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

The Nipit arrived at my home the very next day after ordering it. I was pretty excited to test it out on my 7-year-old. I planned to present it to him before bedtime. I told my son before the hand stopper arrived that I had purchased an item that would help him stop sucking his thumb in his sleep. He could not wait to see what it was. My son hated that he sucked his thumb in his sleep. I tried everything. Putting socks on his hands, the thumb guards, and the nail polish, they all didn’t work. He would take the socks and thumb guard off in his sleep. I guess he could tolerate the taste of the nail polish because it did nothing to help him. My child usually could control himself during the day like most children who suck their thumbs, he has triggers, and before he knew it his thumb was in his mouth. When Nipit arrived, I checked it out thoroughly. It came in a handy reusable outer packaging that you can use for storage and to keep the hand stopper clean. It has bright, fun colors and is surprisingly soft. The Nipit is made well and very durable. It has a padded elbow cushion, velcro flaps, and straps that are adjustable for comfort. An instruction card on how-to-use, a tip guide, calendar, stickers, and zip ties for additional parental control are all included with the hand stopper. You can also go to Nipit.com/start to watch a video on how to correctly put the product on and to read other valuable information. You can also sign up for their email while you there. They only send a few emails over the span of the 21 days to help keep you and your child on track. I was impressed with the idea of the Super Success Chart and colorful star stickers to keep track of his success. It was helpful to us because it gave him the incentive to remind me that he needed to put on the Nipit every night. He looked forward to the prize at the end of the 21 days. I also could tell it made him feel good every time he placed a star. The first night of wearing the Nipit, he was so pleased with himself, he slept through the night without sucking his thumb. During the day, he would request it sometimes because he would have a trigger and wanted to suck his thumb. This good behavior continued throughout the 21 days. I am so proud of him. He was determined to kick this habit. He had a few hiccups along the way, but for the most part, he stuck with it. I rooted for him every step of the way. He is now sleeping without the Nipit and is free of thumb sucking. I didn’t even have to use the childproof easylock system (zip ties). The velcro flaps and straps worked perfectly. The best part is I don’t have to pay to correct thumb-sucking teeth. At last, something that worked. I am so grateful for this product. I will be recommending it to everyone.

Summary: If you don't want to read the full review, here is the quick version. My son was an avid thumb sucker and despite my best efforts and every thing I could think of, we couldn't break him of it. We bought this and it didn't seem to work for the first couple week and I thought this was another failed device/attempt. But don't give up, after the first 3-4 weeks, my stubborn son stopped fighting this brace and it started working. We are now 2.5 months after the first night using it, and he is no longer a thumb sucker without needing the brace any longer. This works, but it is not an overnight fix. Just hang in there and if you have tried everything else and nothing has worked for your child, take the risk and give this a try. My son was an avid thumb sucker, like super attached to thumb sucking at night. We had made progress getting him to stop during the day, but when he was tired, the thumb went in his mouth without fail and regardless of anything else we tried. We tried the bad tasting nail polish, rewards, punishments, tape/band-aids, books, literally anything else we could think of before a guard or elbow brace. We bought this as a literal last hope to finally break the habit because we had exhausted everything else. We debated between this or a thumb guard, but we ultimately landed on this because we thought it would be overall more comfortable for wearing overnight. Pros: 1. Our son (4.5yrs old) was not able to remove it himself for a while (and they do provide zip ties to provide further securing if needed). The velcro is strong, so if using on a younger child, they will likely struggle to remove this. 2. It appears to be comfortable. My son never complained that it hurt and it never left any marks or anything on his arm. 3. It does make it difficult for the child to get their fingers to their face, but not impossible. Cons: 1. A determined child can "slide" the brace up or down slightly enough to be able to more comfortably get their thumb in their mouth. This is what our son did for a week or so. I doubt that it was very comfortable though, because he stopped this behavior on his own, and I didn't want to make it tighter for obvious reasons. 2. After 2.5 months of nightly use, it is starting to show some wear around the edges (some slight fraying of the threads/seams/edges/etc.) but so far nothing that would compromise the function of the brace. So far nothing around the velcro straps, but the velcro on the body of the brace has gotten weaker. 3. The price point. I only put this on the con list because this was the main barrier to me buying this sooner than I did. I felt that price was a big risk especially after everything else had failed spectacularly for my son. However, now that I am on the other end and it has worked, it is worth every penny. Overall, this definitely works, but it is not an immediate fix. It took about a month before he stopped fighting it. I had lost hope that this would work. We actually ended up using this combined with the bad tasting nail polish that we had leftover from previous failed attempts (and discussions and rewards). After he stopped fighting it, it was another couple weeks before he started asking to wear it so he wouldn't suck his thumb in his sleep. And finally he was afraid to sleep without it because he thought he would start sucking his thumb again. We are now 2.5 months out from starting this and we've been sleeping without it for a few days and he is still not sucking his thumb. FINALLY!!!

This worked SO well, I'm honestly in shock. We went from 24/7 sucking to practically done within DAYS and a lot of grins from our kid that was so proud. Background: Our 4-year-old was the most determined thumb-sucker since birth and did it day and night. We waited and waited, doctor said not to worry until 4 since most kids stopped by then, but he was still doing it day and night well past his 4th birthday and had already developed a visible cross-bite. We probably should have started something a year ago, but so many of the other methods felt cruel or punitive. I'm not afraid of some tough-love where necessary, but I prefer gentle parenting when it's an option and it felt like it was especially important to be gentle with something that was such a source of comfort. Using the Product: We were able to make this a super positive experience that actually made him excited to wear it, which was amazing. He wasn't totally on board with why we needed to do it, but once we were able to make it fun he was all on board. We called it his "supercharged robot arm" and he added the fact that it gave him magical powers. When he wears it he can give "supercharged" high fives and hugs that are super powerful. We hammed it up when he gave us high-fives and hugs. We told him he could have as many as he wanted since it might be tough. The first day he was a little whiney, said he really missed his thumb, but I kept reminding him of his new magical powers. We also pretended his thumb and mouth were having a conversation. His mouth told his thumb that it wanted to be healthy and be able to taste the prize ice-cream. He would tell me a lot that his tongue missed his thumb and I told him his thumb said "No way mouth, I want to play!" He thought it was so silly that his mouth and thumb were fighting. This all pretty much stopped after the second day and now two weeks in he just loves showing off his supercharged high-fives to everybody we talk to. He found it comfortable and he was able to play just fine, but we took it off to eat. We just finished up the second week and he's barely wearing it during the day, pretty much just during quiet time when I'm not watching him. We've had test runs during shows and books and he hasn't even tried to suck his thumb. This was so easy and tear-free and I love that I can probably reuse it for little sister that will likely need it too. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

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!

This product does not work. At all. I purchased at the end of October, now here we are, almost the middle of December, and we are still trying, unsuccessfully, to make it work. The picture and description shows that a child needs to use two hands to force a thumb into her mouth. That is not true. My daughter can get her thumb in her mouth wearing this device, no problem. The directions sent with the device state to tighten it, if a child can easily put their thumb in their mouth. Well, I could tighten it. But this will cut off blood flow to my daughter’s arm. So I am forced to choose between hurting her, or tying her into this device every night. It also takes her about 2 seconds to remove this from her arm. The only way we can keep it on her is to zip tie it-which we had to do, almost every night. I have serious moral issues with zip tying something on my three-year-old child. And because this wasn’t meant to be used every night for almost 2 months, its starting to fray and get worn. Any advertising on this device is misleading. I have not found any success other than physically forcing my child to wear this, and even then I’ve had to put another device on the thumb to keep her from sucking her thumb while she wears this first device—which was meant to keep her from sucking her thumb. I’m not even sure that this is actually accomplishing anything when she wears it. Do not waste your money.

Our 4 year old was ready to stop thumb sucking and very willing to wear the nipit. It worked well for three weeks, but then it started to fall apart (a piece of velcro just fell off) and generally just became looser, so we would tighten it enough in the morning to keep his thumb out but over the next hour or two would become too loose to be effective. It keeps his thumb out a lot of the time, but it seems that if he can suck it sometimes, it will not break the habit. For the price, we expected good quality that would last. We liked the idea of the nipit rather than nailpolish or a glove, but unfortunately it turned out to be poor quality and I recommend trying something else.

When I first put it on my son I was amazed how well it worked. My son is 8 and has sucked his thumb since age 1. James has been wearing the thumb stopper for a week and we are about ready to declare victory. We tried the foul-tasting nail polish unsuccessfully, afterwards read reviews on other products, and even talked with our pediatrician. I was surprised to find that the Nipit, literally, stopped him from sucking his thumb. It is actually quite amusing. When he bends his arm Nipit stops his elbow from bending any more and literally stops his thumb right as he’s about to suck it. The product is extremely well made and is durable. The material is soft with happy colors. On the inside there is a spongy cushion. My advice is to put it on as loose as possible still making sure it is tight enough not to come off. It is super easy to put on and adjust. On the third night James put it on himself (although upside down). Velcro straps make it easily adjustable to difference arm sizes. The "stopper" on the inside of the elbow is what prevents the hand from reaching the face. I’m sure this would fit a 3 year old just fine, and kids a little older than James (8) too. If your child is much bigger than average then measure your child’s elbow before buying – AROUND THE ELBOW. Although we did not use them, it includes 50 zip-ties that can lock the straps on so your child cannot take Nipit off. I can see how this would be useful for some kids who are really stubborn, but they sure wouldn't like it. At least the threat of using the zipties would probably get most kids to cooperate. I can’t think of any negatives.

I bought just one of these to use for my 2 yr old about a month after she turned 2. She was such a strong thumb sucker that she was doing it ALL day and every night and she had horrible open wounds on her thumb as well as a tough callus. I was so tired of it and really wanted to get ahead of the problem before it became more difficult to solve. I also already had tried the bitter nail polish thing when she was younger but it didn’t work at all. I am SO glad I found this tool and I’m also Super glad we did this so young! We used the Nipit only during the day and we combined it with zip-up PJ’s that have fold-over mittens (these were hard to find in the 2T size- we got Bellabu Bear brand Jammie’s). So we used the PJ’s to cover both hands at nap time and night time, and Nipit on the arm during the day. I was amazed that my kiddo really didn’t mind it at all. She cried for like 20 seconds the first time I put it on and then she didn’t care anymore. It didn’t prevent her from eating food or playing with toys or anything at all. And she couldn’t get the Velcro open. So we didn’t have to use the zip ties. After the first day, she actually Asked for me to put it on her every day afterwards! I think she liked it. We only needed to do the Nipit for about 2.5 weeks and we already noticed that her daytime habit was gone. We just forgot to put it on one day and realized we simply didn’t need it anymore! Then the next day we tried to stop covering her hands at night, but she went right back to the thumb. So we covered her hands again and just stuck with that a little longer for night time. About 2 weeks later, we forgot to cover her hands at night and she didn’t go for her thumb at all! I’m literally shocked that she has completely kicked the habit both day and night in just over 4 weeks! It’s like it never even happened. And the callus on her thumb is finally healing too. I was worried that would never go away. I think it needs another week or two, but 80% of the callus is completely gone already.