🚀 Nip It in the Bud: The Fun Way to Stop Thumb Sucking!
Nipit is a pediatric dentist-recommended thumb sucking deterrent designed for children aged 2-7. This innovative product helps kids stop thumb sucking naturally within 5-21 days, featuring a soft, washable design and a motivational chart with stickers for positive reinforcement. With thousands of success stories since 2014, Nipit is the go-to solution for parents seeking a gentle and effective way to curb this habit.
D**0
Miracle Product
This product is AMAZING. My son sucked his fingers basically all day long from 4 months old until 6 years old when we got this product. He was finally at a point where he really wanted to stop sucking them, but nothing we tried was working. We got this product and were expecting it to take several weeks to work, but it broke the habit for him in a little over two weeks!! We are still having him wear it at night just to make sure he doesn’t suck them at night, but during the day he has been able to keep his fingers out altogether after just 2 weeks of wearing the nipits. I can not recommend this product enough- it was a miracle product for us! Because our son was ready to stop the habit he never fought us about keeping the braces on, but if your child isn’t on board I could see that being an issue. He was able to take them off by himself, so if you have a child who doesn’t like them you will definitely need to use the zip ties or put them on under a long sleeve shirt.
C**A
Not 100% effective
It says that it's normal for the child to still be able to reach and suck their fingers but will get over that in a few days. We're on week 2 and my 3yo still goes for her fingers. I would say this product is about 80% effective. It seems like breaking the habit is going to be a long road for us and I don't blame the product for it.My biggest complaint about the product is that the velcro is sharp and scratches me a ton. I have scratches on my face, hands, and arms from my toddler wearing this. It makes it difficult for her to be around my newborn because I', worried it'll scratch the baby. I'd recommend the maker to add stitching around the velcros so it's not so scratchy.My toddler also gets itchy from having this product on. Whenever I take it off, she goes ham on her elbows and scratches like crazy and makes me feel so bad for making her keep it on all the time.I will say though, that my girl doesn't mind having it on when it is. She's still able to do her day to day activities only with a stiff arm. I get a lot of looks and people asking me if there's something wrong with her arm because it looks like she broke her arms lol.I hope this all pays off sooner rather than later!
M**.
Easy to use, don’t work
We have had these for months now. I’ve been very consistent putting these on my son every time he lays down, which is when he sucks his thumb. They do cut down his thumb sucking severity, but he can still get his thumb to his mouth pretty easily & won’t stop. I think for $90 they should actually have cut the habit by now. For the fact that they help reduce a little, they might be worth it to some people, but for the price, it’s disappointing.
G**N
Good product but didn’t work for us
I think in theory this is a great product to stop/deter learned behaviors, however was not a great fit for our son. He is 3.5 years old and has been sucking his fingers since he was 3 months old. He’s dedicated to this task apparently and none of the other products have helped. We tried nail polish and topical creams (even hot pepper) and it does not sway him from those fingers. I bought this thinking if he couldn’t get to his fingers then voila problem solved. I was wrong. First he showed me he could still get them in his mouth (packaging did say that would be possible). Next he turned into Houdini and in a span of 2 mins took off both arm bands. Next morning handed them to me and said “I don’t like them. You take it”. Needless to say attempting to keep using this on my child is not an option. I am hopeful it would work for someone else though (who is not Houdini or Macgyver reincarnated), so I have recommended to other frustrated parents. Good luck
H**N
Must have for stubborn thumb sucker
We had tried everything for my 4-year-old daughter. She would scratch off the bitter nail polish and wash off the other bitter stuff. She was persistent, and we were out of options. Luckily, I found these. I got a pack of 2 because I knew she would switch thumbs. After the first night, she did not suck her thumb the next day. We only had her wear them at night. She no longer sucks her thumb. We kept up with it for a few weeks to ensure she broke the habit, but these things are the best. My only complaint is that the Velcro on the outside was scratchy to her stomach and sides, but we just put her in a sweatshirt over the top of the arm covers, which had the bonus of preventing her from taking them off.
L**E
Marginal Benefit, Unsuitable for Summer Use
We got these almost a month ago for our daughter who chronically sucked any finger on either hand and wouldn't stop no matter what we tried. We finally splurged on these cuffs (a 2-pack) to keep both arms away from her face, especially while she slept.For the the first week, she had to wear them at all times except meals, but her habit quickly dropped off in the second week--Great! We optimistically theorized that the 21 day estimate would be plenty of time to break the habit completely.We kept her wearing the cuffs for two weeks during naps and nighttime, but when we saw no signs of her trying to suck fingers, we let her take them off for nap times only. Within two days she was back to sucking. So, we resumed cuffing every naptime for another two weeks. But leaving them off even for one nap time (because she was so hot--these are hard to work with in the summer), she was sucking her fingers again.We keep trying to replace the cuffs, but she is miserably hot and the velcro on the outside is SUPER SCRATCHY. It's scratched up our arms many times, even raising red welts and spotting blood on the skin. For her, the inside is relatively soft, but the velcro pokes right through her thin summer nightshirts and also scratches her face when she tries to move her hair out of her face. We are thinking we might have to give up and try again in the winter.I will update this review then, if there is improvement, but as of now--one month into a summer of trying to break the habit--these have been scratchy, hot, and apparently, not fully effective. :\ For the price, I'd think a higher quality, softer-on-the-outside velcro could have been found or maybe a more breathable mesh to make these things more comfortable.
L**R
Just buy these
The only thing that worked. We tried literally everything to stop thumb sucking. This worked like a charm.
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