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The immortal Miss Ellie

Posted on August 2, 2009 | Comments Off on The immortal Miss Ellie

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Mr. Boy’s spirit animal, this stuffed elephant, recently had her first bath in nine years. Followed by a tumble dry. It was Mrs. Charm’s idea. Get rid of her familiar smell, the thinking went, and Mr. B. would be less inclined to carry her about and sleep with her. Not that we mind that, especially, but he still sucks his fingers, despite our best efforts to stop it, and her comfortin presence seems to play a role in it. Anyhow, it didn’t work. The precocious pachyderm, Miss El, remains immortal. And the rising fourth grader’s finger sucking, alas, continues.

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Finger-sucking solution

Posted on November 20, 2006 | Comments Off on Finger-sucking solution

Mr. Boy went to bed irritable because of the extract of cactus painted on the fingernails of his two sucking fingers. Nibble No More is the name of the stuff provided by his dentist this afternoon for the nail painting. All in the interest of ending his finger sucking to straightenhis bite before his permanent teeth start coming in. The stuff–which tastes unpleasantly sour–is billed as a solution to nail biting. I don’t doubt it. It’s sad, in a way, because he’s leaving one more vestige of babyhood behind. Will this also be the end of Miss El? He usually holds her while sucking his fingers. I didn’t see him with her once all afternoon. Passages.

UPDATE  In the middle of the night we hear a cry from Mr. B.’s bedroom followed by: "I feel like I’m going to throw up." His fingers had gravitated to his mouth in his sleep.

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