Pacifier... binkie... or my personal favorite, the plug. (Because it plugs the screaming hole.) Whatever you call it, this amazing invention improves parental quality of life immeasurably.... that is until it's time to get rid of it.
Several weeks ago we decided it was time to bid the binkie farewell. We started by only letting Snuggles have the plug when it was time for him to sleep. Thankfully, he did pretty well with that most of the time. He cried when we took the plug from him after he woke up, but he was easily pacified with one of his stuffed animals.
Last week, we started putting him to bed for naps without the plug, and I'm happy to announce, Snuggles made it through the weekend plug-free! Bye, bye binkie!
We went to the mall on Saturday and took Snuggles to the Build-a-Bear Workshop. I had no idea Snuggles would respond the way he did. As we rolled the stroller into the store, his entire face lit up, he squealed with excitement and clapped his hands. It was so cute! Everyone in the store (and even passers-by) stopped to watch Snuggles. Here he is after he picked out his Puppy.
Snuggles traded the plug for Puppy. Good trade. Now if we could just get him to drink milk from a sippy cup instead of a bottle....
Have you tried using the sippy cups that have the straws? Lily wouldn't use a regular sippy cup at that age. We tried the ones with straws and she loved it. After useing those for a while she started using the regular sippy cups. Just a suggestion.
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