u/Fine-Island2273

It is basically as it sounds: my 8 yr old still sucks her finger. She tends to do it as a self soothing mechanism, so when she is sleeping, stressed, or watching tv. She doesn’t tend to do it when we are out and we haven’t heard anything from teachers at school. She have tried everything we can think of: gentle reminders so she is aware when she does it, bitter nail polish, band aids, gloves while sleeping (this one we are still doing). Everything I’ve read has said to not shame or punish her but at this point there isn’t any repercussions for her doing it.

So any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated bc we are at a loss