First off, can I give myself a tip and not wait an entire year next time to buy Thum??
Thum is the wickedly nasty lacquer you paint on if you want to break the thumb sucking/nail biting habit. The main ingredient is cayenne pepper extract and let me tell you, its hot.....and nasty. It instantly took me back to 1979. Unfortunately, I was a bit more spirited (that's such a sweet way to describe myself at 5 yo) than Ellie and I would gnaw on my thumb until the lacquer wore off and then I was good-to-go. Thumb sucking resumed.
Anyway, I finally picked some up last week and made a big deal of Lauren painting it on.
Did it work? Like. A. Charm.
She has not to much as put that thumb anywhere near her mouth. This, after 3 1/2 years of consistent thumb-in-the-mouth. She is so proud of her paint job each day and refuses to "mess it up by getting it wet."
Are you kidding me? I can't believe it is this easy. I am still waiting for this to blow up in my face. And for the bargain price of $2.79 and about 6 minutes of my time.
The other hilarious part of my day was when I came downstairs to find a sign on the front door. The girls love to make signs...especially when we are having company over. Well, I went out to read it and here's what it said:
"Do to others as you would have them do to you!"
Our (former) Pastor is coming for dinner tonight.
Brown-nose much?
3 comments:
Glad it is working for Bug. That stuff absolutely DID NOT work for me. I would scrape the nail polish off with my teeth and yep, insert thumb!
Now, Mr. Max has become quite the thumb-sucker. Do you think I am going to be able to use the same strategy with a boy that you are using with Lauren??
That is my little Gracie too! I just picked up a book about a boy and his thumb sucking habit but the story is not really helping my efforts! I have to get some of that stuff. Gracie is pretty determined-we will see what happens!!
I think I need some Thum for myself. I have a terrible habit of biting my nails.
I am doing a giveaway on my blog if you're interested, by the way.
My kids are quite the brown nosers also. :)
Have a great day!
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