Something pretty surprising happened last week....
Gaby quit her habit. Her pacifier habit! Around here we call it "chupo".
Let me start by saying that for the past three or four months I've been contemplating how I was going to get the kid off the chupo. She liked it sooo much at night, in the car and occasionally just hanging around the house. As a dentist, I knew I had to get her off of it, but as a mom I really liked the comfort it gave her and was afraid of what would happen without it. So really I was dragging my heels about doing something about it. I gave myself the "when she turns 3" deadline and pretended that wasn't right around the corner. My idea was not to just take it away from her but to make it so she wouldn't want it anymore. My plan? To punch a hole in it.
Gaby quit her habit. Her pacifier habit! Around here we call it "chupo".
Let me start by saying that for the past three or four months I've been contemplating how I was going to get the kid off the chupo. She liked it sooo much at night, in the car and occasionally just hanging around the house. As a dentist, I knew I had to get her off of it, but as a mom I really liked the comfort it gave her and was afraid of what would happen without it. So really I was dragging my heels about doing something about it. I gave myself the "when she turns 3" deadline and pretended that wasn't right around the corner. My idea was not to just take it away from her but to make it so she wouldn't want it anymore. My plan? To punch a hole in it.
Well what do you know, but the other day Gaby came to me and said "Mommy, chupo is broke." And sure enough there was a tear in it and she couldn't get the right suction anymore.
Halleluia!!! Since we only had the one chupo left (plus the one in the car that mysteriously disappeared!) I told Gaby we had to throw it away and there would be no more chupo. And with that, she very maturely threw it in the trash! End of story.
She's asked for it a couple times since then but really has had NO problem going to bed without it and moving on.
We couldn't be prouder of our big girl!
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