I wanted to make sure this time so I haven't posted about our most amazing accomplishment. But today will be officially 4 weeks since Katie has stopped sucking her fingers!!! YES you heard me right...
KATIE HAS STOPPED SUCKING HER FINGERS!!!!
I can't even count or mention all of the times we have tried to get her to stop. We've tried rewards, bribing, scolding, nagging, ignoring, devices of all shape and size.... and nothing has stopped till we got this little friend...
We have promised Katie so many things including a trampoline many times but we finally decided just to go out and buy one. We told her she could not jump on the trampoline if we saw her sucking her fingers and the first 2 days she had some tears over being kicked off of it and having to watch Brielle and her Daddy jump (are we mean???) But low and behold she has not sucked her fingers since, NOT ONCE!
This is a HUGE accomplishment for her. And I am so PROUD of her! And the greatest thing about it is she feels proud of herself and knows that she did it, not Mommy and Daddy! I knew all along that we just had not found the right motivation. I was considering an appliance or counseling..... there was no way I was going to send her to 2nd grade still sucking her fingers! I was so worried I was scarring her for life with all my nagging and scolding. I wasn't sure she was ever going to be able to stop... but she did it!
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Way to go Katie!!
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