re: thumb-sucking, security blankets, etc.

[Guest guest]

Pacifiers, thumbsucking, blanket, rubbing the tags on clothes, carrying a

" lovie " teddybear, all are part of childhood. They are frustration breakers

and security

devices. The only one of my children that didn't need braces was my

thumbsucker.

Everyone told me he would ruin his mouth. I ignored them and he outgrew it

in kindergarten because he didn't want the other kids at school to see him.

His mouth is fine and his teeth couldn't be better and he is a grown man.

I remember my daughter always had her blanket and rubbed it under her nose

all day long. One day I washed it and hung it on the clothes line to dry and

put her in her babycrib without it. When I went in to check on her she wasn't

in her crib (had never gotten out of it before) after a short search, I found

her in the backyard hanging on to

the blanket, standing up and sound asleep. As for the pacifier my

grandchildren use them and it has been hard for their parents to break them

of it. One child carried two, one for the mouth and one to rub under her

nose. At three yrs. she only has the binky at bedtime My with apraxia

uses her binky only at naptime and bedtime since her ST has discouraged it so

strongly. Everything takes time and kids change from day to day. Just a few

tidbits to hopefully ease the tension and worry. Love and hugs to all the

kids. Patty, Grammy to and from Ohio