The girls kicked the pacifier habit around 3 months. Somehow we just got out of the habit and forgot to use them over time. I guess we've always been fearful of the scenario of a baby who is dependent on a pacifier but loses it in the crib in the middle of the night and then you have to get up and put it back in their mouth. No thank you--we have enough wakeups without that kind of thing.
However, since the girls have been teething we occasionally give them a paci to chew on. Literally they just chew on it, and not necessarily the plug part. It can keep them busy and help their gums feel better. But over the last several days Sadie has decided that she likes to suck on the pacifier as intended. I got them up from their afternoon nap yesterday and Sadie was standing there mute, pacifier in her mouth. It made me so sad. I like it when she is squealing and talking and even crying in impatience. Anything but a plugged baby (I mean, I'm sure it has its place in church). And then this afternoon she found a pacifier in her room again and crawled around for about an hour plugged and silent.
You can tell that she's really a newby with the pacifier. For instance, I put her in the highchair for dinner and she tried to eat her cheerios....with the pacifier still in. I think this is a lesson that she'll have to learn for herself.
(I'm trying to post a video of the pacifier/cheerio incident, but there's some sort of glitch. Stay tuned).
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