Thumbs up...

It started at about 3 months...

August 2006

And for 5 years the habit continued...

Sea World
October 2006

January 2007

It was mainly "used" when she was sleeping...

February 2009

But over time the habit grew stronger and stronger, till it seemed her thumb was always in her mouth...

March 2009

I used to work for an orthodontist so I know what sort of appliance is used to stop thumb sucking...it's not pretty...

July 2009

Anna started to get worried that she would never stop. We started by reminding her to take her thumb out when we saw it in her mouth. We then tried bribing (yes we were desperate) her with toys, treats, anything she wanted if she could stop sucking her thumb...

July 2010

After all our attempts had failed, we purchased "Mavala Stop". It's a nail polish that makes the thumb taste bad and hopefully breaks the habit. Well, I had my doubts if this would work and I'm pleased to say that after only 1 application Anna has STOPPED sucking her thumb!!

And she couldn't be happier!!

**I must note that I firmly believe that this worked only because Anna was ready to stop sucking her thumb. I think that if we had tried this earlier it might not of worked as quickly.**