It wasn't going to be me. I wasn't going to be one of those moms...
Oh, wait. I am one of those moms.
I used to always say that I was never going to have a child that used a pacifier past the age of one. I don't know why that particular age was the age I seemed to have chosen as the absolute cut-off for binky use, it just was. I have since learned to never say never (a lesson I will continue to learn throughout my life I'm sure!)
Around 11 months old I started "prepping" Jonathan for the departure of the binky by limiting it's use to naps and bedtime...although no one but me seemed to have gotten that memo. I kept setting a deadline. By such and such date it would be history. And then that day would come and go with the pacifier still lurking in the shadows. Well, March 1 came and marked Jonathan's entrance into the world of 16 months old and 2 months away from nursery. Now or never. I decided that was it. As I sit here typing listening to my poor sweet babe fussing and crying over the disappearance of his dearly beloved I am debating giving in and waiting to fight this battle until another day. Then the words of my husband enter my mind "we'll see how long this lasts..." and in a shear desire to prove I am strong enough to do it I refuse to give in! I love you Jonathan and someday you will thank me, but tonight I fear you may hate me a little. Please forgive me...
3 comments:
I feel for you! And, Jonathan! Poor baby:)
Nalani was our only die-hard paci baby! When we would take it away, one would inevitably turn up in the couch cushions and then we would have to start all over again:) She finally decided on her own to give it up...because she wanted a "princess mirror" (vanity)...so she started sucking her thumb! Hopefully she'll stop that by kindergarten:)
He will forgive you!! Just wait, it will only be a couple of days. But, it sucks. Just stick with it.
Olivia was our binky baby. Until she was 3. (maybe a little older). She still, at 4, will find one occassionally and still loves to suck on it!
Your Mothers intuition was right about the one year thing though. (well, according to my doctor). When Meg went in for her one year appt, the doctor said that any habits of hers that I wanted to stop (like the bottle), the best time to do it was right at a year. All of their quircks don't turn to "habits" until 13-15 months and then it's a pain to stop. I stopped the bottle with Megan two days later when she turned one and there was not a single issue...ever. Though, a binky is a bit different because at least with the bottle, she still got her milk just in a different form.
Good luck though!
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