With all the crying, and fever, and vomiting, and needing to be held by Mommy or Daddy Jack did not use or mention his pacifier for 30 hours straight over Thanksgiving. This morning, when he woke up as his happy, but still slightly congested self, he said, "Blanket! Stuffie! Boppy???" I pretending I didn't hear that last part and whisked him out of his room.
So far so good.
Until nap time.
Interestingly, he didn't ask for it, but I had the most difficult time getting him down for a nap. I tried to use the bulb sucker, which set of a crying jag, which required a book and singing to calm down, which made him ready for sleep, which made me lay him down, which made him suffer from his stuffy nose, which set of a crying jag, which required a book and singing to calm down, which made him actually fall asleep, which made me lay him down, which made him suffer from his stuffy nose,which set of a crying jag, which required a book and singing to calm down, which made him ready for sleep, which made me lay him down, which made him suffer from his stuffy nose, which made me almost consider digging out the hidden pacifier, which would have made all that for nothing.
So I did the next best thing. I gave up and decided to nap with him. We fell asleep in my bed, and all was well until his snoring woke me up. Yes, I did attempt to bulb suck his nose at that time, but after one nostril yielded such unsatisfactory results, I gave up.
Nap without the pacifier though... that is big!
And by bedtime, Dave will be home so I am not even going to worry about that.
3 comments:
Great if you can get rid of the pacifier. I always cringe at those Nanny shows on TV where you see kids sucking on one when they are almost school age. I liked her solution, one of the Nannys, had the kid box up the pacifier to send it to another kid who didn't have one. That was nice. (Of course it was just thrown out, not sent. But the kid thought they were helping someone). Hi from ICLW.
I dream of life without pacifier. Don't go back!
So glad Curtis never liked a pacifier. He does, however, still suck his thumb when he is sleepy.
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