Friday, October 13, 2006
Scary night
M. cut a hole in the end of Emma's paci. We're trying to quit the thing. Since she was sick she has gotten horribly dependent on it. She's almost manic about it. When she was at Mary's she never used it. She'd put it away when we got there and then be hollering for it in the car on the way home at the end of the day. But since she's been going to Grandma's she hardly ever takes the thing out. As a result the skin on her chin is spotty and she's becoming quite adept at talking around it. It's just gotten to be too much.

So I mentioned this possible method to M. and next thing you know he comes in with this paci with a giant hole reamed in it. Um, not exactly what I meant. But he gives it to her and it immediately falls out of her mouth. She gets upset. She's confused, she's very upset. She's searching the house for another paci.

I take another paci and cut two slices in the end like a cross. I give her this one. She actually hold this one in her mouth, but she can't suck on it. Then she moves it to the side of her mouth and tries to chew on it. It pops out constantly and she's shoving it in constantly. But the good news is when she wants to concentrate on something she pops it out and puts it down.

This all happened within the last hour before bed so I don't know where it is going. I'm hoping that she'll tire of this defective paci and give it up all together. We gave it to her at bedtime. Shortly after we went downstairs I could hear her upstairs talking, so I figure she must have given up on it quickly.

We'll see how it goes tomorrow.
Written at 9:08 PM by Highlandgal.
|