James loves his paci. It was a good thing for us because James was ehem, a difficult baby, and had a very hard time teething. The paci really helped with us. Our pediatrican is very pro-paci, so everytime we talked about getting rid of it, he would talk us back into it.
By waiting so long, you have a few options in getting rid of the paci. Sure, you can just get rid of it, but it is a little easier if there is something you can tell your child. I just didn't think any of the traditional method would work for James. I just didn't think he would understand the paci fairy, and he can't give his paci to a baby, because we have a baby, and he doesn't take a paci. (ugh, that is another post) The one thing about James...he can eat! and he loves sweets! So, I came up with the idea to use the paci to make cookies.
James actually had 3 pacis: red paci, blue paci, and green paci. I started the beginning of November by making blue paci cookies. After James dropped his paci in, I switch the paci with blue M&Ms. A week later, we made red paci cookies. The next week, well, Mark went out of town and I wasn't willing to chance meltdowns, so we waited until this week to make the green paci cookies.
Here are the ingredients:
One last suck:
Toss it in, James!
There it is!
Distraction, while I make the switch.
Ahh, James wanted to take a picture of mommy.
Dropping them on the cookie sheets.
Are they ready yet?
Yummy!
I give James one before nap and bed times. He does ask for his paci, and I say, "its in your tummy." Then he just goes to sleep.
Here is Andy. He doesn't take a paci, but bad mommy, I use a blanket! (and bumpers)
