It's snowing! We are getting used to our coats and hats again! We are storing our summer clothes and sandals again! See you in 3-4 months beloved T shirts!
Tomorrow we're meeting with a speech therapist named Gillian. We're unsure if she is willing to help us long term, but we'll talk to her about it tomorrow. She is a Canadian who has been a speech therapist for 25 years and now is working here in Ulaanbaatar.
Pray they will click with one another and Sierra will work with her so that Gillian can access her thoroughly.
One great thing about our trip to Thailand was the time to see Sierra interact with other 3 year olds. Thankfully, Peter and I are on the same page about getting Sierra help asap. So we are waiting here in UB for that purpose.
On Wednesday we'll head home and hopefully have a speech therapy plan for Sierra. One of our major items of business is to help Sierra stop sucking her fingers. She sucks much of the day and that isn't helping to make her say more!
Any suggestions? When Weston needed to stop it was easy- just take away the binky. Not so this time.
4 comments:
I will be praying for you...no, I don't have ideas...Julie sucked her fingers until she was 5, and I think she just finally decided to stop...maybe she has some ideas.
That's just it... I chose. It had to be my idea. In fact, I remember it very clearly... Mom and I were in the car and I just told her I had decided to stop sucking my fingers. She was like, "Really? Okay." Probably I had heard someone say something about how "Babies" suck their fingers, and heaven knows I didn't want to be thought of as a baby. Sorry I'm not more help.
I've heard of putting vinegar on fingers so that it taste bad. I think there are actually commercial products you can purchase that taste bad.
What about keeping a mitten on her had all day.
I'm praying about the speech therapy and the decisions facing you and Peter. You will make the right decision. Nobody loves Sierra more that her mommy and daddy and God has equipped you both to take care of her.
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We used the Finger Guard with Bethany and it worked like a charm. It took about 30 days of consistent use and the habit was broken. www.thumbguard.net
Micah (basically only sucks his fingers at night) has decided to try to stop on his own, so he is wearing gloves to bed. :)
So I think Joel is next in line for the Finger Guard. I better get on it soon. He will probably never have any desire on his own to quit! :)
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