Still so busy. Why me?
Greta has been saying some pretty funny things lately. I have been meaning to document them, but I can't ever seem to remember what they are when it's "go time," and I also don't know how well they'll translate in the old blogeroo. I'll see what I can do.
- "That house is drippin' on that house." (It was raining so hard the other night the rain was pouring out of the neighbor's gutter and into the lower gutter/roof.)
- "I love my blue eyes soooo much." (I gotta give it to the girl, she has great eyes, and I'm glad she appreciates them.)
- To preface, we had carpooled the other day and I ended up having to work a little late (d'oh!), so we had an impromptu Wendy's dinner. After her first bite of cheeseburger, Greta said, "Mmmm, good." [Pause] "This is niiiiice."
I know there are more, but I seem to have no memory these days.
Speaking of Greta, she has been asking for a big girl bed for months. We have a full-size bed in her room that we kept from the days when that room was our guest room. Initially, we planned on keeping it in there for those early sleepless nights, but here we are almost two and a half years later and we find we still use it more than I would like. (Have I mentioned lately that Greta is a crap sleeper? I blame her parents.) Anyway, we have been looking for the perfect twin bed and it just hasn't been happening. Today I went out and bought a bed rail and we just slapped that baby (the rail, not Greta; she's not a baby anymore) on the "guest bed." So Bunny is sleeping on a big girl bed for the first time ever. Wish us luck. I am predicting a move to the crib at some point tonight, but we shall see.
While I'm giving Greta updates, I will say that we are trying to wean her from the pacifier. Yes, STILL. Pat and I often try to rationalize with her like she's a little adult, and that's just not the case. After trying to convince her to willingly give it up and not succeeding, we have gone with a new method: I am slowly cutting the nub thing down little by little with the thought that it will eventually become so small that she will no longer get satisfaction from it and will lose interest. It's just crazy enough to work! I have mentioned before that car rides are the one thing that seem like the hardest thing to break from the pacifier. Yesterday, I picked G up from day care and her pacifier was lost somewhere between her class and the car, so we drove home without it. Greta cried for a couple minutes and after trying to distract her and otherwise soothe her, I did the only thing I could think of: I cranked up the radio. After about a minute of trying to compete with that, she gave up and she was totally fine. FINE I tell you! Has anyone else done this?
And finally, here's a recent picture of Greta and her friend. This polar bear went to Saudi Arabia and stole something and was caught. His punishment was getting his hands cut off, so Greta and her friend were consoling him. The end.
Oooorrr, we recently met up at the zoo with one of Greta's former classmates and the stuffed polar bear has seen (much) better days.
Fran
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#1
My older brother Daniel sucked his thumb until he was 12. My mother was horrified when he would do it if front of company, but at 12 years old, she couldn't do much.
In order to prevent the same thing happing to me, she put a little tabasco sauce on each thumb when it was time to break mr from this anti-social behavior. I remember never sucking my thumb again after that.
A few drops on the "binky" may serve you well.
#2
Hey Fran -
Oh the binki.... both of our boys were totally hooked on them. With Joey we used an approach like Jen S - we said it was broken (as it really was - the nub part was literally pulling away from the plastic on it's own) and it took 2-3 nights like everyone else said.
With Luke, we took a slightly different approach since he was much younger. First we made a rule - no binkis in the car. We did that for about a week. The rule was only binkis in the crib for nap & bedtime. After that was accomplished, we cut it out completely - starting with a nap as he was so tired that seemed easier to do. He had a rough week I would say but then was totally over it.
There are still days when I almost wish we still had it in the car. :) I would never really go back but honestly, the car rides have been almost unbearable with Luke lately and it would be nice to have a plug sometimes. :) I too have turned up the radio on occassion and I have been surprised that they seem to think it's great fun. Good luck!!
#3
Kensey - That's frightening! Yes, I say kick the paci earlier than later - it is a source of contention here (I swear G cranks things up sometimes when she would otherwise be fine, just to get it, and then it becomes a battle). Good luck!
Amanda - What is "rhetorical"? ;-)
Lavery - That's too funny. You would have enjoyed it last night. We were at a friend's party, and there were a lot of people we met for the first time. At the end of the night, I said, "Greta, say, 'nice to meet you'." And she said, "Nice to meet me." So I said, "No, say, 'Nice to meet yooou.'" And then she said, "Nice to....eat you." What a scamp.
Jennifer - I have always thought going cold turkey was the way to go, but when I was looking up the topic online, it seems many people say to ease off it slowly. I will say that my husband is a softy, and cold turkey will probably not work for him, so I am trying this strategy of trimming down the nub part. We'll see!
Amy - You delurked!! Yay! Good for you guys for weaning Bella! Hopefully we can say the same soon.
#4
God Bless PnF for all of my parenting knowledge. I might just go balls to the walls and kick out the passy sooner than later.
#5
My friend, Bella, who is 2.5 years old, knows how to use the word "rhetorical." What is wrong with kids these days?!
#6
i love the things kids say, those are great ones from greta. cb's kid (who is like mensa smart at age 4), was saying something the other day and he and i just looked at one another and were just amazed. he says to her "can you just not grow up so fast, because you are supposed to only be 4". and she replies "well guys, it is not like i can rewind" with her hands up in the air and her head cocked to the side like we were nuts. so funny.
#7
Oh I meant to add. If you do decide to go cold turkey with her, no matter how much she complains DON'T GIVE IN! I promise you she'll get over it quicker than you think, but yes those first couple of days feel like hell.
#8
Yuna was a binky addict, Kayla never wanted anything to do with them.
With Yuna, I broke her of the habit by taking scissors and cutting a slice into ALL of them. Then I told her "Oh no! They BROKE! Well it's ok they broke because they were so old. You've had them so long because they are for babies, not big girls. You are a big girl now and you don't need it anymore"
She was upset at first but surprisingly enough she was satisfied with it. She told anyone that asked (and even some that didn't ask) that her binky broke but that she's a big girl and doesn't need it anymore. Just like Amy I think it took about 3 nights or so, but then to our surprise she was soooo over it. I expected it to be more painful than it was.
So yes, it was probably evil, but it worked.
#9
look at me!!! I am posting on your blog!!!
We just weaned Bella. The only thing that worked for us was to tell her we were going to give her nooks to the babies. I told her how big girls don't need nooks anymore but babies still do. So we collected them and took them to the baby room at daycare so she could give them to babies and make them soooo happy.
We had 2 or 3 hard nights. I was shocked at how quickly she got over it.
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