This is my second post of the day, but it doesn't feel like it since my first one was written before 6 am. Why can't I even sleep in when I'm sick??? :( Anyway, I would LOVE some input on my latest project. Project Pie. For some reason, Kendall calls her pacifier a pie. Well, I told myself that when she turned two, I would do something about this thing that occupies her mouth WAY too much.
So here is my issue. I would like to get rid of it except for sleeping and the car. The sleeping part is obvious, because sleeps better with it. The car part I really like because it saves me a lot when she is getting fussy, making Cam upset. Is it best to just get rid of it all together? Will allowing it only at certain times be confusing? Strategies? :)
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I have no 'pie' help except that razzleberry pie sounds amazing...
I wanted to say that your daughter is SOOOO very cute! Good luck!!
If you take it you need to take it all at once. Plan week or so with no long car trips. Use the binky fairy have her gather them up for the babies that need them then tie them in the tree and have the binky fairy bring her a big girl present. For most kids this works and they don't care some do care then you can't cave bcause they are gone! good luck!
I also used the "pacie fairy" strategy. Ava was also around 2, and I agree that if you take it, I think it's easiest to take it away all together. I spent about a week talking to Ava about it and preparing her, telling her that it's for babies and she's a big girl and the pacie fairy needs to take them to all the new babies that need them (it helped that I was pregnant and she was excited to give them to her new coming baby sister. =)). When the day finally came we wrapped them up as a present and left them on the front porch while we went out for a big girl morning at the zoo. When we got home while I was getting Ava out, Kyle quickly swapped the bag of pacifiers for her new big girl present. She was so excited! That first nap was a little shorter than normal, but then she was tired that night, only mentioned that the babies had the pacifiers to go to sleep, and then went to sleep herself. I was actually amazingly shocked how easily she adjusted and how smooth it went. Hope it goes well for you, especially in the car!!!
I happened to check your blog tonight, and had to add my two cents here. :) When Katelyn turned two, the paci went "bye-bye" -- it was a tough day, but over fairly quickly. Rebecca has been a different story. She just didn't seem ready to lose the paci at two,... she still didn't have all of her teeth, and it was a comfort to her when her mouth hurt. So, a few months back, I told her that her paci had to stay in bed,... she was a big girl now. So, each morning, we go through the ritual, of leaving her paci in bed. If she wants to suck it, she can go to her room and sit in her bed (which she does every now and then), but in general this has been a great transition for her. My plan is that on her third birthday, we will go through saying "good-bye" completely. We'll see how that goes in November! So, my suggestion: keep one in the bed, and one in the car, and don't flex on taking them away from those two places.
We thought we'd ditch the paci at two also, but with Daniel being here I just didn't have the energy to deal AND I needed to sleep as much as possible, so we recommitted to have it go before three. (And also, she still seemed so little and we were ok with letting that continue). We did limit it's use to bed and naptime only. Paci lived in her bed. We said "Goodbye" to it the second I got her out adding "See you at naptime." She quickly adapted to this and would eventually pop it out on her own and toss it into her bed when I picked her up in the morning/afternoon. Near her third bday we had a "Goodbye Paci Party" for her (http://elkinews.blogspot.com/2011/02/goodbye-paci-party.html). Hope this helps.
PS-I talked to my pediatrician about allowing her to keep it until three and she said it was fine as long as it was limited so not to interfere with talking or mouth shape. :)
Wow! What great suggestions!
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