, they would come right out!  So (being a “fair” mother) I brought Indigo right over and had her put a test coat on Indigo’s thumb.  Same thing!

The next day I returned to the booth and bought a bottle because the girls cried themselves to sleep since they couldn’t suck their fingers/thumb.  It worked!

Within 3 days of using “Never Bite”, the girls completely stopped sucking and were no longer crying about it.  The best part is that they don’t even try to suck anymore.  We occasionally still put it on, just to make sure they don’t restart.

The formula tastes nasty (I admit, I touched my tongue to it LOL) and we’ve had great success with it.  Shirley told me you only needed to apply it once every 3-7 days, but both my girls (who wanted to stop sucking their fingers) asked me to put on a fresh coat every night before bed.

I purchased it from Shirley directly at the craft show, but you can purchase the “never bite” via her website at http://naturallybeautifulnails.net.  She does not have an e-commerce site, but I found her very helpful in person.  And just so you know, I don’t get anything for recommending this product.  I just wanted to share it with people because we had been unsuccessful for over 6 months and within 3 days we were completely finished with this issue!

Oh – and the boys are now asking for me to put it on their fingers to help them stop biting their nails! LOL

1/8/18 Update: Shirley contacted me and said she has a new phone number and email.  You can reach her at 270-737-6533 or sharris47@windstream.net and her website is still working at http://naturallybeautifulnails.net.