Right now I am sitting on my bed in the dark. Rebecca, our sweet and spunky 3rd child, is in and out of her bed. Somehow I decided that tonight would be the night we’d forego the pacifier. What was I thinking?!
This is all new territory for us. None of the other girls took a pacifier beyond using it as a teething toy. Our biggest concern about Rebecca still using it at 3 is that her teeth have all begun to move and shift. I’m guessing braces may be in her future.
Rebecca has used the pacifier for as long as I can remember. She’s never used it around the house – only for bed and nap time. For a while she used it in the car too.
We’ve talked about getting rid of it. Matt and I weren’t sure how we would do it. She’s old enough to understand and wasn’t quite willing to part with it yet. I knew we wouldn’t let her cry it out or take it away against all of her will. The whole point of us ever giving it to her in the first place was so that she would be comforted.
And it does comfort her.
Tonight I suggested trying to not use it and she didn’t freak out. I told her that we would give it back to her tomorrow. Still no freak out.
She got out of bed for approximately 3 hours but didn’t really cry for it so we didn’t hand it over. If putting her back in bed 5,637 times means we’ll be done with the pacifier, I’m all for it.
So for now I am hiding out in my dark room and praying she falls asleep. Her pacifier is sitting next to me. I feel like I need to keep it close but there’s no turning back now, right?
Did you have to break a pacifier addiction? How did you do it? If not, tell me a funny joke to take my mind off of things!
xoxo
–k
Emma's we broke right before Julia came at 2ish and Jule's we decided to break at around 2 1/2. We cut the tips off of both the girls pacifiers and told them they were broken now. We explained that after using it for so long, it just got old and didn't work. They each took their pacifiers, threw them in the garbage can and that was that. 🙂 Jules asked for hers once or twice before bed a couple times but we just reminded her what happened to it and she was cool.
I have a thumb sucker who as escalated into a thumb sucker AND eye toucher. Yes… touching her eye with her finger up under her eyelid and moving it around. It's one of the most disturbing things you will ever see. Feel happy that R only has a passi! 🙂 Nite nite, friend.