Saturday, July 19, 2008
Kiddie rehab please
Does anyone know of a lovely 12 step program for Jacey to enter???? She just can't quit sucking her thumb!!!!! I feel sooooooo bad for her. She wants to quit but just can't. She stopped for a while so she could get the cat. However, it's beginning to take over again. We've just about tried it all. I'm sure everyone knows by now that we're pretty old school when it comes to the corporal punishment theory, however, I think that's about like telling her not to breathe and then spanking her when she does. We have ultrasound video of her thumb sucking for crying out loud! So what do we do - take away the cat???? I'm pretty sure that would set the stage for her running off with some random boy in the future just because her evil mother took away her beloved pet b/c of the thumb sucking!!!! Well, what's a mom to do????? I went to Walgreen's today to get the bitter nail polish, but they had none. So, you may have guessed......my precious daughter is laying in her bed with Tobasco sauce on her thumb. (Please A. Lacy, don't drive the 10 hours to make eggs and lick the sauce off!) Honestly, if anyone has a better idea, please speak up!
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My SIL was paying her 2nd grader $10 to stop sucking his thumb. I'll find out more details! Good luck!
We're going through the same thing with Aubin and sucking her first two fingers....probably why she is ALWAYS sick???
The bitter stuff is called THUM...and Aubin loves it. It's basically cayenne pepper in finger nail polish form. Have you tried giving her a small squish toy to squeeze and fidget when she feels she needs to suck her finger? Or I've heard of giving licorice roots (not the candy kind although that might work) to chew and suck on for a couple of weeks to break the habit. Find a way to break the physical habit and replace it with another age appropriate calming technique that she likes (drawing, listening to music, or whatever.)
I'll call you.
Thanks for the tip dr phil. How much do I owe you for the session???
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