Anyone have any advice for getting your kid to quit the binky /
pacifier / whatever else you call it? In our house, it's "ga-ga," named
for the weird sound Elsa used to make as a baby when she was sucking on
it (more like "goy goy," actually, but as a gentile married to a Jewish
man, I felt like it was directed at me, so we went with "ga-ga"
instead). We used the things right from the get-go, when the girls were
wee babes. We knew the risks -- dependency, buck teeth, etc. -- but
basically said screw it, we're playing the twins card here.
However,
since the girls were 18 months, we've restricted their ga-ga use to
naptime, bedtime, and long car trips. Then, a few months ago, Clio
quite abruptly announced that she was big girl, and she didn't want her
ga-ga anymore.
Elsa, however, shows no sign of giving
hers up. She goes for it as soon as she's upstairs in her room, and
will yell for us in the middle of the night if she wakes up and can't
find it. When she's upset about something, or having a tantrum, she'll
cry for it or go upstairs to her bed and pop it in her mouth.
Vintage pic after the jump!
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