Mi-mi's D-Day...well almost

Do you remember this post, 5 months ago when the dentist said we needed to get rid of Sara's pacifier? Well, we weren't the most obedient patients. I have to defend us to say we tried to get rid of Mi-Mi once. We went the cold turkey route and it was brutal! We did try for a week but I caved! I know, I know, I'm a wimp but she was crying for over an hour at bedtime each night and waking up 3-4x a night. After several nights of that I gave her the darn thing back. She smiled, rolled over and went right to sleep.

Score: Sara - 1 point, us - nothing

Since then, Iain and I have come up with every excuse we could get our hands on to not kick Mi-mi out of here. She's too little, she's teething...the list goes on and on and on...

With her birthday passing, we've been talking about it a bit more. The time is near. (May have something to do with her 6 month checkup at the dentist coming up!!) We decided that this weekend we will do it. We won't go the cold turkey route again though, way too traumatizing. We planned on going the poking the hole route. Our pediatrician, who also gave me a hard time about it last week, said to poke a small hole in the nipple so it will slowly deflate. She will then still have the actual pacifier to hold for security if she wants it. Well, Sara had different plans. She caught a stomach virus (I'm convinced she caught it on purpose!)! She knew that her parents are wimps and couldn't go ahead with Operation Mi-mi when she isn't feeling well. So after 3 days of around the clock diaper changes and an exhausted Mommy, she wins again.

Score: Sara - 2 points, us - still nothing

We will postpone Operation Mi-mi once again. We are actually seeing now that it does need to happen sooner than later. She is getting very attached to it and asks for it several times a day. We still only allow it in her bed but she now asks to go to bed when I won't let her have it. How sad is that? Here is another thing she has started doing. She'll stick her little arms between the slats of the crib to find it and sit in her room with the handle in her mouth. I guess to her this doesn't technically count!

On another note here is a picture of her new kitchen and table. Several times each day she's in there making 'tea' or 'chicken' (her two favorites to prepare) for us.