My daughter’s Lip Sucking Journey

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The Beginning

Most kids develop a bad habit at some point when my daughter started sucking her lower lip at age 1 year and 3 months, where we not freaked out.
My husband and I did not understand why she was sucking her lip. But then we quickly realized that she sucked her lip for comfort. When we put her down for her nap she sucked on her lip when she tried to focus on an activity, she sucked her lip and now that she is older and in an unfamiliar area, she sucked her lip. She is now 3 years and 9 months old.


The Remedy

When my daughter first started this habit, we were advised to try applying teeth gel and that did not work. We tried to but bitter sauce or juice on her lip and that also did not work. Of course, I was freaked out at the idea that my daughter will have a shifted jaw (well that’s what a relative said would happen) we are yet to see this happening.
Honestly if you are a mom and your child develop a sucking habit, the only remedy is patience lots of patience. Also, now that she is older, we try to tell her not to suck her lip and she does stop.

Be encouraged, things to get better.  They will stop.

Location: Long Island, Windhoek, Namibia

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