How do you teach a five years old child not to put his fingers in his mouth?

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Point it out gently. Your child isn't doing it intentionally. So nagging him about a bad habit or demeaning him will merely embarrass him and make him more anxious. Instead, calmly call attention to the problem and explain why you are concerned. Say, I've noticed you putting your fingers in your mouth and your fingers look red and sensitive. Your fingers would feel better if you didn't do that.
Don't punish him. Bad habits aren't a disipline issue, so taking away privaledges wont make them go away. Nor should you dip his fingers in hot sauce to make him stop. (this is a common age to start habits like that) Don't make him wear mittins either because that will only embarrass them too.
Provide an incentive. Your child may need a motivation because breaking a bad habit isn't easy to do. Consider taking your child out for a small treat once he's made it through three evenings in a row without giving in to his habit.
Get to the root. Bad habits tend to intensify when a child is nervous or uncomfortable. If your son starts doing it when you think he may feel this way, think of ways to reduce his stress. Have him close his eyes amd take some deep breaths. Also, talk to your child about things that are bothering him. If he wont tell you the first time, let him know you are available to chat anytime.
Think of alternatives. Stress balls and silly putty are great ways to distract the child.
Priase his progress. When you notice your child doing things without indulging his bad habit give him a hug and let him know you have noticed. Praise is the best answer and will make any child feel SPECIAL and that they did something wonderful. Remember that it takes patience, positive reenforcements and time to conquer a habit. So stay calm and be supportive, it'll make the process easier for the both of you!
I hope this works for you!!! Good luck!!!

Other Answers:
first by showing to him or her by sympols or signs that putting fingures in mouth is bad. then by putting something on his fingures that is really sour so she or him wont put his hand in his mouth

Tell him his hand is a monster and it will tickle it if it gets near its face
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the 10 year old

put hot sauce on their hands.

Put something on his finger. My little girl always bits her nails so I put jalapenos and she never did it again.

Maybe you can try putting something disgusting on there fingers to make them undesireble. Or maybe you can try telling or showing the results of what can happen from sucking fingers.

i dont think that you need to because the kid is only 5 and he will learn that it is not good
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my mother

lol jk i dont ask my mom stuff

you can take it the hard way and try telling them. or you can put hot sauce, vinegar, or lemon juice on their fingers so when they put their fingers in their mouth they won't like the taste and it will only take a couple times for them to learn.

scare him tell him chucky will get him

There is a product available to deter nail biting, which is along the same line as sucking on fingers; it's pretty effective. It's basically the same stuff that is added to nail polish remover to deter ingestion. I believe it's called Bitrex, or something very similar to that. I would not recommend using a food product as you wouldn't want to give him negative feelings regarding food (hot sauce, jalapenos, vinegar, lemon juice, etc....) Also, at 5 years old, it's a good time to teach children about germs, nail care and hand washing. My cousin used the technique with her 6 year old girl that every time she got caught with her hands/fingers in her mouth, she had to go wash her hands. Her daughter learned pretty quickly that it took a lot of time away from her fun activities so she eventually gave it up. Yes it was tedious on the mom's part, but pretty darn effective!

Most things at this age are learned by repeating it over and over. They do not understand that germs live there they learned by being told over and over.

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