I can't remember if we told you about how Squeaky stopped sucking her fingers. We felt that it was getting ridiculous seeing this 4 year old walking around with her fingers in her mouth, so we launched a full assault against the finger sucking. We let her get a sticker for each day she didn't suck her fingers, and we painted nasty tasting stuff on them at quiet time and nap time. It only took a few days and she was done. We took her to the dollar store and she picked out a toy as a reward.Well, a couple of weeks ago we did the same thing with Button. She was a thumb sucker. We painted the nasty stuff on there and really praised her when she didn't suck her thumb. I'm not sure if we did the stickers or not. It only took her a few days too and she no longer sucks her thumb. Anyway, last Thursday we took her to the dollar store for her hard-earned reward. She was so excited. It was really cute seeing her bounce alongside her daddy, holding his hand and chattering away about what she was going to pick out. She came home with a little painting kit with three pigs in it. She had a lot of fun with that and now has pink, orange and red piggies.
Now for Winnie who still sucks her thumb...
4 comments:
ooooh that is sooo cute!!! I'm glad she's not hooked on the thumb and the piggies are cute too!!
Ant Bee
Good job parent! :) I've heard that the praise technique works well for these things! And she looks very proud of herself.. and rightly so! :)
Hey,
What do you recommend for adults who need to abandon bad habits? Congratulations, Squeaky and Button!
The early work on this problem may have saved you piles of cash on dental work in the future. Our worst "sucker" continued far too long and was the only one requiring braces in later years.
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