Becky
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Driving Me Insane!
Posted: 11-15-07 06:38am
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ugh Layla is driving me insane this
morning. Her dad gave her a dummy to
comfort her while she is ill . she
normally has it for bed and passes it to
me in the morning. well now she wants it
all the time cause her dad gave her it all
the time.
she knows the 'bedtime fairy' doesn't
exist cause she saw me putting it in the
kitchen cupboard. i really don't want her
having a dummy. logan has never wanted
one. i'm thinking of just going cold
turkey and not giving her it at all.
any tips or ideas on how to stop her
sreaming for it all day (and inevitably
all night) long? distraction isn't working
at the mo.
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HcoBrunette06
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Posted: 11-15-07 06:45am
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How about use Christmas as your tool? My
cousin told her kids "Santa is taking your
pacie for the babies!" and they were fine
with it! Of course they sometimes ask for
it, but it worked.
"don't you want to share with the babies?
Santa's going to take your pacie for the
little babies not the big kids"
lol
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Bridget
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Posted: 11-15-07 08:41am
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you could try trading it in for something
else. when i was a nanny one of the little
girls had these disgusting things we
called "chewy rags" and she chewed and
sucked on the corners all the time (they
smelled like vomit), when she was 2 we
took her to the toy store and let her pick
anything she wanted to be her new bedtime
soother. she picked a stuffed dog and we
went home and threw away all the rags and
that was it, no fuss at all.
the santa one sounds good too.
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Ingi
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Posted: 11-15-07 10:05am
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Oh my daughter loved her binkie. We only
used it for bedtime and naps. But she did
not want to give it up. Bridget's idea
sounds great - try getting her to choose
her own nighttime soother - then she will
be the Big Girl in charge of herself and
feel in control of giving up her binkie.
I wouldn't have the heart to have Santa be
the bad guy  Even if he was
taking it for the babies. It would feel
like he was stealing. 
FYI: fathers aren't always on the same
page as mothers with the weekend visits.
They often take the path of least
resistance and give in way more than they
should. Do not send a binkie when they go
to daddy's house. 
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sick_mama17
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Posted: 11-15-07 10:28am
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My parents used the christmas thing for my
sister, it worked well.
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Becky
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Posted: 11-15-07 11:50am
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Thanks for your advice girls. She calmed
dpwn alot after I posted and we got
through the rest of the day with no
hassle. I'm still going to give her it for
bed- FOR NOW! i just don't need the extra
stress while robbie is away
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kaiteo
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Posted: 11-15-07 12:21pm
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Speaking of nighttime soothers, when I was
born I was given a blanket made by one of
my mom's friends who I still know today. I
couldn't sleep without it. To this day, I
still sleep with it when I'm feeling sad
or scared and it always calms me down.
Off topic, but I had to share.
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ThriftyGal
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Posted: 11-15-07 12:24pm
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I like Bridget's idea. Try that.
I also think though considering Layla's
age that it would be okay to go cold
turkey.
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Bridget
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Posted: 11-15-07 12:31pm
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| tanyaface
wrote: | | I also think though
considering Layla's age that it would be
okay to go cold
turkey. |
i thought that too. she'll probably be
upset for awhile but she's old enough to
understand if you tell her she's a big
girl and big girls don't need pacifiers.
does logan get one too? that might make
things harder so you might want to
consider breaking both of them of the
habit.
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Posted: 11-15-07 13:23pm
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I've been trying to break Kaylee from her
binky & only give it to her for naps
& bed & Shane keeps giving it
right back to her! So I kind of know how
you feel Beck! She does just fine without
it too & he gives it to her just for
the hell of it I guess.
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Katrinadoodle
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Posted: 11-15-07 14:12pm
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I read about how this lady broke her
daughter of using the paci.... she said
there was a "paci fairy" that needed to
gather all of the paci's from the big
girls and give them to the little babies
that didn't have any. So the lady and her
daughter gathered up all her paci's and
put them in a paper bag, then set the
paper bag outside... then in the morning,
the daughter opened up the bag and found a
new doll and a note from the "paci fairy"
thanking the daughter for being a big girl
and giving her pacis to the babies, and
there was a Big Girl Certificate in it
that said she was an Official Big Girl
I thought that was cute.
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yellow ribbon
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Posted: 11-15-07 20:09pm
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My friend told her daughter the were
sending the pacis to the little babies
that are crying story. With macy I jsut
tell her i cant find it, she still asks on
occasion but shes satisfied when i say i
dont know where it is.
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Becky
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Posted: 11-16-07 03:55am
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bridget- logan had never wanted one. he
doesn't bother if he sees one on the floor
he gives me it
katrina- i already invented the fairy
story but she doesn't buy it cause she saw
me put it in the cupboard after i said the
fairy had it 
the new baby is deffo not having one!
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