Thumb sucking

Thumb Sucking

This is to all the mothers who worry about their child with their thumb sucking problem. My baby too has this habit of thumb sucking – I use to be very tense coz in case baby does this all the time there is a possibility of her upper teeth jutting out. I had asked the doc too as to what can be done. My doc just said not to worry she will leave doing that on her own. We use to put mittens on – and what would baby do was pull out the mittens. That plan too failed. We also bought her a pacifier – that too didn’t work – baby would just push it out.

As time passed – she has reduced this habit of thumb sucking not 100% but say about 80% Now she needs it only when she is about to sleep Once she has fallen asleep we slowly remove her thumb out.
My advice to u mothers is not to worry or just pull the thumb out of your sweet baby’s mouth. Just talk to her saying that this is bad and she will understand it. Keep showing her thumb and remove it slowly saying it is bad. I’m sure your baby will be out of this thumb sucking problem. Just have a little patience and make the child understand by talking - action about this bad habit of thumb sucking. See to it that your baby is well fed. Give her all the attention and discourage this thumb sucking habit. Keep your baby busy with toys etc. respond to your baby’s crying and soothe her. Give ur baby a feeling that she is safe with you and cuddle her. Keep some toys in front of her so that she is engaged in doing something. Most important your baby will be successfully out of this thumb sucking problem with your love, caring and encouragement.

colic baby

Last month my baby was crying and crying due to colic - we really didn’t know what was happening – but we guessed it must be colic . I was on my way to my friend’s place. My mom was all alone with her – she tried all sorts of things but she could probably do little to assuage it. She called me on my cell . I immediately took a turn to return back home I could hear her scream over the phone. I immediately called her god-ma since she was in town to rush home, she too said its just colic. We had never experienced such a thing before – she was 4 1/2 months old then. I heard of relatives and friends talking to me about colic baby – but that was the day I experienced how it was like.. I called her doc – he told me to give her prescribed drops and she would be fine (S.O.S.) even after giving her few drops of the prescribed medicine her cry / pain was not subsiding . Mom tried home remedies like giving her little warm water to drink – she put some oil on her tummy and massaged – my baby felt fine and got good sleep. This is when I really experienced what does a colic baby has to go through and what should be done for colic baby.

Rica's mum