tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419822014263544504.post1806266179828541786..comments2023-10-30T04:39:41.446-04:00Comments on Life With Bellymonster (Liz McLennan): Bedtime Tales and the Suckie Fairy (A Guest Post)Belly (Liz McLennan)http://www.blogger.com/profile/12185843639648333419noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419822014263544504.post-79243678404460988972012-11-11T15:57:24.629-05:002012-11-11T15:57:24.629-05:00Oh dear. I am such a terrible mother. When Matt w...Oh dear. I am such a terrible mother. When Matt was 3 and was having a nap I cut the nipples off all of his "soo-soos". When he woke up, he was startled to find them broken. I told him it happens to everything, even our favourite things sometimes. He asked if they would grow back if watered them and gave them some sunshine. So we wet them under the tap and put them on the kitchen windowsill. He checked a couple times the next day then completely forgot about them. I pulled the same stunt with Isaac two years later....Now I'm thinking I could have been way more poetic.Jenniferhttp://www.amoderndayapostle.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419822014263544504.post-66157752496336214952011-07-18T18:24:48.036-04:002011-07-18T18:24:48.036-04:00Monkey stopped sucking his thumb when the desntist...Monkey stopped sucking his thumb when the desntist (read: expert) said he needed to stop sucking it because it was impacting his bite. He is a very logical Monkey. <br /><br />Begging, bribery, promises of rewards did not work. I feel confident when I say invoking the fairies would not have worked either. But one "expert" shows up and he never popped that thumb in his mouth again. Ever.<br /><br />Great read.Renee Schuls-Jacobsonhttp://rasjacobson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419822014263544504.post-66531435000418808182011-07-15T15:40:00.098-04:002011-07-15T15:40:00.098-04:00This is so sweet. I have two children that were p...This is so sweet. I have two children that were pacifier addicts, and two that wanted nothing to do with anything that did not produce food. It always amazes me how different children can be!<br /><br />I let the two suckers give up the habit on their own time. It was at about 3.5 for both of them. I'm praying this means they won't be smokers later in life! ;)Anniehttp://www.sixringcircus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419822014263544504.post-60939640378761918322011-07-15T12:57:07.196-04:002011-07-15T12:57:07.196-04:00I sucked my thumb until I was 11, when my parents,...I sucked my thumb until I was 11, when my parents, despairing of this habit, had the dentist insert a "claw" into the roof of my mouth. <br /><br />If I tried to suck my thumb, it was soon shredded by the claw, so my habit was soon broken.<br /><br />Ish.<br /><br />I started smoking at 13 and there's no doubt in my mind that part of the allure of smoking was a strong oral fixation (Insert your own dirty joke - DH love to, whenever he re-hears this story)<br /><br />Was that helpful or not? Sorry. It's not the most child-friendly course of action, but it mostly worked.Belly (Liz McLennan)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12185843639648333419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419822014263544504.post-77547320012408071852011-07-15T11:41:20.692-04:002011-07-15T11:41:20.692-04:00Oh that was totally me when I was younger.
K, Howe...Oh that was totally me when I was younger.<br />K, However Horrible Mommy this is, <br />This is what I would do<br />Tools needed<br />1. There is a solution you can get that is not harmful to your kids However it tastes like crap. Mavala Stop or something like that<br />2. There is a book called Jake and his Best Thumb.<br /><br />K, so I’d start by asking him if his thumb tastes ok today? Just cause once he becomes a big boy, the thumb starts to change it’s taste, cause it doesn’t want to be sucked anymore. Just mention it in passing a few times here and there over a month or so.<br />Start reading the book with him at bedtime. Not every night, just make it a favorite of yours, but don’t point out to much about him stopping.<br />Then after the seed has been planted, in the middle of the night when he is dead asleep, go into his room and coat his thumb with the awful tasting stuff. Try really hard not to get caught.<br />Do this for about a week. Don’t mention to him about it though. Eventually he’ll say something about it and then you congratulate him, cause he’s turning into a big boy. <br />However much you don’t want him to grow up, you are really proud that he is.<br />Keep coating the thumb at night, until the habit is done. Maybe a month.<br /><br />Yes this is sneaky and horrible. But I remember the fights I had with my parents, and I know part of me kept doing it just to spite them. So if you make it about him and his growing up, then it’s not you and he’s too little to understand why you want him to stop, but growing up he understands.<br />Anyhoo, just my thoughts.<br />MOEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419822014263544504.post-67121790933456764932011-07-15T10:08:33.070-04:002011-07-15T10:08:33.070-04:00Ok... so after reading this, I have to ask for som...Ok... so after reading this, I have to ask for some help! I have a 6 yr old step-son who still sucks his thumb. He has a hard time biting into food because he has such a bad overbite. We've pretty much accepted that we'll be shelling out for orthodontic work in his teens, but would still love some advice on how to get him to stop. Any suggestions?Melanie (that one!)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419822014263544504.post-77121215890973490112011-07-14T23:53:04.243-04:002011-07-14T23:53:04.243-04:00Thanks for making this memory immortal for me.
Lo...Thanks for making this memory immortal for me.<br /><br />Love you too.<br />Moe<br />P.S. (I can’t believe I just told the world I’m a thumb-sucker, my mother would be mortified! LMAO)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419822014263544504.post-79593101110788650102011-07-14T23:00:02.457-04:002011-07-14T23:00:02.457-04:00Aren't those memory boxes something? I got tea...Aren't those memory boxes something? I got teary when I saw them - her DH is a doll, to have made them. So sweet.Belly (Liz McLennan)https://www.blogger.com/profile/12185843639648333419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5419822014263544504.post-21726775888730101162011-07-14T22:58:07.396-04:002011-07-14T22:58:07.396-04:00I love this. I told my kids something similar, but...I love this. I told my kids something similar, but way less poetic. It went like this: "We need to mail your dummies to Santa Claus so he can give them to little babies who need them."<br /><br />It worked.<br /><br />No therapy.<br /><br />Yet.<br /><br />(Love the memory boxes!)Leanne Shirtliffe (Ironic Mom)http://ironicmom.comnoreply@blogger.com