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| Thumbsucker BEWARE! |
 jennysulpizio writes, "This stuff tastes so unbelievably bad, that your kids will not want their fingers anywhere near their mouths. It's a foul-tasting concoction of nastiness and I am loving it."
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Okay, I'll admit it: I sucked my thumb for a long time. A really long time. In fact, I think I was in the 4th or 5th grade when I finally stopped.
That's like a decade of thumb-sucking people and in all honesty, if it were socially acceptable, I would probably STILL suck my thumb. But that's a whole other issue.
For whatever reason though, I think it's hereditary. I mean, all three of my kids never took to a pacifier as babies and only looked to their appendages for comfort. There weren't any special blankies or animals that they were attached to...just their fingers. My daughter immediately took to her index finger and my sons? Well, they both suck on their middle two fingers of their left hands-STILL! Having been a finger-sucker myself, I can totally relate but we have reached a point where this habit needs to go.
I mean, just looking at this picture, I see dollar signs and the ringing of a cash register in my head as I think about the oral devices, contraptions, and braces that will go into each one of their mouths. But as a parent, what can I do? I mean, I've tried all means possible in order to stop this habit from continuing, but nothing has worked. Not bribery, discipline, pleading, threatening...nothing. I even approached their dentist and asked if they made some type of something that could prevent my kiddos from sticking those appendages into their mouths but no luck there either.
I thought it was a lost cause and that pictures like these would probably carry on into their teenage years. In fact our family portrait at Christmas each year would look like the one above, only with Christmas sweaters and a nice pair of pants. *enter huge sigh*
That's when Mavala (Ma-val-a) came to the rescue. After posting this pic on Facebook and asking for help from my FB family, a friend came through and recommended this amazing concoction that will do the trick for my finger-suckers. Like nail polish, Mavala is simply brushed on to the nails of your little ones and it is at that moment that you can kiss the nasty and oh-so-expensive habit "good-bye." No, really! This stuff tastes so unbelievably bad, that your kids will not want their fingers anywhere near their mouths. It's a foul-tasting concoction of nastiness and I am loving it.
In fact, I'd like to take a moment and thank Sweden for this awesomely nasty product that has given me the opportunity to look at my kids without their hands glued to their faces. Thank you for letting me see my kids' lips again, Sweden.
Oh, and thanks for ABBA too...
The Mavala product can be purchased on Amazon and will arrive at your door in just a few short days...
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Posted on Aug 05, 2011 13:36pm.
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