Cindee, great to hear about your aunt. I hope she continues to improve.
ms_Mckenna.....The walker bag looks awesome......would look better in blue and red, if you catch my drift.
also, on the thumb sucking thing.....please do NOT think that a child who is older and still sucks their thumb does so because his or her parents haven't tried to get them to quit. PLEASE.
My son is 5 and a half. he sucks his thumb CONSTANTLY. we are getting him evaluated for sensory issues over this. Seriously. We have tried EVERYTHING. I WISH he took a binky, then I could take it away from him!! We have tried to get him ONTO a binky! You name it, we have tried it, nasty tasting stuff, bribery, threats, reminders, stickers, positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment, etc etc etc. We have even tried external appliances both on his hands and in his mouth. He cannot keep his thumb out of his mouth for five minutes. EVERYONE assumes DH and I aren't concerned with it or trying to get him to stop, when in all actuality, we are working our butts off trying to get him to stop. We had to stop yellign at him so much in public, because we felt bad about it. Now we remind him in more subtle ways, but we're talking about a kid who, when you tell him to get his thumb out of his mouth, removes one thumb, turns his head and pops the other one in without even thinking baout what he just did. We even tried a radical suggestion from a doctor and TAPED his thumbs to his hand so he couldn't get to them....he sucked on his fingers. We put him into mittens....he sucked on them. It's crazy and gross.
OK, sorry. I know I went off, but it is something we deal with every day with him, and it hurts that he can't stop for FIVE FRIGGING MINUTES when we have constantly reminded him about this for years.
My point is, be thankful your child is on the binky. You can take that away. But don't take it too soon, you do NOT want them turning to their thumbs.