Yes Virginia, there is a Paci Fairy...

I never thought my (almost) 3 year old would still be sucking on a pacifier. Before I was a Mom, I would see big kids walking around Walmart with those plugs in their mouths and immediately judge the Mother..."I can't believe she lets her kid suck on that ....it looks ridiculous...not to mention bad for his teeth, speech"...blah blah. Oh how easy it is to be a good Mom before you actually have children of your own. How easy it is to judge other Moms when you have no idea how it feels to be in their shoes.
Alas, Hannah is a paci fiend! She must always have one for her mouth and at least one or two more to hold. If she's sleepy, or watching t.v., she rubs these extra pacis on her cheek. It's just her special little addiction that she's always had. Even as an infant, she seemed to always want one in her mouth even if she was playing. Lately, we've made a few guidelines for her pacifiers...1. She can't take them to school, and 2. She MUST take the pacifier out of her mouth when she's speaking. It drives me insane trying to understand what she's saying with that thing in her mouth.
You might guess (and you'd be right on) that I'm sick to death of pacis!! Sick of looking at them, sick of washing them, sick of looking for them when they've gone astray, sick of strangers we see in public who have the balls to tell me she's too old for one.
LOL ...yup time for the Paci Fairy to come do her work at 206 Combe Drive. Now, how to go about this?.....We are finally doing wonderful in the potty department and I really don't want to mess that up. I'm worried if I take the pacifier away now, she may regress. Maybe I should wait until the potty training is pretty solid before I take away her beloved nuks. I think I'm going to start banning the paci to the bedroom ONLY. She will only be allowed to have them while she naps and at bedtime. She'll have a total conniption when she hears that rule....and I'm scared. But I will let you know how it goes. Um..okay, that's the end of my pacifier rant. I feel better now :)