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   TL

   julho 12, 2025

   Our 9 year old daughter sucks her pointer finger. She always has so much so I have a sonogram from being pregnant with it in her mouth and it actually bends slightly different to accommodate. You can imagine it’s been a journey. We have tried everything we and others have suggested since she turned 1. She now has horrible dental issues so we are trying this. She understands more than when she was little and usually sucks when watching a movie or asleep now subconsciously. Not many things for a 9 year old to try but she’s a petite girl so we have slightly more options in the way of fitted options.

   The instructions say to check for oral fixation marks. Well the first 10 days went VERY well. No issues which we didn’t expect and we were hopeful. Here we are now day 20 and at night she has began to chew on it. She has chewed so much chunks are missing and hanging. Don’t want a choking hazard so last night I wrapped them with medical tape. This morning it still looks good. Dirty from stuff sticking to tape but good. It says keep it on for at least 7 days after oral fixation stops so we are hoping we still don’t have to go past 30 but it really recomends if you have bumps along the way to go to 40+ days. It stays on constant except I help her in shower wash hair or take off the length of a shower but worry in shower she will go back to it or chew nails basically starting us over. Since she is in school, I have waited until summer break! She has no problem using her hand with it on for most things. She can still climb up to her loft bed at night. It sometimes becomes sweaty and I just dry it out with blow-dryer on cold shot or cool!

   I would give full 5 stars but feel if oral fixation is a known issue and it costs as much as it does, it should be reinforced with something stronger and less flexible on tips that don’t come off. This could be a choking hazard!!!

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2. 

   Emily

   julho 16, 2025

   Ça la super bien fonctionné ici
   Un peux cher mais bon il faut ce qu’il faut

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3. 

   OcalaWillow

   julho 22, 2025

   The only complaint is that I ordered the Large for my 10 year old and it’s actually too big and a little uncomfortable on her, I think the Medium would’ve been better but at $60 each we are going to try to work with this one. Day one went okay, my daughter figured out how to slip the plastic off her fingers and suck around them, so we had to tighten the bracelet down more. But it does seem to be working and a great device when worn correctly.

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   Myriambb

   agosto 3, 2025

   I wanted to take the time to applaud t guard on their incredible customer service. I had purchased the size small for my daughter (who is fairly petite) and although we couldn’t make use of the finger guard, they were excellent in making our return and refund an amazing experience. They were excellent to deal with and not only did they fully refund my purchase, they paid my shipping return as well. If you are hesitant in purchasing, don’t be! Because they are dedicated to your customer Experience. I highly recommend!

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5. 

   Oaken Ryder

   agosto 11, 2025

   Honest review!!!! 1000% recommend wish we bought sooner. My 2.5 year son sucked his ring finger obsessively. It interfered with his play time, sleep time- it was constant. We’ve tried every other method and left this one bc it was expensive but it was definitely worth it. We used this for 3 days straight and the habit was broken. It was extremely simple to use and my son couldn’t remove it which was great. He ignored it for the most part and it didn’t seem too uncomfortable. He was able to do every activity he normally would while wearing it and it was easy to keep clean. It fit him very well and his fingers had plenty of room to breathe in it.

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   Stephanie M

   agosto 14, 2025

   My only regret with purchasing this is that I didn’t buy it sooner! My 2 year old has been sucking her middle and ring finger since she was a few months old. I have tried everything- glove, cast, nail polish, even Wasabi! Nothing helped or she could take it off. I had this on her for 25 days and then slowly weaned her off. And voila! She has not attempted to suck her finger!!!! It comes with an instruction book which i thought was a bit much at first but turned out to be very helpful. Even has a sticker page to track progress. I ran out of bands due to doubling up at first when I didn’t need it but just bought more. She faught me at first but then it became the norm. I only took it off for showers since she was too distracted to suck her fingers. Other than that, she had it on every moment- playground, jumping park, school, dinner, everything. I love this! Only problem we had is that she chewed it a little and it broke on the side, but still wearable.

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7. 

   Adam underwood

   agosto 16, 2025

   I bought this for my 4 year old child who is blind and autistic. She bangs her fingers into her teeth and was getting terrible wounds. We were trying to bandage them and were having to hold her down with two people and wrap tape all over her hand. My husband even got called to the school to retape because a parent has to hold. And every time the bandage was off even for a few minute she would re-injure it. This product has really been a game changer. We have only had it come off accidentally once when she was sleeping, which is why we now have double bracelets. She can bathe, eat, sleep, and seems totally comfortable in it. It actually seemed to calm her as soon as it was applied. The wound is almost healed underneath. You can see under it and the skin can breathe but it gives decent coverage so I haven’t had to do any special wound care. I know it’s not for wounds but I’m sure she’s not the only child that has gotten to this point if parents are buying something like this. She has now switched to the other hand so we have to buy another one, and they’re not cheap. But I am very happy with the product.

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8. 

   Adam underwood

   setembro 11, 2025

   Buyer beware: this will ABSOLUTELY impair your child’s hand use! First of all, it is extremely thick plastic, WAY moreso than it needs to be, so it’s difficult to bend (even as an adult) – unless your kid is the hulk. Second, the two fingers are FUSED together! Why?? Absolutely no reason. If the surrounding plastic keeps children from wanting to suck their fingers, why would the two fingers have to be connected to one another? Completely senseless, and again, doesn’t allow the child use of those fingers. We’d noticed these issues ourselves, but the final straw was having a friend of ours who’s a physical therapist caution us about trying to have the device on as little as possible – while 30 days will break a finger sucking habit, you’ll have a whole other problem when your child can no longer use those fingers normally. Shameful and outrageous, especially for such an expensive product in the first place.

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9. 

   Danielle Haas

   setembro 15, 2025

   3.5 year old girl, finger sucker day and night. I am an ECE and ITE, so I see this often. We used this product for 2 weeks day and night, changing the band and cleaning it throughly before each night time. Then we went to just using it nightly for the rest of the month. It wow absolutely amazing. You need to go into this knowing that the first 3 days will be absolute garbage, they won’t sleep well, they’ll scream the first night and it will break your heart but that 3rd day it was completely different. I would suggest not changing it or taking it off at all those first 3 days but rather covering it with a glove or plastic bag when they eat or play messy. Make it fun, let them pick the band colour each time. The sticker chart that comes with it is great too. Our daughter worked towards a book and a stuffy and is so proud she gets it this weekend. This is 100% worth it to not need ortho care down the road. I have been recommending this product to every parent. Once your child gets use to it, they don’t even notice it’s there. If you need to take it off and don’t want to put it on again right away, I’d suggest a soft fluffy glove (the cheap ones from the dollarstore) to put it on that hand. My daughter liked to have that for a break sometimes in the 2nd week. Overall, I went in with zero expectations and I am so relieved it worked!

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10. 

    Nancy M.

    setembro 17, 2025

    I felt like I had to write a review as there has yet to be any Canadian reviews!

    My son began sucking his index and middle finger around 8 months old and we believed he would out grow it. We noticed it was becoming a problem when his first 2 fingers were becoming deformed/bent due to chronic sucking. I asked everyone you could think of for advice – parents, family members, social media, etc. I finally found my way over to this product on Amazon. It might not be as popular in Canada due to the price-tag, it cost us $150 Canadian and now I see it is $229 Canadian. *Note* (As per other reviews) the T Guard does not come with enough bracelets to make it effective IMO. We did order another set of bracelets from the T Guard company from Amazon for $100 CDN, so again another pricey item, however it is worth it if it can help stop the habit.

    We began the treatment at 23 months in the summer-time as I am a teacher and I knew I could commit the time and energy required. I will be honest — sleep was TOUGH! It was pretty much 3-4 weeks of very poor sleep and napping as he was so used to self-soothing by sucking his fingers. I eventually had to re-sleep train him. It was some trial & error to help him sleep — introducing stuffed animals, blankies, etc.

    We ended up doing treatment longer than 30 days as when he had the glove off he would still put his fingers in his mouth. We kept the glove on during the day for about 50 days and will now stick to only over-nights (we have lots of extra bracelets now to do this).

    I will add — as a teacher, I wanted to approach this in a more ‘holistic’ way and incorporate social stories and figure out what my son’s sensory needs are to really help him break this habit. And it helped! For example, I printed photos of my son doing activities that required his fingers and hands, e.g. “fingers are for riding your bike” we would read this story everyday and then he would be able to recite the mantra back. “Fingers aren’t for sucking.” So, if he began placing his fingers in his mouth we would be able to remind him what fingers are for.

    Secondly, I researched sensory needs and why children suck their fingers — could be ‘oral sensory seeking’ or proprioceptive sensory seeking behaviours (look it up if you’re interested!) Once you look more into it, you’ll go down a rabbit hole, but this reminded me of my son … so to meet his needs we would incorporate ‘heavy work’ before nap and bedtime, e.g. crashing into couch, carrying heavy items, etc.

    Lastly, we had my son choose the colour of bracelet he wanted to wear everyday. This helped him have more buy-in! We never treated the glove as a negative thing, also talked about his “super awesome glove” when people would ask. I think he only asked once or twice to have the glove off, other than that he was content wearing it.

    Finally, I read and re-read other people’s reviews, especially four and five star reviews when I was feeling defeated from lack of sleep! Ha. Something that other people have mentioned is finding the right fit so it’s not too tight or too loose. We found using athletic tape around the band helpful so it wouldn’t bother his wrist and as the day wore on the bracelet loosened up and I never noticed he had any wrist issues with it digging in.

    All in all, the glove DID work for us. He’s had it off now during the day and nap and there has been no finger sucking. I am going to keep it on overnights as he transitions to a new daycare this fall and that can be tough for little ones.

    Best of luck to other families trying this product, remember it’s a commitment! But you can do it and it’s worth it in the end 🙂

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