Monday, October 8, 2007

A little extra love

With Micah not feeling so well last week, we really relaxed on our "no pacifier unless you're going to bed" policy. Ok, so I really relaxed. Micah looked like he felt so crummy that it was nice to make him a little happier by letting him walk around with "pipey" in his mouth. His other "lovey" item is a diaper cloth, and those were dragged around quite frequently as well.



This is a "file" picture (from this summer) of him with as many pipeys and diaper cloths as he could hold. While I'm glad that a little extra pacifier time helped get us through last week, now our problem is getting through the tantrums that inevitably occur when we don't let him walk around with a pacifier in his mouth all the time. I'm starting to wonder if it's more difficult to break the child of the pacifier habit, or if it's more work to break mommy's habit of using it just for a little extra peace.

2 comments:

Rozema Family said...

It's so hard J! I feel your pain! Loren has got really good at "Putting her Paci Nigh-night" whenever she gets up. However, if she finds one laying aroudn the house I CANNOT get it away from her. Also, it's hard not to give her the Paci when she's feeling sick or blue. It's her lovey and comfort. . .I want her to have it. . .Anyway, we are in the same boat!

DeMaster Family said...

What a cute picture! Right now we rely on the vibrating chair for Isaac alot-sometimes you just need some peace!