Emma sucks thumb since from she was still inside Mommy's tummy. We saw that from the ultra sound. She was still sucking thumb until she was 4. I think she might have gotten the Gene from her daddy. Her Daddy sucked the thumb all the way to 7 year old!
I had tried all sorts methods to break this bad habit by
Scare her: If you keep sucking thumb, your teeth will stick out like bunny and you will not be pretty any more.
Emma : But Bunny is cute.
Encourage her: See, you can do it, you didn't suck thumb. Good girl.
Apply the anti-bacteria soup on her thumb. This only work when she is in the car. She can't wait to get home and wash it off.
Put a ring on her thumb to remind her.
All these only work for a little while. I finally gave up. Then one day, Emma was jumping up and down on the Sofa and she accidentally hit her front teeth with her knee. One of her front teeth came loose. Daddy helped to put her tooth back to the position and asked her to lie down to rest. Scared of losing her tooth, Emma lie in the bed quietly with tears in her eyes. I warned her: You can not suck the thumb any more or you gonna lose your tooth. She nodded.
The following days, Emma still complained a little pain on her tooth. But that pain did stop her from sucking thumb. Then after a week, when her tooth is recovered, I didn't realize but suddenly one day notice: hey, my little girl is not sucking thumb any more. She forgot about it. The most stubborn bad habit is gone, Horray!
It's interesting how things work out sometimes.
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