Bye-bye Binky

Re: Bye-bye Binky

I hated pacifiers. DS used one for about four months, but was relentlessly picky! He liked only one model...of course, the most expensive, hardest-to-find one! I got tired of that pretty fast. One day, I just took the remaining pacifiers away, and put his hand in his mouth, instead. His fingers got really wrinkly, but at least I didn't have to order those stupid pacifiers on-line anymore! And those obnoxious, judgmental moms in the supermarkets and restaurants stopped giving me the evil eye when one of his pacifiers would drop, and I'd pick it up, dust it off, and give it back to him. Apparently, there's no socially acceptable version of the "Three Second Rule" for pacifiers. What was I supposed to do? Haul around a stockpile of them and pull out a vacuum-sealed, sterilized replacement?

BTDT! (ignoring the disapproving stares, that is... and stockpiling DS's "special" pacis whenever I could find them)

There are way worse things. My four-year-old picks his nose and grabs his penis in public. I spent at least a cumulative hour every day feeling completely embarrassed by his bodily proclivities. No one stares uncomfortably at a three-year-old with a pacifier...

Abigail, you are cracking me up so much I'm going to wake up DH!
(I'm up with a madly kicking fetus... for the past two hours. )

Deb - How have things been going the past couple nights? I hope it's starting to get better.