Believe it or not, some of my most popular posts in the past are those about our battle with thumb and finger sucking. Yes, both of my sets of twins (all four boys) sucked their fingers and/or thumbs. In fact, I taught them to do it! (insert gasp here!)
When they were tiny babies, it was much easier to teach them to get their hands to their faces than it was for me to get up and find their pacifiers in the middle of the night! So, even though I DID teach them to suck their thumbs/fingers, I did not want them to continue with the habit. With that said, I thought I would provide an update on our finger-sucking adventure!
It was May 12, 2010 when I posted about our final solution to stopping the finger sucking habit! I was desperate…and creative, but we have not turned back since! It has been over 2.5 years since I have had a thumb/finger sucker in our family! I guess it is safe to say that we have kicked the habit! LOL!! So, if you would like to follow our thumb-sucking journey, check out the posts below:
Thumb Guards 03.04.09 Explains how we got ourselves into this whole thumb sucking ordeal. Plus, I include details about our awesome success using Thumb Guards for our first set of twins.
Thumb Guard Update 03.22.09 Provides an update from our first attempts at the guards with the younger twins. It showcases our progress (with JI) and lack of progress (with TJ) and how we tried to remedy it.
Relapsed 03.29.09 The peer pressure from TJ’s lack of progress caused JI to relapse.
The Thumb Guards & Finger Guards are Back!! 03.26.10 Explains how we purchased additional guards to combat TJ’s love for his fingers!
No More Thumb Suckers! 05.12.10 We had to get creative, but we found a solution for TJ that TOTALLY worked!
Now that we officially have kicked the habit, I am hoping that our efforts may save us some money in orthodontist work in the future! A girl can hope, right?!?!? LOL!!
So, do you have any thumb/finger suckers? Do you have a success story of your little one(s) kicking the habit?
