Since my daughter was born she has loved to suck. She was an aggressive eater and just always wanted something more. So, we introduced her to the pacifier. Worked wonders! Kept her calm, happy, occupied. What could be so wrong? All is good until night time, when that darn pacifier will fall out of her mouth about 15 times! Luckily she is still in her bassinet beside me but it is still annoying, for her and myself. She is also getting to that point where she is getting too big for her bassinet. Which means I will have to move her upstairs to her crib. Which could potentially mean 15 treks up the stairs a night. This does not seem viable to me. So here I am attempting to break her of her attachment to her soother. It's not going too badly, she isn't screaming for it, but she isn't sleeping either. In some aspect I feel bad about it because it is something that soothes her and makes her happy; and here I am taking it from her for my convenience. On the other hand, it was going to have to be done eventually anyways and they say the sooner you do it the easier it is. I assure you easier does not mean easy. It feels terrible denying your baby something they love and want so they can feel calm and nicely drift off to sleep. This is what we signed up for though, right? To give them what they need and not what they want. To teach them how to grow.
Sigh, this motherhood stuff is tough..
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