Throwing Away the Suckies

Recently I took my son to the dentist to get his very first check-up. Was such an exciting day. He of course fussed through the first visit so we re-scheduled to do it when the Foreigner was here to join us and help Wee Man be a little more relaxed. It worked! Sadly we quickly found out that his suckies, which he refers to as his dough-dees (ya… I know, Papa started the silly name), were having real bad side effects on not only his teeth, but his speech as well.

He’s always been one that struggled to pronounce words and it has really started to get to me as he is getting older. So… the Foreigner and I sat down attempting to figure out ways to get rid of these teeth destroying things. Of course every way we thought of was going to be hard, and I tend to have a bit of a weak spot when it comes to things my children have for security blankets.

Throwing away the suckies can be hard, especially when it is something your child relies on to fall asleep, just as my son has done since he was born. He’d scream, have fits and refuse to lie down without them, which in turn led to Mommy getting upset and then giving in.

Funny Thing Happened!

Well… the suckies are gone thanks to Baby Girl being naughty and disposing them on him. One evening last week the Foreigner and I went for dinner, kids stayed home with their Auntie and not too long after we left I get a text saying,

“Wee Man’s dough-dees are gone, Baby Girl shoved them into a hole in the wall…”

At first I felt bad, but in a way, THANK YOU BABY GIRL! She did the bad deed that I was dreading doing, and he knows that they are not gone, they are protecting him in the hole in the wall. Yes.. I do tell him that. Whatever will get him to stop asking for them and get him to sleep.

For all those Moms out there who have to deal with the dreaded suckies all I can say is avoid them. My daughter has never used them as I never introduced them to her when she was a new born. It has been a fight for a very long time to get rid of the suckies, but thankfully they are gone and his teeth and speech will start improving drastically.

Some ways you can get rid of the suckies include…

Getting child to throw away into garbage themselves
Cutting a hole in the tips which will then make the child not like the feel of them
Taking them away cold turkey and dealing with the tantrums
Putting vinegar on the tips

It can be hard taking such a thing away, but it needs to be done. If you want to have children with prized teeth avoid the suckies! My daughter has amazing teeth, straight as a line thanks to the avoidance of suckies. Throw the suckies away!!

Tell me some ways that you’ve gotten rid of suckies with your children… I’d love to hear your crafty ideas that are of course “temper friendly”.