so......elizabeth gave up the pacifier when she was like 18 months old......as far as you know. in the darker reaches of our home we've been secretly allowing gratuitous pacifier use during night time and naps. there, it's out. judge me, i deserve it.
anyways.
i was brushing her teeth the other night and noticed there's a big gap between her top and bottom teeth. i decided then and there that the pacifier was to be no more. let's just say sleep times have been less than pleasant since the buck-teeth inducer was removed. we're now doing that thing every parent does when they feel nap time slipping through their desperate little fingers. nap time is now called "quiet time" in hopes that she'll just play in there nicely and fall asleep when she's not paying attention. the first half hour of it is spent with our sweet formerly sleep-embracing child throwing things around her room and screaming like she's possessed by the devil, and the second half hour she quiets down and just makes a big mess in there.
oh well. even now, i can hear her in there...singing happy birthday to curious george.....not sleeping. maybe tomorrow.
Its times like that when you start to seriously convince yourself that braces aren't all that expensive...
ReplyDeleteYou've that which I am still too chicken to do. I have the same secret. And coming from a parent of two other post 2 year old binky users, they're teeth do miraculously move back to normal. You give me courage. Wes is still in a crib tent so maybe I ought to do it now before he's in a bed and can decide not to stay in bed and nap. Hmmm
ReplyDeleteYou've that which I am still too chicken to do. I have the same secret. And coming from a parent of two other post 2 year old binky users, they're teeth do miraculously move back to normal. You give me courage. Wes is still in a crib tent so maybe I ought to do it now before he's in a bed and can decide not to stay in bed and nap. Hmmm
ReplyDeleteMarianne was past her 3rd birthday when we got her to give up her beloved pacifiers. Yes, that's plural. She slept with 2 or 3. One in her mouth and one in each hand. No judging here. Believe me!
ReplyDeleteI judge myself, but not harshly enough to take Felicity's away.
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