Thumbsucker....

Landen found his thumb at four months and loved it ever since. Recently I noticed that he was sucking his thumb pretty much all the time. Walking around the house, watching t.v, when he was outside, in the car, at the store......all the time!! I decided it was time to try to break him of this habit. Many people said that younger the better. So last week every time I saw him start to put his thumb in his mouth I would say "No thumb" and he immediately took it out. I would give him a toy to put in that hand to keep distracted. The first day I had to tell him a lot to take his thumb out of his mouth, but by the next day when he started to do it, I turned to look at him and he instantly stopped. Could it really be this easy?? Yes! It was...it's as if he doesn't even remember that he has a thumb anymore! Nap time and bedtime I haven't attempted to master yet. I don't mind if he sucks his thumb when he is going to bed. Right now I am very proud that I no longer see a little boy with his thumb in his mouth all day long.