Luke is flat-out addicted to his pacifier, there is absolutely no doubt about it. He uses it all day, takes it out when he wants to say something, then pops it back in. It's to the point where I am worried it's affecting his speech since he's only recently really started to "talk."
Around 12 months, Ryan and I started limiting Beth's pacifier use to mostly sleep and church times. Mostly- we definitely weren't insane about it or anything- but she didn't walk around with it all day while she was just playing around the house. Luke's been a little more attached to his, and since he just weaned and has been cutting teeth and sick, we just haven't wanted to try to limit its use much lately.
Until now.
This weekend we spent time at Grandma and Grandpa N.'s house, and Luke stayed very distracted the entire time. He slept like he's never slept before- sleeping in till 8 am and taking record-breaking naps (one nap was nearly four hours long!)! Since he stayed so distracted, he never asked for his Nuk, so we never offered. Since we've been home, we've kept that up by keeping him distracted and not leaving them out where he can see them. He's asked for them a couple of times (sadly he calls his pacifier a "mama") but we quickly change the subject and he's onto something new. He's had it for naps and for nighttime sleep. Whether or not these things are related, he's been sleeping for longer stretches and eating SO well compared to his usual self. Last night I made Chicken Parmesan, and he ate more in one sitting than he usually eats in a day! He's cold hasn't completely gone away, but he's feeling better. He hasn't finished cutting those teeth yet, but maybe they're not coming through as quickly as I thought they were.
Regardless of what's going on, we're going to keep up with the nuk detoxification program! We don't have a goal to be rid of it completely by a certain time, but I love the idea of not having to carry around three with me at all times!
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Oh that's good! I'm sure it's not an easy process but sounds like the distraction process is working great!
It does sound like it's going well! If you take "Nuk" and insert "Lindsey's boob," then you'd have a pretty good picture of my current toddler's "sleeping" habits over until last month. We definitely had to do something drastic, as well! He is sleeping SO much better now, but acts desperately addicted when he thinks of nursing during the day. I am thinking about weaning him completely because it causes him so much torment (when he thinks of it and starts demanding it but it's not a possible time for me to nurse, like in the car). Distraction seems to be the only workable tool for this situation, too.
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