He caught it!

Well, it is official, the kid has caught his thumb. And not like he has a few times over the past 12 weeks, but full on caught it. As in he sleeps with it in his mouth, he does it in the carseat, a little nip in the bouncy seat, a tasty when snuggling, and even as far as to try and suck on both the nip and thumb at the same time during his feeds. The kid is addicted to the thumb! I always told myself I would rather a kid use the binky than the thumb because you can take away a pacifier, not so much the deal with the thumb. If I try to take that away than Child Protective Services might scoop in for endangering a child or something like that. I like the idea of the thumb though, if the binky falls out we have to pop it back in, you don't have that problem with the thumb. My only concern is that it will screw up his teeth, but than again, I think we have a little while to go until then.

My nine year old sister has to get braces from all her years of thumb sucking but I have a trick to share. Some kids will only suck their thumbs in their sleep and my tip/trick for solving that problem is a simple, but good one. It would probably work well when trying to wean your older toddler/preschooler from the thumb. Wrap an ace bandage around the elbow of the thumb sucking arm. This way the child can thumb suck to sleep for the comfort, but after falling asleep the resistance will be too strong and out pops the thumb. It's a win-win.

I also went today to get my car checked. It was making some noise when I was driving to work the other day. Phil checked under the hood and couldn't find a problem. I do have to get my brake pads changed in the near future. I plan to watch/help Eric change them so that in the future I can save myself some bucks and do it myself! I am a handy do-it-yourself type of chick!

As a final note, I also had the biopsy done today, totally didn't feel a thing which was nice. Only downsize, now there are two spots on my cervix rather than the one. Keep your fingers crossed that it is nothing. I tested negative for HPV so it isn't related to that. I told Matt I am a medical mystery. I have a rather low heartrate, but have normal lab work and a normal EKG. I have abnormal cells on my cervix, but not the normal causative factors involved. I got pregnant with Chase and don't even remember having sex during my more fertile times. I think if the biopsy comes back normal it will further confirm that thought!