Anyone who knows us, or even looks at pictures I post, knows that Julia is completely attached to her soother. I can't even tell you how many soothers we have kicking around the house. So I decided last week (mostly after looking through hundreds of pictures and seeing very few of Julia without her soother) that it was time to say goodbye to the awake time soother. I told her Sunday morning that she was a big girl and that she could have her soother for sleep time, but that was it. She had a few crying fits on Sunday, but was pretty easily distracted. Monday she asked about her soother, but easily accepted that it was in her crib. Wednesday, she didn't even mention it. Yep, it was that easy! I don't know if I'm just imagining it, but I swear she is talking more now, or at least I understand more. It's amazing as to how much I'm noticing it.
The funny thing is that Nicole has taken it upon herself to teach Julia how to suck her thumb. Luckily Julia isn't interested. I actually think taking Julia's daytime soother away is helping Nicole realize she has to stop sucking her thumb. I've noticed Nicole sucks her thumb a lot less these days. She went so far as to tell Julia, during a soother crying fit, that she only sucks her thumb in bed too (I tried not to roll my eyes when she said it).
Maybe we are on the road to getting rid of the oral fixation in this house! But would that mean I have to stop biting my nails? ;)
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