Elly is almost 4 and still pretty dedicated to sucking her thumb. This is causing us some concern. So, today I tried to scare Elly out of sucking her thumb by explaining the concept of "buck teeth" and the resulting braces. She looked a little confused, so I offered to show her pictures online.
Me (pointing to the grossest pictures): "Elly, if you keep sucking your thumb, you'll have to have these metal pieces glued to your teeth."
Elly: "Mom, that will be really pretty...see?" (pointing to the kids who had different colored elastics on their braces...halloween colors, christmas colors, pastels.)
Plan officially backfired. I should've known that to her braces are like jewelry for your teeth!
September 9, 2010
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eden is still sucking her thumb too. i've heard putting bandaids on is supposed to help, or painting them if they don't suck them, the only band aids i had though were really old and not very sticky so eden pulled them right off.
maybe you should try some pictures of mouth diseases...if she thinks oozing puss is pretty then you have a real problem.
i can't believe i'm admitting this, but i sucked my thumb until i was 9. 9!! and yes, i had head/neck gear and braces. so not worth it.
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