Farewell lil thumb addict!

Our battle with our lil thumb addict has finally came to an end after 3 long years!!

Good bye lil thumb addict !

Dear Emmalyn

It worried us so much when we had to make your first trip to A&E 5 months back (read more here). From then on, we are determined to quit you from thumb sucking.

Her little thumb

It's amazing what a little thumb can do. Other than all the hand movements, it helps Emma to soothe herself rather easily and effectively. Hence, she rarely need our help as her precious thumb is always with her to comfort her.

We tried to pull out her thumb when we see it but she has been getting really addicted to it. She didn't like the pacifier since she was young. Even though pacifier might affect the teeth alignment, it is said to be easier to quit than the thumb. We tried 3 so far and none ever stay in her mouth for more than 3 mins. She still prefers her thumb. I read that as long as child quit before her permanent teeth set in, it will be fine. Besides slight soreness is normal. So, it was very worrying when we see how bad her hand condition was.

What happened?

Weeks ago, we realised that she was sucking more since she was rather unwell due to the jabs and her left thumb was sore. We bandaged her left and she resort to her right. Left thumb recovered but the tender skin on her right suffered. So, we let her switch back to the left.

Soon after, we saw that her left thumb was swollen and so we started bandaging her left again on Saturday. Apparently, she was sucking quite hard and made a cut on her thumb with her teeth. As she suck, she introduced more bacteria to her cut and this led to the onset of infection.

* Sunday *

It got worse with more swell on the next day. Hence, we bandaged both hands to stop her sucking and we brought her to pd after church service. Pd pricked and drained the pus. She prescribed antibiotics augmentin and antiseptic cream.

While waiting for the pd..