thumb-sucking
thumb sucking

There was no mention at all of thumb-sucking during that time.

"You should focus first on the cause of the anxiety, not the thumb-sucking."

It may also be an acquired condition caused by chronic thumb-sucking.

This misalignment of teeth may result from some habits, such as thumb-sucking.

This last one is pure, unsourced thumb-sucking; Sharon didn't return my call.

Curb thumb-sucking by approximately age 5 to prevent developmental abnormalities.

Boys are often shamed out of thumb-sucking at an earlier age than girls because it acknowledges dependency.

Parents can passively discourage thumb-sucking in infants by trying to respond to their true needs.

Thumb-sucking is normal in babies and young children.

Thumb-sucking may also interfere with how school-age children develop some of the interpersonal skills they now need.

His real reason was that he wanted very much to get home before Margaret fell asleep so he could tell her about the thumb-sucking.

Sometimes an increase in thumb-sucking in an older child is a form of regression and a sign that she's simply feeling overwhelmed.

Her daughter, Nor, long-legged and thumb-sucking at nine years old, still needed a lap to crawl into before going to sleep.

Dad and I read up on thumb-sucking.

Fleming used this information to give Drax diastema, a common result of thumb-sucking.

But, a move can still evoke a regressive response, such as bed-wetting or thumb-sucking.

Mark thought of Ricky and the thumb-sucking.

Thumb-sucking is not without risk either.

She wanted Lela's tooth-brushing to go on for two minutes and for us to do all we could to stop her thumb-sucking.

For a few, however, thumb-sucking lingers on or even intensifies and can lead to both dental and social problems.

The bobbing, Lewis said, was almost like "thumb-sucking."

Thumb-sucking calms the baby and strengthens cheek and jaw muscles.

Thumb-sucking: Babies are born with the impulse to suck anything in their mouth, a reflex that enables them to breastfeed.

"It's like thumb-sucking or any other regression," says Howard Rodman, a screenwriter.

Fixation in this stage can lead to adult habits such as thumb-sucking, smoking, over-eating, and nail-biting.

Thumb Sucking - If this is done frequently and perniciously it must be taken in hand and treated as a bad habit.

Thumb Sucking This generally benign activity may result in protrusion of the maxillary incisors and anterior open bite.

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