Results: Thumb Sucking
Published on 03/30/2015
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1.
1.
When your child was a baby/toddler did they suck their thumb? Yes
23%
430 votes
No
40%
743 votes
Not Applicable
37%
682 votes
2.
2.
Which do you feel is more of a problem, thumb sucking or using a pacifier? Thumb sucking
20%
362 votes
Using a pacifier
10%
188 votes
I feel they are equally problematic.
18%
333 votes
I feel neither is cause for concern.
17%
311 votes
N/A
35%
654 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
7 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.16% | 3 | |
| undecided | 0.05% | 1 |
| fitting both in one mouth at once?! | 0.05% | 1 |
| sucking a chicken-bone is worse:the other 2 will pass... | 0.05% | 1 |
| some children have the need for sucking and some longer than others it all depends on how it's presented to them when they need it and the way you parent being a child off either one that's what matters every child is different | 0.05% | 1 |
3.
3.
If your child did suck their thumb, at what age did they stop? 3-5 years old
15%
281 votes
6-8 years old
5%
88 votes
9+ years old
3%
49 votes
My child still sucks their thumb
3%
49 votes
N/A
73%
1354 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
34 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.27% | 5 | |
| 1year | 0.16% | 3 |
| 2 | 0.16% | 3 |
| 1 | 0.11% | 2 |
| 1 year | 0.11% | 2 |
| 6 months | 0.11% | 2 |
| at 1 | 0.05% | 1 |
| have 2 healthy normal smart personable pretty girls one used a pacifier and one sucked on her finger | 0.05% | 1 |
| 2 years old | 0.05% | 1 |
| less then a year | 0.05% | 1 |
| 6 mos | 0.05% | 1 |
| not sure | 0.05% | 1 |
| 1-2 years | 0.05% | 1 |
| over a year of life. | 0.05% | 1 |
| by the time they were 2 | 0.05% | 1 |
| 1 yr old | 0.05% | 1 |
| under 1 | 0.05% | 1 |
| don't remember | 0.05% | 1 |
| i sucked my thumb as a child and nothing worked until my dentist showed me a picture of a kid with "buck teeth" and said "guess how that happened". i stopped immediately. | 0.05% | 1 |
| 1 year old | 0.05% | 1 |
| younger than that | 0.05% | 1 |
| 15 months | 0.05% | 1 |
| 7 months | 0.05% | 1 |
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