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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FYI, all of these responses, this why there is no village and why every woman is on her own.

OP, a paci at 3 for bed is really bad for the teeth and mouth.  She needs to be weaned from it.  Starting now.  [/quote]

OP is obviously already aware the pacifier isn't great or she wouldn't be reluctant to use it in public. She is not actually in need of advice on pacifier usage.

No one needs a "village" of judgmental advice-givers who want to weigh in on your every parenting move. You can get that for free from your own family. [b]The village is supposed to be about help and support not unsolicited advice and scaring 3 yr olds in grocery stores[/b].[/quote]

The village is for both.  But since women today will not accept the latter, they do not receive the former.  And then they complain about it (on other threads).  [/quote]

Look grandma if you want to condition your "solidarity" with other mothers on them agreeing with every one of your parenting decisions and doing whatever you tell them then it isn't solidarity in the first place.

And again OP already knows what the issue is with prolonged pacifier use. It's not like she lacks information and you or those women in the store were telling her something she doesn't know. They're having trouble getting rid of the pacifier because the kid is struggling to self-soothe other ways. It's a work in progress. I guarantee you did all kinds of "not ideal" parenting when your kids were small and I hope the elders around you were smart enough to recognize that parenting is never perfect and that correcting and judging every tiny decision misses the forrest through the trees.[/quote]

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