Just wanted to let everyone know how proud I am of Masen! He is REALLY trying hard to stop sucking his thumb- yes, he's 5, and in Kindergarten, and he still sucks his thumb. For those of you who have kiddos who use binks...BE GLAD! At least you can take away (or throw away) binks.
We have started a new "incentive" approach. Everyday Masen starts out with a jar of marbles (usually 6 - this number will decrease every day). He loses one every time we catch him sucking his thumb. And at the end of the day if he has any marbles left in his jar, he earns $0.50. So far this is working, hopefully it's not too early to be saying this (it is only day #2). He is trying to save up to buy a new Transformer.
Of course, we are also using the positive reinforcement and praise techniques too. Masen really thrives off of praise! In fact last week as I was driving him to his Awana club, I was boosting his Ego and telling him how proud we are of him - he's doing so well in school, in Awana, and at trying really hard to stop sucking his thumb. He then shrugged his shoulders and replied, "Well, you should be Mommy. I'm proud of myself, so you sure should be proud of me."
This is our Masen! The corky, pleasing (yet still stubborn) Masen. How proud we are of him and Dawson! Everday I remind myself how blessed I am to have my two sons (and husband) and I can't wait to see what else life has in store for us.
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