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From: tar@hou5g.UUCP (Tim Rock)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Thumb-sucking ....
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Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 07:15:36 EST
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In response to the question of ideas for breaking a child
of thumb sucking I would like to relate to you one of my
sister's experiences.

Her daughter was continually sucking her thumb.  She had
a seventy year old man she met at church baby sit for her
on several occasions.  Each time he sat with her, she noticed
that for a while afterwords her daughter would refrain
from sucking her thumb.  She eventually asked the gentleman
how he was achieving this result and found out he was
applying Liederkranz cheese to Dori's thumbs.  Little
Dori was unable to bear bringing her thumbs within the
vacinity of her nose.  After a while her mother only had
to refer to the "yucky" cheese to get the desired results.

I imagine that any pungent cheese would have the same affect.

Tim Rock AT&T Info Systems Holmdel hou5g!tar