Our soon to be 12 year old granddaughter hit another growing up milestone yesterday. She has been wearing glasses since before she could walk. She now is the proud owner of contact lens. She earned it. At the beginning of the summer, I asked her what would motivate her to quit sucking her thumb. She had quit that bad habit about a year and a half ago after she had worn an appliance in her mouth for about 9 months. But, as with any habit or addiction, a person cannot really stop until they have that desire on their own. She slowly started it back up and before long; we had to ask her to remove her thumb from her mouth over and over again. She didn’t even have to think about a motivator; she wanted contact lens. I agreed that if she stopped sucking her thumb before she started middle school this fall, I would take her to the eye doctor to see if she can wear contacts. Perhaps entering middle school might have been enough motivation and perhaps some would disagree with my approach (you shouldn’t try to buy someone out of a habit) but it worked. She counted the days down. She knew how long they say it takes to break a habit (whoever ‘they’ are) and she counted down the days, taking it one day at a time. She also put away her baby blanket that her Aunt Janet gave her when she was fourteen months old. We discussed how it could possibly sabotage her progress since the two go hand in hand (or in this case, hand in mouth, ha, ha, ha!). Well, needless to say, she did it. Yea! She and her dad met me at the ophthalmologist office and after her exam, we got the okay from the doctor. Next came the hard part, inserting and taking them out of her eyes. I remember well my first attempt and as some of you know from experience, it doesn’t come naturally! She was getting a little frustrated but finally managed to get them in and out, then back in again so we could leave the office. I assured her that it just takes practice. She wrestled with them yesterday evening to get them out but she did much better today putting them in. She’s a happy camper now! Congratulations, Sweetie!
2 comments:
Way to go Brittany, We are so proud of you, We need grandma to post a better picture of you with your contacts in. You already look so much like your Mommy. I bet you look even more like her now.
Give Mackenzie a big hug from us and tell Grandma to give you & Bryce one.
Love you very much
Aunt Debbie & Uncle Bill
Wow- contacts. She's all grown up! She's had glasses since she was six months old. It is going to be an adjustment to see her without them. I can't believe going to middle school in a couple of weeks. I don't remember a thing that I liked about middle school- hopefully she has a better time at it than me!
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