She loves her pacifier! I try to keep at least 4 (and hopefully 6) in her bed at all times. One goes in her mouth and one usually goes in each hand. She's so sweet when she sleeps!
Showing posts with label pacifier. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pacifier. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Bobo Fairy SUCCESS
As of last night, the pacifier is gone!
It happened accidentally, but who cares?! Connor woke up yesterday morning and he couldn't find his bobo. It just popped into my head to tell him that the Bobo Fairy took it to give to a baby. He seemed a little unsure about it, but he got distracted by a book and walked away.
That night, he asked for it once and Dada told him something about how he was a big boy and the Fairy took it. Again, he got distracted and forgot about it. I was nervous for the first 30 minutes or so after we put him to bed, but he did awesome! No mention of it and he went right to sleep.
In the morning, I realized he went all night without it!
I was so worried about this transition and thought it would be a huge tantrum with lots of fighting, but it went so smoothly. The timing might be good or bad depending on how you look at it. My idea was to do the pacifier first and then the new bed after he was comfortable, but it ended up working out to be at the same time. He's getting his new bed this weekend, so maybe just combining the whole "big boy" thing will work in our favor.
I'm also super happy to still have our little "sleep through the night" guy and I can only hope that it will continue once he has his new bed!
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Weaning from the pacifier
Connor has always been a big pacifier user, but we have limited it to sleeping for the past year or so. He doesn't use one at daycare at all, so we know he's capable of sleeping without it. But he just sleeps SO well that we also don't want to mess anything up!
On Saturday, Connor randomly wanted to carry his Wub pacifiers around in the morning. He uses MAM pacifiers normally, but he keeps 2 Wubs in his crib for snuggling and occasionally sucks on them. So anyway, he ended up taking his nap without his MAM pacifier and just with his 2 Wubs. This was a little shocking to us because he usually asks for his paci, but he didn't seem to mind not having it that day and he just used his Wub instead.
This situation made me wonder if maybe we could do it again that night without the MAM paci. Well, it worked! He was perfectly fine with just his Wubs, so we continued with them all weekend. On Monday night, he finally asked for his paci and I think he was looking for the MAM that he was used to. I just gave him his Wub and he went to bed.
So now the MAMs are hidden and he's going to use just his Wubs for a bit. My plan is to take one away and just leave one in his bed after awhile. And then, eventually, we'll take the last one away. I want this to be very, very slow so he can get used to it and it's not a big shock to him. I really thought we'd have to wait a little longer to do the pacifier wean, but maybe this will work...
On Saturday, Connor randomly wanted to carry his Wub pacifiers around in the morning. He uses MAM pacifiers normally, but he keeps 2 Wubs in his crib for snuggling and occasionally sucks on them. So anyway, he ended up taking his nap without his MAM pacifier and just with his 2 Wubs. This was a little shocking to us because he usually asks for his paci, but he didn't seem to mind not having it that day and he just used his Wub instead.
This situation made me wonder if maybe we could do it again that night without the MAM paci. Well, it worked! He was perfectly fine with just his Wubs, so we continued with them all weekend. On Monday night, he finally asked for his paci and I think he was looking for the MAM that he was used to. I just gave him his Wub and he went to bed.
So now the MAMs are hidden and he's going to use just his Wubs for a bit. My plan is to take one away and just leave one in his bed after awhile. And then, eventually, we'll take the last one away. I want this to be very, very slow so he can get used to it and it's not a big shock to him. I really thought we'd have to wait a little longer to do the pacifier wean, but maybe this will work...
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Beads
Aunt Julie bought us this teething beaded bracelet for the baby shower, but it really didn't come in handy until recently. I crack up every time I see Connor crawling across the room with the bracelet hanging from his mouth like a dog!
The beads are made out of the same material as pacifiers and bottle nipples, so it's not surprising that he loves it!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Backwards
He's getting to be a little control freak and wants to do everything by himself.
This is what happens when you let your almost 6 month old baby give himself a pacifier - he holds the rubber end and sticks the back side in his mouth.
This is what happens when you let your almost 6 month old baby give himself a pacifier - he holds the rubber end and sticks the back side in his mouth.
Friday, September 23, 2011
Good baby?
People always ask me, "Is he a good baby?" and I never know how to answer.
I've been to 2 new mom groups in the past week. I decided to go to be social and maybe try to meet other moms in the area. I only have a limited amount of time before I have to go back to work, but I like being able to socialize and talk to other people going through the same thing I am.
After both groups, I came home in shock. The stories I heard were not what I expected at all! We would compare stories about sleeping, breastfeeding, crying, etc. and I was so surprised to hear how much worse the other moms had it!
When we talked about sleeping babies, I said that Connor usually sleeps 4 or 5 hours at a time at night. He's usually pretty easy to get to sleep except for the pacifier fight (in and out). I had no idea how lucky I was until the other moms explained how they hardly get any sleep and their babies sleep for maybe 2 hours at a time. A lot of them talked about how it's hard to take a shower or get anything done some days. I totally get it, but I guess I'm pretty lucky that I can shower every day (if I want to), I can do laundry, and I can get the dishes done.
Things aren't all peachy and Connor does have his cranky time in the late afternoon. He usually won't stop crying and nothing will help calm him down. But I'm very thankful it happens during the day and not at night!
We also talked a lot about breastfeeding. A lot of the moms said they were shocked at how hard and painful it was. I felt really dumb saying it wasn't that painful at all for me. Yes, it hurts for 30 seconds, but it really isn't as bad as I thought. I completely agreed that it's hard work, it's tiring, and it's hard to plan your life in 3 hour increments. Connor is a latching pro so I was dumbfounded as I watched a couple moms try to breastfeed. Their babies were kicking and crying in the middle of feeding which made it very difficult for the moms.
At the mom group sponsored by the hospital and run by a nurse, there was only one other mom. She obsessed over feeding and seemed to have a really hard time with it. She was so concerned with what other people were telling her and things she read in books that she was driving herself crazy. It was hard not to roll my eyes listening to how crazy she was. When the nurse started to suggest another way of thinking and some ideas about how to make it easier, I would nod my head. Everything she suggested was exactly the way I was doing things. So when they would ask me how I did it, all I could say was that I was following her suggestions and everything was working pretty well. At the end, the nurse said to me, "You guys seem pretty content." Yeah, I guess we are! I just had no idea!
I did want to spend some time talking about the pacifier with the nurse to get her opinions on it. I told her how I didn't want to have to use it, but Connor needs something in his mouth ALL the time. I worry about him having bad teeth later or being super attached to it until he's 10. She made me feel a lot better about using it. She actually said it can be a really good thing that he has something that calms him. A lot of babies don't have a magic thing that makes them happy. She also said his teeth should be fine because his mouth is still growing and they'll correct themselves once he stops using it. So now I don't feel as bad about having to use it. My goal is to try to have him rely on it a little less, but I'm not super concerned if he needs it a lot now.
The one thing that the other moms do have going for them is that most of them are not going back to work. I'd love to work part-time, but that just won't happen. I have to remind myself that we bought this house with the plan that I would continue to work. I want Connor to have a good life and provide him with everything he needs. I want him to go to college and be able to pay for him to go. So like my parents, it might not always be easy, but I'm doing it for him.
So now when people ask me if he's a good baby, I know my answer should be YES. I'm very lucky to have a such a great baby.
I've been to 2 new mom groups in the past week. I decided to go to be social and maybe try to meet other moms in the area. I only have a limited amount of time before I have to go back to work, but I like being able to socialize and talk to other people going through the same thing I am.
After both groups, I came home in shock. The stories I heard were not what I expected at all! We would compare stories about sleeping, breastfeeding, crying, etc. and I was so surprised to hear how much worse the other moms had it!
When we talked about sleeping babies, I said that Connor usually sleeps 4 or 5 hours at a time at night. He's usually pretty easy to get to sleep except for the pacifier fight (in and out). I had no idea how lucky I was until the other moms explained how they hardly get any sleep and their babies sleep for maybe 2 hours at a time. A lot of them talked about how it's hard to take a shower or get anything done some days. I totally get it, but I guess I'm pretty lucky that I can shower every day (if I want to), I can do laundry, and I can get the dishes done.
Things aren't all peachy and Connor does have his cranky time in the late afternoon. He usually won't stop crying and nothing will help calm him down. But I'm very thankful it happens during the day and not at night!
We also talked a lot about breastfeeding. A lot of the moms said they were shocked at how hard and painful it was. I felt really dumb saying it wasn't that painful at all for me. Yes, it hurts for 30 seconds, but it really isn't as bad as I thought. I completely agreed that it's hard work, it's tiring, and it's hard to plan your life in 3 hour increments. Connor is a latching pro so I was dumbfounded as I watched a couple moms try to breastfeed. Their babies were kicking and crying in the middle of feeding which made it very difficult for the moms.
At the mom group sponsored by the hospital and run by a nurse, there was only one other mom. She obsessed over feeding and seemed to have a really hard time with it. She was so concerned with what other people were telling her and things she read in books that she was driving herself crazy. It was hard not to roll my eyes listening to how crazy she was. When the nurse started to suggest another way of thinking and some ideas about how to make it easier, I would nod my head. Everything she suggested was exactly the way I was doing things. So when they would ask me how I did it, all I could say was that I was following her suggestions and everything was working pretty well. At the end, the nurse said to me, "You guys seem pretty content." Yeah, I guess we are! I just had no idea!
I did want to spend some time talking about the pacifier with the nurse to get her opinions on it. I told her how I didn't want to have to use it, but Connor needs something in his mouth ALL the time. I worry about him having bad teeth later or being super attached to it until he's 10. She made me feel a lot better about using it. She actually said it can be a really good thing that he has something that calms him. A lot of babies don't have a magic thing that makes them happy. She also said his teeth should be fine because his mouth is still growing and they'll correct themselves once he stops using it. So now I don't feel as bad about having to use it. My goal is to try to have him rely on it a little less, but I'm not super concerned if he needs it a lot now.
The one thing that the other moms do have going for them is that most of them are not going back to work. I'd love to work part-time, but that just won't happen. I have to remind myself that we bought this house with the plan that I would continue to work. I want Connor to have a good life and provide him with everything he needs. I want him to go to college and be able to pay for him to go. So like my parents, it might not always be easy, but I'm doing it for him.
So now when people ask me if he's a good baby, I know my answer should be YES. I'm very lucky to have a such a great baby.
Friday, September 9, 2011
My love/hate relationship with the pacifier
Connor is a sucker. He'll suck on anything he can find to satisfy himself. I'd prefer that he suck on his hand or a finger, but he doesn't realize he has control of his hands and then pulls them out of his mouth. Last week, he would not go to sleep no matter what we did and we had to try the pacifier so we wouldn't pull out hair out. I did NOT want to do it! But luckily, it worked and we were able to get some sleep.
The pacifier is such a hard thing. I know some parents hate them and some love them. I don't really care about anyone else's opinion because we all do what works best for our child. I try not to use it as much as possible. But there are times when I know nothing will calm him down besides that little piece of rubber. Honestly, I feel like he's going to be sucking his thumb or addicted to the pacifier until he's like 8, so why not mix it up?
So now we are using it, but I try not to make a habit of it. It's for the times when I'm going crazy and don't know what else to do to get him to calm down.
The pacifier is such a hard thing. I know some parents hate them and some love them. I don't really care about anyone else's opinion because we all do what works best for our child. I try not to use it as much as possible. But there are times when I know nothing will calm him down besides that little piece of rubber. Honestly, I feel like he's going to be sucking his thumb or addicted to the pacifier until he's like 8, so why not mix it up?
So now we are using it, but I try not to make a habit of it. It's for the times when I'm going crazy and don't know what else to do to get him to calm down.
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