No More Thumb

I believe I am safe to say that Ginger no longer sucks her thumb.

Ginger did it from the beginning and I was worried because her older brother did it and I had no idea how to get him to stop. George finally stopped a month before he turned 4. We actually got a game cube for Christmas and it kept his hands busy so he didn't think about it. Within a month he gradually stopped, even at night when he did it most.

With Ginger I painted her nails with regular polish then I tried some of the "stop the bite" nail polish that is suppose to help keep you from biting your nails. And let me tell you it is nasty and bitter. I got some on my fingers barely and then on my lips. I tasted it for half the day. I didn't use it quite as long as the bottle says to but it seems to have worked. There were two times in the beginning when I caught her and I just painted her nails more often.

A couple of other things that have helped her is all of her new surroundings here, lots of things to do with her brothers and sisters home from school, and her age which is close to George's when he quit. One thing I've noticed is that she tells me she's tired a lot. So I think that has substituted her putting her thumb in her mouth.

NOW, we are just waiting for her front teeth to grow back. We had them pulled when she was almost 3. She badly chipped one and the other one was greying when she fell down some stairs.