I put out my July 4th decorations last week and just as soon as I got them out, they were taken down to be played with. Molly asked if she could have them to play with so I said sure. I'm not quite sure what exactly she was doing, but she had a great time! :)
Molly had been a thumb sucker ever since she was about 3 1/2 months old! We were so thankful that she found her thumb when she did because it totally soothed and calmed her and we loved it! I remember taking her to the doctor for a checkup shortly after she found her thumb and when I told the doctor about it, she was less than thrilled! Her thoughts were that it will be hard to break later on. That kind of annoyed me because at the time when she was just 3 1/2 months old I did not care at all about years later! All I cared about is that she found something to soothe her when she was upset!
Molly has sucked her thumb ever since and each time we go to the dentist we've been asked about this. The dentist didn't seem too concerned and even told us not to really worry about it, that she would probably just stop sucking it on her own.
This past year for school she had to wear a mask all day long and I thought that might help her to stop sucking her thumb, but that backfired! Instead, I feel like she sucked it more when she got home from school to make up for lost time!
Well, we went to the dentist earlier this month and the dentist asked about it again. I told her we hadn't really done much to try to get her to stop, so the dentist gave us a little help. She painted some polish on Molly's thumb that tasted really bad (like ear wax) and would last for a couple of days. When we left Molly tried sucking her thumb and did not like it at all! And guess what?! It worked! Molly has stopped sucking her thumb! The yucky polish has more than worn off and we didn't even have to buy more to put on. She just decided to stop sucking it and we are so proud of her! I'm kind of sad for her because it was such a comfort to her and she said it felt so good on her tongue, but I guess all good things must come to an end!
This came up on my memories the other day and I think it's so funny! I remember this picture so well! Lucy was a little over a year old and we had gone down to Joplin for the day to see my sister and nephews. We went to the mall to walk around and took some pictures in a photo booth. I think this picture is so funny! I still have the photo strip hanging on my refridgerator and love seeing it every day!
We had a family Sports Day last weekend and did our kids ever love it!! (The end of that sentence should be read with heavy sarcasm and eye rolls.) When Ross and I were dating, one Sunday afternoon we rode bikes at a local trail. Then later that same day we played tennis and played catch. I don't remember if we had planned to do all of that activity that day or not, but we had a fun time and called it Sports Day! We did Sports Day again the next year and added in another sport to our mix. I think we only did it for two years and then it stopped. I'd say we just forgot about it and then had a couple of kids so really didn't have time. Well, this year I decided to bring it back! I told the girls about it and they seemed really excited for it, but that excitement didn't last long once we got going!
This year we planned to do biking, kickball, softball, and basketball. We brought our bikes up to the school playground and rode around a few times and then moved on to kickball. Molly was done after the bike riding because she got really hot. We got her to play a little kickball with us, but after that she was done! Lucy, Ross, and I then moved on to basketball and had a fun time playing around with that.
Sports Day didn't go quite as I had expected, but that's okay. I still had fun! Maybe we'll try again next year!
