So... Leah discovered her thumb is ideal for sucking the other day.... I thought it was the cutest thing I'd ever seen. I shouted for Sam to come look but immediately regretted it... when he set his sights on our little girl, sucking away, I watched as his eyes bugged out of his head and glazed over ... I knew the damage was done.
You see, Sam sucked his thumb till the ripe age of 8. Those of you who know him may find this alarming but it was so bad that his big brother Joe coated his thumb in paint thinner... Much to his dismay, Sam found the thinner to be delicious! Joe had unwittingly introduced him to a new addiction that would take him years to kick.
As a final resort, he began surprising Sam in the night. If he found Sam sucking, he would drag him out of bed and make him do pushups... he once did 350 ... The memories still haunt him to this day....
Hours after Leah's thumb sucking incident, after we'd all gone to bed, I was awakened by shouting in the living room. Given Sam's past, I wasn't surprised when this is what I saw...
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