Comments on: The Best $30 I’ve Ever Spent http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/ Uncommon Sense Sat, 10 Jan 2009 01:26:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Jenn http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/#comment-1162 Jenn Sat, 26 Jan 2008 04:20:22 +0000 http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/#comment-1162 Way to go Keira.... and Mom. It IS so hard - for both of you. Way to go Keira…. and Mom. It IS so hard - for both of you.

]]> By: Pam http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/#comment-1039 Pam Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:02:21 +0000 http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/#comment-1039 I was a thumb sucker! My parents used that nasty nail polish stuff...blah! I finally outgrew it....good luck for Keira! I was a thumb sucker! My parents used that nasty nail polish stuff…blah! I finally outgrew it….good luck for Keira!

]]> By: Ami http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/#comment-1036 Ami Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:00:50 +0000 http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/#comment-1036 We used this same concept on Liam for nail biting. He hated the lotion, so he quit biting with the promise of a new, cool toy, and we promised no lotion, as long as he kept up to his part of the deal. It worked! We're about to try the same idea on Garrett for nail biting, too. Good luck for Keira! We used this same concept on Liam for nail biting. He hated the lotion, so he quit biting with the promise of a new, cool toy, and we promised no lotion, as long as he kept up to his part of the deal. It worked! We’re about to try the same idea on Garrett for nail biting, too. Good luck for Keira!

]]> By: andrea http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/#comment-1033 andrea Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:13:44 +0000 http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/#comment-1033 Yay for her! Joelle used to have trouble with biting her nails (uh...like mother, like daughter, i suppose -- oops!). We said that once she stopped biting her nails, she could start wearing nail polish. It worked really well. Yay for her!
Joelle used to have trouble with biting her nails (uh…like mother, like daughter, i suppose — oops!).
We said that once she stopped biting her nails, she could start wearing nail polish.
It worked really well.

]]> By: Cecily http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/#comment-1032 Cecily Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:09:03 +0000 http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/#comment-1032 Fingers crossed, trying not to suck on them in the process...The power of suggestion is pretty amazing!! My son went through this weird phase where he chewed on his longs sleeves. He chewed some of them so much that he chewed holes in them. It made me NUTS. Eventually he moved out of the phase but for a while I toyed with making him wear short sleeves to school even in the winter. Fingers crossed, trying not to suck on them in the process…The power of suggestion is pretty amazing!!

My son went through this weird phase where he chewed on his longs sleeves. He chewed some of them so much that he chewed holes in them. It made me NUTS. Eventually he moved out of the phase but for a while I toyed with making him wear short sleeves to school even in the winter.

]]> By: Leeann http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/#comment-1031 Leeann Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:30:57 +0000 http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/#comment-1031 Ugh. I was a thumb sucker. My parents put this nasty, nasty fingernail polish stuff on, that tasted like a dirty penny. I had a metal bed frame at the time and I remember that I would suck on my finger and then press my tongue on the cold metal to eliminate the taste. Or, I would make my mouth really cold with water and then suck anyway. Don't worry. I finally outgrew it. :) Ugh. I was a thumb sucker. My parents put this nasty, nasty fingernail polish stuff on, that tasted like a dirty penny. I had a metal bed frame at the time and I remember that I would suck on my finger and then press my tongue on the cold metal to eliminate the taste. Or, I would make my mouth really cold with water and then suck anyway.
Don’t worry. I finally outgrew it. :)

]]> By: Deb http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/#comment-1030 Deb Fri, 11 Jan 2008 17:24:35 +0000 http://commonmom.com/daily-life/the-best-30-ive-ever-spent/#comment-1030 I am so grateful that neither of my kids sucked their thumb or fingers. Yes, they had a pacifier until they were 3 1/2 but only in their room and I'll take that over a finger any day - because you can eventually throw it away. And luckily, they were particular about the kind of pacifier. Good for Keira for being a tough girl. That probably deserves a trip to Chuck E. Cheese : ) (sorry, that's cruel and unusal punishment for a parent). I am so grateful that neither of my kids sucked their thumb or fingers. Yes, they had a pacifier until they were 3 1/2 but only in their room and I’ll take that over a finger any day - because you can eventually throw it away. And luckily, they were particular about the kind of pacifier. Good for Keira for being a tough girl. That probably deserves a trip to Chuck E. Cheese : ) (sorry, that’s cruel and unusal punishment for a parent).

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