Brecken has been our pacifier girl. While she's three, I didn't feel like it was necessary to just take it away from her to make her stop. She had several that she used during nap time and at night, but slowly she kept chewing a hole in them. She was down to 2 and I told her that if she continued to chew holes in them, I was going to throw them away, and I wasn't going to be buying her any more..She replied with "mommy, you buy me more"..I repeated it to her, and she totally understood.
She kept those last two paci's for a while, and then she started doing it again. Then we were down to one! Well, a few weeks ago, we had a milestone! She had it for nap time, and it was fine, but when Chris put her to bed, it had a hole..They discussed it, and she knew what was about to happen..They came and told me, and she was fine about it. When I tucked her in, she told me she was "a big girl now". It was ok with her. After taking a look at it later in the night, it was a HUGE hole..like almost falling off...I mentioned it the next morning, to which she replied that "it was just one hole though"..The kids got a point:)
As her reward, for being a big girl, and not being upset at all she got to paint her toenails!!
I have to say, that getting rid of the paci, is WAY easier then the thumb!
