Week of December 11, 2006

Neil continues to sleep well at night waking up only once or so but I know its because he sucks his thumb. I tried curtailing this thumb-sucking for 2 nights but ended up with no sleep at all myself. So I decided to wait till the holidays to experiment with this. He sucks his thumb now during the day as well, to our utter dismay! Everytime there is lack of attention, there goes his thumb into his mouth. As much as I was hoping that this was a temporary phase, I am beginning to think its a habit here to stay! As long as someone is talking to Neil and playing with him he forgets his thumb but otherwise.... :-(