bye bye pappy

 

All three of my children have been pacifier babies.  Allison was pretty attached to her pacifier which she called paci.  My Alli-cat had most of her teeth by the time she was 10 months old.  We had planned to take her pacifier away but decided to wait until after her first flight to California when she was 11 months old.  A week after her first birthday the pacifier went in the trash and Allison never looked back.  Honestly she didn't care or notice.



 My baby blues AKA Cooper James was a little more attached to his pacifier which he called pappy.  Cooper was a late teether, by his first birthday he only had his front four teeth and it stayed that way until he was 20 months old.  We were so worried about his teeth not coming in that we took him to the dentist for x-rays.  Cooper was much older than Alli when we took the pacifier away he was 2 1/2.  That kid was addicted and loved his pacifier.  Those were the days before pacifier clips, and let me tell you we had at least 10 pacifiers all over our house.  We tried on several occasions to take his pacifier away but it didn't last long.  Finally on Christmas eve some how we couldn't find a single pacifier and at that moment we decided Cooper was done with the pacifier.  It was tough at first but after a few days of Cooper looking for his pacifier, and asking for it he eventually got over it. 







My BB boy was another pacifier lover.  We only bought one set of pacifiers, and thanks to the handy pacifier clip we never lost any.  I made all of Beckett's pacifier clips.  Beckett was so use to his pacifier clip he would tug on his shirt to look for it or to remind me to clip it on him.  As a baby Beckett was totally laid back, and such an easy going baby.  Boy how things have changed.  He might be the baby but he definitely doesn't act like it!  He has an opinion and he is not afraid to tell you!  Things changed when he started walking, once he became mobile he developed an opinion.  Beckett is a stubborn smart kid.  I have to remind myself how mischievous and defiant Cooper was, man he use to drive me crazy.  This stage is such a game changer and a molding time.  I made a choice to not take Beckett's pacifier away while we were in the process of moving and that was a mistake, a that point Beckett was still pretty laid back..  I feared taking his pacifier away, but I could tell it was holding back his speech and communication skills.  A couple weeks ago I had to go to Hobbs for an orthodontics appointment.  I was in such a rush get the kids ready for school that when we left the house that morning some how when I changed Beckett I never clipped his pacifier back on.  Now we had been limiting his use to only during naps, bed time, and while traveling.  But I knew we would be gone the entire day so I decided this was a opportunity to take the pacifier away.  The craziest thing happened Beckett never asked for it or seemed bothered with out it.  Days passed and everyday I would tell Richard we made another day with out it.  I was so worked up about taking the pacifier away, it turned out not to be a problem at all.  I cant believe my baby is so big, in a week he will be 18 months old.