Tips to overcome the habit of sucking fingers

My first child, thumb suck to 2 years 6 months. Different ways we have tried, starting from the herbs, ointments, patches, so the thumb forcibly drawn into the mouth, lured gifts, but all failed.

There is a friend recommended the book, titled 36 Tips to educate children to be happy. In the book, I read that the more we pay attention to a child negative behavior, the more attractive it becomes for the child's behavior. So, the more we, the law of the thumb or the behavior we are looking forward suck the lure are present, then, that the behavior is becoming increasingly attractive to children. Think he will. "Why liked to fuss with my parents on this matter, there is nothing ... ya 'As a result, if convicted, he would steal suck thumb to keep in the book says that the thumb suck conduct an indication. the uncertainty in the child. My wife and I had a shock because we were never punished, never complaining, never give up only negative treatment of children.

From other sources I have learned that security is not only one of the parents, the child may need more time to the environment (to friends, neighbors, etc.) to adapt. Advice in the book to remove the thumb, is transmitted to other interesting activities, so that the children discover that many other things more interesting than his fingers in his mouth.

Nha turn, we, effectively, if the child does not go to bed. But if you go to bed, that's not effective.

My wife and I rack my brain and wondered back and forth until finally, at a seminar (seminar business: <), there are speakers to share their tips, by trying what the most preferred by the children, and It is used to change the behavior of children.

Once the peaks can, I realized that as soon as the lure of the gifts is I do not offer the children he wants. For several days we invite children to get around from mall to mall, from one store to another store. What I have to wait for the release of the sentence, "Father, will buy it ... Adi".

Nah, at that time came when bedding accessories in a store wanted to buy my son to bed cover art of Dora. I welcome direct, "OK, it may be ... The price of 250rb, Mrs. Adis father would this blanket when not to buy suck thumbs for a week. How?" My son was very excited, but I say, if not a week suck thumb again, the calculation is repeated from the beginning.

When I was in the box above 7 make my piece of paper, insert in front of my bedroom. Every morning after waking up one day earlier and he did not suck thumb, so he carved a cross in one box.

The first process he suck thumb fit again to sleep on the third day. In the morning I said that he suck thumb so that it should be repeated again from the first 7 box. The second week he failed on the sixth day, and he became increasingly desperate. "Never have good recall, not to buy a duvet is not a dad." In the afternoon I invited him to the store again, and I asked him to choose the color. He chose the color pink, and I said to the salesman, "Aunt Nina, for example, when Adi is not suck thumb in the week, the color pink blanket Dora bought Adis be so ..." My son was deliberately created to hear the conversation. And shop owners know what I mean and give encouragement for my child.

The third week he had no thumbs suck a week, and I lift the phone, I said to my son, "Now telephone Aunt Nina, tell me so take Adis pink Dora blanket." With pride, my son said to buy the owner, and owner congratulated stores all over him.

Since then, he forgot his manners suck thumb.

May be useful.