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Thursday, March 4, 2010

Bubble Gum Queen

One way to mimic nursing for an older child is chewing gum. The jaw motion and sweetness are calming. So I've become the bubble gum queen.


Here are my couple of rules:

1) anytime between breakfast and dinner (or when the sun is up, etc) you ask for bubble gum in an honoring way (May I please have bubble gum?), I will say yes.
2) You may not touch your gum, take it out of your mouth, etc.

This not only calms them and gives them great sensory input but it also helps build trust. The always affirmative answer helps my RADish trust me with a fun want. Everyday for the first week, I had to remind her it was there and what the rules were. It was over a week before she mustered the strength to ask.

2 comments:

familygregg said...

We do sugar free and in private....Girlie plays w/hers.

Pulling...twisting...wrapping it around her finger. It's hardly in her mouth at all.
Dawn

Simply Moms said...

oh, you are braver than me!! it would be every where if I let her touch it!!!!

ha!