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- From: mark@ocsmd.ocs.com (Mark Wilson)
- Subject: Re: Thumb Sucking
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- References: <1993Jan24.204139.27834@bcrka451.bnr.ca>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 14:52:26 GMT
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- I don't know if this will help, but my wife and I used pacifiers
- with our two sons just so they wouldn't get attached (so to speak)
- to thumb-sucking. With the pacifier, you can "wean" them off it
- in stages: first, no pacifiers outside; then no pacifiers except in
- bed; finally, no pacifier, but that last step came naturally with
- the first boy; with the second, we cut off the nipple part so
- he'd still have the handle if he wanted some security! There
- were no problems either time, as we took things gradually...
- both were off pacifiers by about 2 or 3. (My wife would have
- a MUCH more exact memory of the schedule, I'm sure!)
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