Ellie sleeps with DeeDee every night and sucks her thumb. She has every night since she was tiny. It's time to break the habit. We tried taping a sock onto her hand. That didn't work, since she somehow managed to get it off every night.
Tonight we're trying "Thum," which is nasty-tasting stuff that you put on nails to discourage thumb-sucking and nail-biting. There are also bribes in place after two nights and five nights without thumb-sucking. Ellie got to choose the bribes: honeydew that she can eat whenever she wants and an entire box of TicTacs. (I know, candy isn't the wisest bribe, but it's certainly cheap and hopefully effective.)
4 comments:
my parents went through MASSIVE amounts of 'thum'. they put it all over my thumb not just the nail. it didn't work well for me. candy is a great bribe - especially tictacs. they are sugar free!
Clever. I love that your daughter picked a food as a reward. She is a woman after my own heart.
Nothing worked for me. Hopefully the candy will do the trick.
Try some super spicy hot sauce. You could also make a chart of days and each night she doesn't suck her thumb she gets a gold star.
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