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Audrey's Reward

Probably 6 months ago Audrey asked me if she could get her ears pierced.  I said we could talk to Daddy, but I am sure that if she stopped sucking her thumb and paci he would let her.  She gave me a look like "Got me there, Mom cuz we both know that isn't happening!"  Audrey has a deep need to suck something to go to sleep.  It started with her thumb, and we did get her switched to a pacifier just to get her to stop sucking her thumb (so many germs!)  She has tried to stop sucking but it would last all of three seconds she would ask "How am I going to sleep?  What am I going to suck?"  We always felt like we were asking her to sleep with her eyes open.  Many times if she lost her paci in her sleep in her thumb would go with her even knowing.  But last week Monday at nap time she willingly gave me her paci and asked me to tape up her thumbs.  She has been working so hard.  Running downstairs after her nap and asking me "Did I do it?" Then we would look at her fingers to see if they were pruney.  Tonight she got her reward and she is so proud of her little blue earrings.  She was so brave.

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