Haikal has stopped sucking his fingers…

And now, the mission is to get Hanif to stop sucking his fingers.

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Yes, ladies and gentlemen. Haikal no longer sucks his fingers, thanks to yours truly :)

Of late, I realized that his obsession to suck his fingers was due to the hanky that he would hold on to – kinda like the bantal busuk that some kids have, except that the hanky could be washed and exchanged for another as long as it was of similar size and quality.

Anyway, every time he came back from school, he would look for the hanky and started to suck his fingers - macam lepas gian gitu. But, if the hanky was not around, he would not be sucking his fingers.

So, for our trip to Kuala Terengganu, I took a calculated risk and purposely didn’t pack any of his hankies. Either he would scream his head off when it was time to sleep or he would just forget about the hanky and go to sleep, which I’ve seen him done a few times before. I was ever prepared to face his scream.

Thankfully, he chose the latter and no dramatic event took place. And the best thing was, when we arrived home from the trip, he was not interested anymore to look for the hankies, and thus, quit sucking his fingers simultaneously. He’s very proud of his own achievement as well and boasted to all that he’s already a big boy and doesn’t suck his fingers anymore – especially to Daanya.

Now for Daanya… I’ll let her suck her fingers for awhile longer…