2007 Thanksgiving Cold Turkey
Written by beeber on November 22, 2007 – 11:40 pm -I have thought about weaning anZel off of his pacifier (paci) for a long time but have always chickened out. In a month or so, we may have another pacifier-dependent person in the house. I thought that it would make it even harder for him to give it up if he sees his sister using it.
Today, Thanksgiving day, we decided that it’s time. With four days at home, we may be able to make a dent to this 18-month habit. There are many methods out there. We decided with the cutting method. The idea is that you cut a bit off the paci every so often until it’s no longer “suckable.”
anZel was dead tired during lunch. In fact, he almost fell asleep when we were feeding him. He felt asleep on our drive home. We thought it would be perfect. After a quick diaper change, dAd took him to his crib and told him it was time for nap. He asked for his paci. I quickly made a cut to one of his pacifiers and took it up there for dAd. anZel was baffled by the defected paci. He looked at it and noticed the previously non-existing hole. He looked at dAd and said there’s a hole! He asked for the blue one (we only have two). I reluctantly cut the last one. He was not happy at this point. But he would take the “defected” blue one and sucked on it. Then he realized it wasn’t going to do him any good no matter how he twisted and turned the paci. He started crying hysterically for 30 minutes. In between crying, he kept saying it’s broken. I said I was sorry that it broke. I asked him who broke it and he said “little kids.”
Originally, Grandma said she should put the pacifiers away. I knew that I would give in if they were still around. I know he depends on the paci to go to sleep. I didn’t realize how much it meant to him. It’s heartbreaking to hear him cry and mourn for the lost of his paci.
During our bedtime routine tonight, we told him that his paci is broken. Then Grandpa Sam asked if he would still want a broken paci, he said no. Before he went to sleep, he told dAd “Paci is broken. I don’t want the paci.”
