Yuck! Have you ever seen a kid that is waaayyy too old to have a pacifier? Usually you see them at Walmart being schlepped around in a shopping cart and they have a runny nose and a bottle full of soda in the other hand. Yep. That's what I saw. It is one of my pet peeves. Don't know why it bothers me so much, it just does. And yes, both of my children had pacifiers. Tyler never really liked his and Ashlee gave hers up when she was about six months old. So I'm not against pacifiers. They are fine for infants, but get a clue, sweet moms. If your child can take a pacifier out of his/her mouth to talk, you probably need to lose the pacifier. I wonder what dentists think of those gross, smelly things? Hey, DeNae, why don't you enlighten everyone and post about how bad they are for your toddler's mouth? I don't know, maybe I'm just too sensitive, but blech! Oh, and the soda and/or sweet tea thing in the bottle - whooee don't get me started! What do you think?My children's security item happened to be cloth diapers that they held when they went to sleep at night. They didn't carry them around, though. Just a night thing. Ashlee required one, Tyler had to have two, one for each hand. I do remember one cutie who did carry her cloth diaper around until it was almost worn out - Casey you know who you are! What does/did your child or you have as a comfort item? Blanket, pacifier, diaper, toy? Let's hear about it!
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Ewwww. I'm kind of glad Caleb won't take a pacifier anymore. Of course, his thumb has replaced it, but we'll deal with that later! He just got a teddy bear from Grandma for Christmas, so I'm hoping he'll use that as his comfort toy! :)
Where did you find that picture? It is so gross! My parenting pet peeve (even though I'm not a parent) are parents who send their children to school without working with them at home. While it is the teachers job to teach, parents cannot expect results without reinforcement of learning at home. Oh, and don't use the television as a babysitter...that's another one. I guess maybe I should reserve judgment until I am a parent; but, hey, Preston is better behaved than some of the kids I have been around. Wow, that was a big rant comment.
I'm glad my kids never cared for a pacifier much. Micah has a star blanket toy he likes to fall asleep with. Although my Mom got him a musical ball for Christmas that he is getting very attached to.
Yeah I didn't care for the pacifier too much BUT don't get me wrong my kids did use them, I just knew when it was time to give it up. My boys both have security blankets and Josh hardly ever uses his but Elijah is still very attached to his. Especially at nap time and bed time. It doesn't even look like a blanket any more. It looks like a towel because it's been washed so many times...
Oh, Miss Pam. I love how you tell on me in your stories. Yes, I carried a cloth diaper around until I was like, 5 or something, while simultaneously sucking my thumb. And yes, the thumb-sucking seriously jacked up my teeth. I had to have a retainer, and I still have very crooked teeth. Boo.
Nate and I were at Promenade Mall yesterday, and in the B&B Works store, there was a little girl walking around, she was probably four, with a pacifier in her mouth. I told Nate, "Look at that!" He shrugged it off (like any man).
Also, about that pop in the baby bottle thing... there is a girl that comes into my work all the time. She has her baby with her when she comes. That baby has been drinking Mountain Dew from a baby bottle since she was about 9 or 10 months old. Sickening.
Sometimes, when I watch other people parent their children, it helps me learn what kind of parent I do NOT want to be. Ya know?
I'm with you sister, i can't stand to see a child with a paci who can talk. It's almost like a child telling it's mother to change my diaper. Time to do something different when they can talk to you about it. I don't even remember what my boys used for security. I suppose the oldest two had each other, poor Russell was on his own. Logan used to call his pacifier his "pacime" I thought that was kinda funny because that is what they are used for. He didn't take one long after he was able to say that though. At least the pacifier tree is better than a raggedy old unwashed blanket tree. As a good friend of mine would say, "for the love of all things decent" at least let them carry something around that can be thrown in the washer.
Anything with the potential of carrying an odor or looking dingy grosses me out and that includes blankies, stuffed animals, bottles, sucking on their fingers, etc. I have known of a child who would suck their thumb, hook a finger around their nose and put one finger in their nose. Talk about a nasty trifecta! How in the world do I teach four year olds and love it?
well, of course, everyone knows what my kids carried around and still carry around! pink and blue blankets! however, hudson does leave his behind more than not these days...as soon as we let him take it with him, he decided he didn't need it that often! and the pacifier thing, oh my, my kids didn't like them too much and i wished they did when they were tiny, but am glad i never had to break them of it!
Yuck....this is a gross visual!! I have seen these 4 yr old kids yolu are talkin about, it's the parents that need to be broken f/it not the kids. It only takes 2 days to break a child habbit. My kids all had a binky, H&H threw them away at two....and Gracie got rid of her's @ a year old. They never got pop or tea in a bottle....BIG thing to me too:)
Well, I too hate to see kiddos with a pacifier who can talk, it can really mess with their speech if they talk around the thing!! My kiddos didn't do the pacifier thing, Cooper didn't like it and yes-Lily was a thumb sucker. She sucked her thumb longer than I would have liked, and she had/has a "mickey" that is her blanket she sleeps with. I NEVER let her leave the house with it even when she was a baby. It doesn't bother me that she sleeps with it, I don't care if she sleeps with her Princess "mickey" until she's 30! :) I'm sure her future husband will love that!
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