Nipit (2 Pack) - Most Effective Thumb Sucking Deterrent for Kids, Age 2-7, Stop Finger Sucking Naturally in 5-21 Days, Ideal for Toddlers, Includes Motivating Chart & Stickers & Program

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.

These are VERY restricting and inconvenient if the child is awake. Your child will need help with a lot of basic activities due to not being able the bend the elbow. I ended up taking them off each time. Do believe it can cure thumb sucking if you can tolerate more of this, “Mom, can you help me…” every 10 minutes. I would not recommend or buy them again. I should have returned them. Result: $90 down the drain.

It’s been 2 months, and we still have a thumb sucker. Unfortunately the Velcro is so weak that our son just takes it off himself. The first 2 weeks the Velcro held up but after that it just didn’t work the same. Also, my son was getting a little bit of a rash, so we had to have him wear long sleeves with them. They say 30 day money back guarantee, but I’ve emailed and haven’t gotten a response.

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.

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

The only thing that worked. We tried literally everything to stop thumb sucking. This worked like a charm.

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.

This doesn't work even remotely. We've tried everything and tried this for months with no results at all. Child can still get their thumb in with no effort at all and it's on properly. Huge waste of money.