to suck or bite?

bray has LOVED sucking his thumb since he was little. i was determined to not have a baby that liked pacifiers and so i didn't let him have any. he learned to soothe himself with his thumb. he was such a great sleeper, i couldn't really hate the thumb sucking. sleep meant more to me. after reading megan's idea with gaby i decided to try it with bray too. i told bray if he could stop sucking his thumb he could go to the driving range & lunch at mcdonald's with daddy. no ani. he didn't quit the first day but slowly he really started to catch himself. i usual cut both the kid's fingernails at the same time and in taiwan i realized bray's was always short. i took a closer look and realized he was biting them. at the same time i realized i hadn't seen him suck his thumb in a really long time. so... he has quit sucking his thumb. HOORAY! cause with the thumb sucking he would also stick the other hand down his pants. it was a bad habit that went with the thumb sucking. now he gets his day with daddy and we are slowly working on the nail biting.