Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Ode to the Pacifer

About a month ago I went in to get Jacob and he handed me this pacificer...nearly chewed threw. This told us that he is probably about done with it. He hasn't used it during the day since Christmas (except when he had RSV) and seemed to mainly hold it at bed and nap time.

We tried taking it away and that lasted about 2 days--he began to wake up at night and we didn't want to start that habit again. So we waited a few more weeks. The clincher was at church when we couldn't use it to help him be quiet. He looked at it and batted it away. We quit using it that day.

That was more than 2 weeks ago and he (we) have not looked back. I was actually dreading the day when we'd have to take it away, but for him it was easy. Thank you Jacob!

6 comments:

Kristen said...

i didn't stop using a pacifier till i was about 4 and a half. my neighbor finally took it from me. i was so clinged to those!

Karen Mello Burton said...

I had two binky kids and it took one of the boys losing one down Niagara Falls (I kid you not) to get him to quit. LOL Good for Jacob!

Heidi said...

It is kinda nice not to have to worry about keeping track of it and keeping it clean. Glad it wasn't so bad!

As the World "Kerns" said...

Good for Jacob. We still use ours at naptime and at night.

Thomas Family said...

Good for Jacob. It is probably a good age to say bye-bye to the little thing...especially if he i chewing through it, then it becomes a choking hazard.

Stephanie said...

Good for Jacob. All my kids had pacifiers. Regardless of a few sleepless nights, it's much easier to get rid of a pacifier than it is a thumb:0)