Samuel and his thumb have been very good friends from birth. We were happy and content to let him stop the sucking on his own. However, we were well into his Kindergarten year and the sucking was not decreasing at all. Tim decided to give him a little push that he could take at his own pace. Samuel and Tim went to Target one Saturday morning and Samuel was allowed to pick out anything that he wanted. He chose Hot Wheels Wall Tracks. The toy went to the top of the fridge where he could see it all the time. Tim made his a happy face chart. He was allowed to be caught sucking his thumb a certain amount of times a day with that number of times decreasing as he made improvements. Once he had been 2 weeks without sucking his thumb once he would be able to get his tracks.
Well, he made it through the chart with flying colors! It took about 5 weeks to make it through all of the levels, but after the first week and a half he never sucked his thumb again!
Here he is with his prize for his accomplishment:
He loves these tracks but I think what he loved the most was that he didn't have to share them ;)
You did a great job Samuel, we are so proud of you! What a huge and awesome accomplishment!
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