So Parker has always been a man who sucks his thumb. From the time he was born there was no stopping him. I had always planned on someday having to use extreme measures to get him to stop. However, over the last couple weeks I noticed when I went in at night to make sure he was covered up I no longer had to pry the thumb out. I waited on it and didn't say anything but a few days ago I asked him if he sucked his thumb anymore. He replied that "no I don't, only babies suck thumbs" I said "but you are my baby" and he assured me he was not longer a baby he is "actually a big boy."
I never thought I would be sad about this because when it started I tried everything to get him to take a Binky. But after our little talk about the thumb I sat on the couch and had myself a good long cry. It's hard for me to watch parker grow up into a little man because I know time passes by so fast. This whole watching your kid grow up is a real love hate thing with me. I love the different stages that he has gone through but a little part of me thinks it's just going by a little to fast. Before I know it he will be off to school. If I cry that hard over him not sucking his thumb can't imagine how bad I will be on the first day of school!
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Parker sure is an independent little guy. First he decided to use the potty and now the thumb! It's funny how the cliche's we have always heard..."they grow up too fast"...are becoming a reality. Of course, I am trying my hardest to keep Isaac from growing up....mostly because I'm a little slow. I do miss a lot of things that Abby used to do. But be greatful it wasn't a nightmare to get rid of the thumbsucking....getting rid of a binky was yucky!!
I bawled like a baby when each of my kids started school! None of mine ever sucked their thumb, but we still have a couple of "blankies" hanging around! I heard that you have a new calling similar to mine!! Good luck with it... I know you will be wonderful at it!!
Oooooh! Now I want to cry too. My kids were gone for the last 5 days and I missed them every second. When Oliver got home I hugged him and called him my baby boy. He quickly corrected me and said, "I am not a baby! I am a big boy!" And I felt sad . . . he used to like to pretend like he was my baby.
And please do cry on the first day of school . . . then I'll feel better about the fact that I cried for days when Evalynn started :)
I cried on the first day of school- we didn't have an issue with the thumb, so no idea. But I even cried (off to the side, lol) when he spent a day researching and making a school project. Told me he was old enough to do it all. He was- I watched form the sidelines, but goodness, that was weird...
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