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[quote=Anonymous]So at my charge's 9 month check-up, the pediatrician informed us (myself, MB, and DB) that we should wean her off the pacifier. She stated her reasons, and basically summed up that it'd be easier to do it now before she became dependent on it for sleeping (we only used it for naps and bedtime). We all agreed to do so. After a couple of days, MB and DB caved and the pacifier became the norm again for her daily naps and bedtime. I just went along with it.

A few months later at her 12 month check-up, the pediatrician urged us again to stop using the pacifiers. I've seen some of those babies/toddlers who are attached to their pacis, and it can be a nightmare when they don't have it when they "need"/want it.

At any rate, MB and DB tried for maybe 1 or 2 days before going back to the good ol' paci for bedtime and her AM nap (if they put her down before I arrive). Meanwhile, I pretty much cut her off for the 3, now down to 2, naps that I put her down for. Sure she sometimes cries and fusses, but she did that with the pacifier at times too.

Now the nature of DB's work allows him breaks during the day, so he's often here for a couple of hours in the afternoon, and it's usually around her second nap. If I put her down before he gets a chance to see her (e.g. he's in his room, or he's just getting in), and she's still fussing/crying, then he'll sometimes go in to see her. Of course she gets worked up, and will be twice as upset when he leaves the room, so he just gives her a pacifier to take the easy way out.

Now he has every right to go in and see his baby when he wants. I'm not knocking him for that. It's just that I get annoyed when he gives her the pacifier because I'm trying to do my part to wean her off it... at least for the naps I put her down for. Even if her fussing and crying is at it's worst (and today it was just typical), she'll calm down/fall asleep eventually without it within 5-15 minutes. He just kills my nap time routine when he goes in, upsets her more, and then gives her the pacifier to feel less guilty about it. -_-

Anyway, I'm not planning on saying anything. It's just a minor annoyance. The pediatrician can deal the MB and DB when we see her in a couple of weeks.  :wink:
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