This little girl…
…has an unhealthy obsession with these:
She calls her paci her “ga ga”. And she wants it ALL THE TIME. For a while I was just letting her have it in the car and in her bed. That was going well. But then she started screaming “GA GA” and ransacking cabinets trying to find them…so I just gave in. I know I’m creating a monster, but I just couldn’t take the screaming all day long.
She doesn’t play with toys anymore. She only plays with her “ga ga”. She gets all of them out, puts them on the floor, and then takes turns putting each one in her mouth. Then she walks around hiding them around the house. Yesterday I found two of them on a shelf with my cookbooks.
She wants one in her mouth and one in her hand at all times. She wants to have one on her tray while she eats. If I give in to this (which sometimes I do so I can have a moment of peace at mealtime), she takes it out to put a bite in her mouth and then sticks it back in. Gross.
When we try to break her of these guys, it’s gonna be ugly. But I’m not going to tackle that ANY time soon.
We had this problem with Ainsley and breaking her from them wasn’t fun, but not as painful as I expected. She would sleep with one in her mouth and hold another one in-between her fingers like a cigarette – total addiction. Have fun!
i used to have the same obsession (just ask my mom about it). i would constantly have one in my mouth and one in EACH hand. to wean me from it, mom cut the tip of the paci little by little til i had nothing left to suck.
thought it was a creative idea…
Must be something about the name Molly… now I know TWO Molly’s who have/had paci obsessions. Talk to my mom, Emily – she can sympathize.
she REALLY loves those pacis!! noah only gets his paci at naptime and bedtime, but if he loses it during the night he will suck on his thumb. thumbsucking is something i didn’t want because i cannot take away his thumbs. i am not trying to break him of his paci anytime soon, either.
Must be something about that 4/17 birthdate… Wait until she figures out she can put two in at the same time!
Wow! Lots of people can sympathize with this obsession. Glad I know who to ask for advice when it’s time to get rid of them!
Ariana…two at the same time?? That cracks me up! She hasn’t discovered that fun yet!