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Mom throws tantrum, wants pacifier back!
I sucked my thumb until I was 11, probably because my mom was like you folks who don't believe in pacifiers. Well, I do. And I bought them for both of my kids. Hence, they don't have callouses on their thumbs like I did.
For those of us who provided our kids with a piece of plastic to suck on, taking it away for good can be tough. And I'm not talking about the tantrums your toddler throws when forced to live without. I'm talking about the MILESTONE this is. In other words, it's Baby No More.
I met a Fort Lauderdale mom the other day who has a very amusing parenting blog. She's going through this my-pacifier-sucking-baby-is-not-a-baby-anymore issue right now.
Read her post about it by clicking here on her blog, The McMommy Chronicles.
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Comments
I never gave my son a pacifier and he has never sucked his thumb. He is 17 months old and got his sucking needs satisfied at the breast.
Posted by: Elita | May 5, 2009 8:36 AM
Well I'm guessing he would be the exception to the rule. I mean, plenty of breastfed babies still want a 'paci' for consolation.
Posted by: Brittany Wallman | May 5, 2009 9:08 AM
He had his mom for consolation.
Posted by: Elita | May 5, 2009 9:53 AM
The pacifier is convenient, but parents who don't have the strength just to say "no more" will end up with a child whose teeth don't come together at the front. My friends' four-year-old (!) can't properly bite with his incisors because of this.
Mine never had a pacifer nor sucks his thumb. It's a behavioural/comfort issue and if the child is not trained to need something in his mouth, he won't continue to want something in his mouth, easy peasy.
Posted by: Lili | May 6, 2009 3:32 PM