Anya has, yet again, lost her precious taggies. They are so special to her. I forget what she did this time, but there was a note home from daycare…oh yes, she wrote on the table with her crayons. >:( We pretty much use every opportunity these days to take her taggies away from her. Reason??
She barely sucks her thumb when she has no taggie.
This leads us to wonder, “Should we just take them away cold turkey?” That just seems mean, because she loves them. We have to think about her teeth, though, which the dentist mentioned at the appointment this past month.
We have at the moment taken away all but one. Mean, mean Daddy “threw them away” while Mommy was trying to give her a shower wilst she threw a massive temper tantrum. There was most definitely a reason for the “throwing away”…that was a bad one.
*sigh* The taggies may have to go.
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What special things do you have to share today?
AWWW just heartbreaking. What a little darling. I say give her a little bit more time… My son had soothers gone at a year and my girl – well, not as much luck! 😉
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Poor girl. I’ve been so lucky that my kids haven’t yet chosen a lovely they love above all others. It must be rough. She’s so adorable, though!
We had some special fun this week with finger painting. I fear the finger paints, so it was kind of a big deal, both for me and Sam!
How sweet and so special. I didn’t mark my current post as being special- I am going to. But it’s certainly someone who is VERY special! 🙂
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Aww, poor little gal! That’s hard on her, but at the same time you need to do what you can to help her stop sucking her thumb. Have you tried the bitter fingernail polish?
My grandparents are visiting, and I think that’s pretty darn Special!
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Poor Anya — but I’m sure she’ll recover from being upset over the loss of her taggie. Does she sleep with it? Maybe you could use it as a ‘bedtime only’ item for right now…ease into the transition. Besides, you can always think of it as doing her a favor…because it’s really strange when an adult has to have something like that to sleep with, no?
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Oh those beloved “precious'”…lol! That is what we call them around here… I think we all have them don’t we?? My littlest was a huge binkie girl, and well, she is four and her teeth were a concern too.
So, one day, the binkie fairy called…. and that was the end of the binkies. My Twinkle has been begrudgingly binkie free ever since….
I wrote about it on my blog… She still talks about it and is convinced that Santa is bringing her more this Christmas… lol!!
I don’t know if this might be an idea for her last taggie… maybe make it more of a positive experience… you know?
http://joy-of-my-heart.blogspot.com/2009/01/binkie-what.html
Hugs… oh oh and I didn’t mean to post so many comments on your flicker account.. but I couldn’t help myself! You capture such beauty… thanks for all the inspiration!
Amy
She looks very content.
Ahh – the joys of DECISIONS in parenting! Choosing which battles to fight and why.
Hope she makes it easy for you 🙂
My babies and how much they love each other. One or the other has been sick for the past two weeks and they have missed each other so much. Colby has actually been crying when I put Chloe down for a nap. They have “blankies” are the made of the same material that they both love. However, they love each other so much that will actually share their blankie if the other one needs it more. It melts my heart!
Mia’s never really had a lovely…but there were so many moments we wish she did have one 🙂
Sweet shot!
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if this ain’t love
That is such a hard call, especially since that is when she sucks her thumb. I guess it would not be an issue if she did not suck her thumb when she had them. I can’t imagine having to take away a lovey. :uckily we have not had to face that challenge yet.
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Good Luck! I’m sure you will figure out what works best for Anya~
What a sweet pic of her…
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Oh, poor Anya! Poor Mama! That is heartbreaking, and I’m sure it will be hard no matter what or how you decide to do it. Good luck!
I’m just getting a quick special post in today…
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Oh I can relate to this. My little guy is in love with his ‘blankie’. God help us if we ever lose it. I love that shot with those beautiful, rich tones!
Our 4 year old has a blankie and a thumb she loves.
When Luke was three (now 7) we took away his pacifier. But all the kids still have blankies.
It’s a tough decision, huh??
Maybe giving them to a little girl who is really sick and needs them? Sometimes things like that work.
We’ve never done it though. We just went cold turkey. About 2 and a half days were really hard but after that? NOTHING. It was over and done.
It’s just surviving the couple of days that is hard and I sincerely think it’s harder on us as parents than it is on the kid!!
Best wishes.
Julie
Awww, it’s so hard to take these special things away. Emily was so attached to her binky and I was really worried about taking it away. I just kept imagining sleepless nights. But it actually turned out ok. I cut the tips of them slightly as to convince her they were broken (mean mommy) and then we mailed them to the “binky fairy”. In exchange the fairy sent her a small gift in the mail back for being such a big girl!
I have to agree with you, it might be time. The temper tantrums sound pretty extreme. If she handled going without better, maybe they could linger a little longer. W.W. has a blankie he loves and loves. But when he accidentally leaves it at daycare of Grandma’s house he survives without it just fine. Although we don’t have the thumb problem. That’s a tough one too.
I had planned on posting about a pair of earrings my husband made for me actually. He made them out of horse shoe nails for Christmas 2 years ago. But alas, I ran out of time this week.
Thanks everyone for your thoughtful comments. Kai was a paci boy, and we took that away at a year. It was much easier because you could.take.it.away. Unfortunately her thumb is attached to her body LOL! We’ll figure it out…she is getting better, so that is good. She does still suck her thumb without it but not nearly as much. Weaning off the blankie is #1 and that will help with #2 weaning off the thumb.
It’s so hard to deal with taking away something special for them…especially when you know it is a comfort thing for them. She looks so sweet sitting there with the taggie and sucking her thumb! I sucked my thumb until my mom did a progress chart thing where if I didn’t suck my thumb for 30 days, I got a doll I really wanted. That and she put that terrible tasting stuff on my thumb! I think I was probably 6 though…and my teeth are great…I always get comments from dentists that they are amazed I have such straight teeth considering I never had braces! So, there you go, you never know!