Show YOUR BABY AND MINE Advice to Parents of ThumbS Thumb- Thumb r S Sucking Child Ignore Him 5 R Ryk Y MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED I The universal authoritative advice to mothers and thumb- thumb sucking ucking ing infants is leave to-leave them alone Sucking w Is a natural ex- ex erciso and j some me babies bables do donot donot lr not get enough lof of it This is complicated com com- d by bythe the fact that too i few parents p a en ta 1 can really allow ellow el- el low Ilow a child chUd to 1 a suck u c k fingers l 1 Myrtle tle Eldred or t thumbs hum b s without doing d something to atop hl him n Mrs F F. J. J offers c convincing convincing ing proof of how frustration n works works to diminish the strength of fot the habit I Jn In 1915 we were gifted with witha a b baby by girl she ahe writes Bythe By the time I came home from the the hospital ahe she was already sucking her thumb I tried everything lotions UC cuffs sleeveless gowns It was was wu always from 11 pm p.m. to 2 am a.m. before I could retire J I Now she is two Two weeks weeks' ago I told her I would give her hera a nickel she ahe went to tot t leep without Her r thumb She waa thrilled and of her own c free will slept without It A A Adoll doll oll will be the outcome of the theten theten ten ten centre cent e a day she he earns earn when she abe sleeps without a thumb at at nap or bedtime If r ahe he her thumb I take five cents cent out of ot her bank There are me serious objections tlona to your plan It is la going to o take a long lone time to come to fruition Meanwhile the child chUd may get tired of waiting and prefer the thumb to the far far- distant doll If It she he goes back to her thumb thuin you have haY lost a chance t to t help her except through more money given oftener etc TT e reward she ahe should work for Is la tp to control contra her o own to suck She is getting to b be a abiff abig 1 big biff girl pd she ahe wants wanta to look nice fi CLa f C La L ca X make people like her her- herbe be beable able to play with both hands You stimulated her need for her lier thumb by thwarting her sucking sucking suck luck ing so 80 let her forget that Enlist Enlist En En- list h her c continued cooper cooperation Uon buy her the the- doll now as a a re reward reward re- re ward for the effort she has made and expect that shell she'll want to keep on being approved by y y you u. u r |