FINALLY!

We did it!  Alaina doesn't suck her fingers and Paige doesn't suck her thumb. Well, Paige doesn't suck her thumb MOST of the time.  A four and a half year habit is hard to break.  I've been looking for a motivation to help them stop.  Paige isn't motivated by things, so pre-k was the perfect thing to work towards.  We told her that big girls go to pre-k, but big girls do NOT suck their thumbs.  So if she wanted to go, she had to stop sucking her thumb. 

At the same time, knowing that we are coming up on cold and flu season, we had to try Alaina.  We knew it would be a struggle, but this was as good a time as any.  So we got out the Mavala Stop and put it on.  As I was painting it on their nails I was praying out loud for God to help them find comfort in Him and not in their fingers and thumb.

God does answer prayer!  I haven't seen Alaina suck her fingers in two weeks, not since that first application.  And if you know Alaina, this truly is God's intervention.  It hasn't been an issue for her.  She's handled it like it was never a habit.  Praise God!  Paige has been a little slower going.  We've used the stuff before and like in the past, she sucks her thumb with Mavala Stop on.  So we've started using bandaids as a reminder at nap time and bed time.  She really is doing great and wants to succeed.  It just is taking a little longer and more reminders.