Both of our girls are expert thumb suckers. At Lily's first dentist appointment, Dr. Aaron told me she needed to stop sucking her thumb before it caused any permanent damage, but there never seemed to be a good time to try what I was sure would be a long, drawn-out, emotionally tiring process. However, Ryan took Lily back to Dr. Aaron this past Thursday for her 6 month check-up; he said it was starting to really effect her, and we needed to make an effort to stop the thumb sucking. So, I took a deep breath and said okay.
On Friday morning, we painted a clear, bitter-tasting polish on Lily's thumbs that was recommended by Dr. Aaron. Liz said she didn't even try to put her thumb in her mouth once during the day on Friday; it wasn't that she put it in and immediately pulled it out; instead, she never even put it in. I told her yesterday how proud I was of her for not sucking her thumb, and she replied "Yea, I think it's working!" She is so proud of herself. I promised her too that she could go pick a prize out of Dr. Aaron's treasure chest once she learns not to suck her thumb; she can't wait! Dr. Aaron also explained how her wrinkly thumbs will become pretty princess thumbs once she stops; she has said multiple times how she can't wait to have princess thumbs!
I feel like it might be a little early to celebrate, but so far, this is going really well. I can't believe it!
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