Thumb Sucking

My 9 month old son loves to suck his thumb, so much that he has cuts on his thumb. I was wondering if I should perhaps try to introduce a dummy to eliminate thumb sucking. I didn't really want a dummy for my second because my 29 month old still has his dummy for sleeping. He doesn't want to part with it yet.

Hi,

There’s not a lot you can do to prevent the thumb sucking, offering a dummy will most likely reduce some of the thumb sucking time but try to limit it to bedtime only.

Cheers Maree